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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Mike M. Mcdonald, Macomb, MI (US);
Inventor:
Mike M. McDonald, Macomb, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); F01M 11/12 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F01M 11/10 (2006.01); F16N 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/12 (2013.01); F16H 57/0447 (2013.01); F01M 2011/14 (2013.01); F01M 2011/1473 (2013.01); F16N 19/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oil monitoring system includes a level module, a limit module and an remedial action module. The level module is configured to determine N oil levels of an engine of a vehicle, where N is an integer greater than 1. The limit module is configured to determine an oil level trend based on the N oil levels and estimate when a level of oil in the engine is to be outside the predetermined range based on the oil level trend. The remedial action module is configured to perform a remedial action based on the estimate of when the level of the oil is to be outside the predetermined range.