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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016

Filed:

May. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Shawn Midlam-mohler, Columbus, OH (US);

Jason Meyer, Novi, MI (US);

Stephen Yurkovich, Plano, TX (US);

Vivek Sujan, Columbus, IN (US);

Inventors:

Shawn Midlam-Mohler, Columbus, OH (US);

Jason Meyer, Novi, MI (US);

Stephen Yurkovich, Plano, TX (US);

Vivek Sujan, Columbus, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cummins IP, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/18 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2013.01); F02D 41/1401 (2013.01); F02D 41/1447 (2013.01); F02D 41/18 (2013.01); F02D 41/0002 (2013.01); F02D 41/027 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1412 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling combustion in an internal combustion engine having a fuel delivery system includes a cylinder contents prediction module configured to predict at least one condition within a combustion cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The apparatus also includes a fueling parameter selection module configured to generate a fuel command for the fuel delivery system. The fuel command is based at least partially on the predicted at least one condition within the combustion cylinder.


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