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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Won Jin Jo, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jae Deuk Lee, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Je Rok Chun, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Dae Kwon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Young Jic Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jung Hwan Ham, Suwon-Si, KR;
Jin Seok Chang, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A device for reducing fuel dilution of a diesel engine may include an engine oil level sensor mounted to an oil pan for storing engine oil, to sense a level of the engine oil, a heater switch switched on by a signal of a controller, when the level of the engine oil in the oil pan is increased to a reference level or more by fuel diluted in the engine oil, and a heater connected to the heater switch in the oil pan, to evaporate the fuel diluted in the engine oil while being operated by an on state of the heater switch.