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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric Luehrsen, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/186 (2013.01); F02D 23/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02B 37/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods for operating a wastegate are provided. In one example, a method of adjusting a linked valve actuator system comprises applying, in addition to feedback position control adjustments, a non-harmonic oscillation to an actuator of the linked valve actuator system.