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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Donald John Smolenski, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Eric W. Schneider, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Daniel Hicks Blossfeld, Novi, MI (US);
Matthew J. Snider, Howell, MI (US);
Eric R. Johnson, Brighton, MI (US);
Donald John Smolenski, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Eric W. Schneider, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Daniel Hicks Blossfeld, Novi, MI (US);
Matthew J. Snider, Howell, MI (US);
Eric R. Johnson, Brighton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system, for use in accounting for an effect of a long-trip cycle on remaining life of engine oil, being used in a vehicle, using a long-trip rebate value. The system includes a computer processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that is in operative communication with the processor and has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform various operations. The operations include determining a long-trip time indicating an amount of time that the vehicle was operated recently in the long-trip cycle. The operations further include determining the long-trip rebate according to a rebate function using the determined long-trip time.