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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Patrick Whitehead, Belleville, MI (US);
Craig Alan Smith, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Timothy Robert Gernant, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert Sarow Baskins, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Gregory Joseph Pawlak, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/00 (2006.01); F02D 35/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/18 (2006.01); F02D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 35/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/04 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/062 (2013.01); F02D 41/18 (2013.01); F02D 2011/108 (2013.01); F02D 2200/021 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0414 (2013.01); F02D 2200/1015 (2013.01); F02D 2200/501 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for determining ice formation during cruising under cold weather conditions at the intake manifold or throttle body of an engine system and for enabling engine misfire diagnostics upon detection of dissipation of the formed ice.