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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Peter Charles Moilanen, Clinton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Karl Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Peter Charles Moilanen, Clinton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods of operating an engine, the engine including an injector configured to directly inject fuel into an engine cylinder. One example method comprises, during an engine cold start, performing compression direct fuel injection, and retarding a timing of the compression injection as a fuel alcohol content of the fuel increases.