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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vladimir V. Kokotovic, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Deaborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/02 (2006.01); F02B 37/22 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02B 29/04 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02B 37/12 (2006.01); F02B 37/16 (2006.01); F02D 41/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/12 (2006.01); F02D 41/24 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/22 (2013.01); F02B 37/186 (2013.01); F02D 41/2474 (2013.01); F01N 2560/025 (2013.01); F01N 2560/06 (2013.01); F02B 29/04 (2013.01); F02B 37/127 (2013.01); F02B 37/16 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/123 (2013.01); F02D 41/2441 (2013.01); F02M 25/0707 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments relating to detection of an end-stop position of a waste gate valve and calibration of a waste gate position sensor relative to the detected end-stop position are provided. In this way, it is possible to more accurately control the waste gate.