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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chris Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Robert Sarow Baskins, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Chris Richard Weber, Plymouth, MI (US);
James Matthew Kindree, South Lyon, MI (US);
Timothy Earle, London, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 5/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/10 (2006.01); F02D 35/02 (2006.01); F02P 5/153 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 5/04 (2013.01); F02D 35/027 (2013.01); F02D 41/10 (2013.01); F02D 41/30 (2013.01); F02D 41/045 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01); F02P 5/153 (2013.01); Y02T 10/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for pre-ignition control. A pre-ignition mitigating enrichment is deactivated in response to a tip-out but reactivated in response to a subsequent tip-in. By preemptively enriching the engine, repeated pre-ignition due at subsequent tip-ins is reduced.