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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph Norman Ulrey, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Douglas Ervin, Novi, MI (US);
Brad Alan Boyer, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Joseph Styles, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory Patrick McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kim Hwe Ku, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for increasing an amount of fuel injected into a dedicated exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cylinder in an engine are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises, prior to combustion, injecting a first amount of fuel to a dedicated EGR cylinder, and after combustion and during an expansion and/or exhaust stroke, directly injecting a second amount of fuel to the dedicated EGR cylinder.