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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Matthew A. Wiles, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Craig D. Marriott, Clawson, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew A. Wiles, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Craig D. Marriott, Clawson, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and control module includes a pressure sensor data comparison module that compares measured pressure volume signal segments to ideal pressure volume segments. A valve actuation hardware remedy module performs a hardware remedy in response to comparing the measured pressure volume signal segments to the ideal pressure volume segments when a valve actuation hardware failure is detected.