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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ace Koua Kue, Franklin, MI (US);
John Paul Bogema, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Lohpartap Ahluwalia, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Dennis Blanchard, Canton, MI (US);
William P. Boone, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Fuel gelling determination methods and systems are provided for identifying and displaying to a vehicle operator a message conveying that the conditions are suitable for the formation of a fuel gel. In one particular example, at a fuel refill event the average ambient air temperature is calculated over the last fifty miles and used to characterize the grade of fuel as a summer or winter grade of fuel. Then, when the ambient temperature next drops near the cloud point of a summer fuel grade while driving, a message is displayed to a vehicle operator indicating that the conditions are suitable for fuel gelling to occur.