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Patent No.:

US 9261040 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013

Method for improving engine starting

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Brad Alan VanDerWege, Plymouth, MI (US);

Cindy Zhou, Canton, MI (US);

Jianwen James Yi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

John Eric Rollinger, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Julia Voutyras

Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lindsay Low

Assistant Examiner:

George Jin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 19/00 (2010.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/062 (2013.01); F02D 41/064 (2013.01); F02D 41/105 (2013.01); F02D 41/126 (2013.01); F02D 41/3005 (2013.01); F02N 19/005 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0616 (2013.01); F02N 2019/008 (2013.01); F02N 2200/021 (2013.01); F02N 2200/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for improving starting of an engine that may be repeatedly stopped and started is presented. In one example, the method adjusts a port fuel injection amount in response to engine stopping position. The engine stopping position may be indicative of a fraction of injected fuel that enters a cylinder for a first combustion event since engine stop.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gibson, Alex O'Connor. (2016). Method for improving engine starting (U.S. Patent No. 9261040). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9261040

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