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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Adithya Pravarun Re Ranga, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph Lyle Thomas, Kimball, MI (US);
Ethan D. Sanborn, Saline, MI (US);
Xiaoying Zhang, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02D 41/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/3094 (2013.01); F02D 41/1454 (2013.01); F02D 41/222 (2013.01); F02D 41/1456 (2013.01); F02D 41/2406 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving fuel injection of an engine that includes a cylinder receiving fuel from two different fuel injectors is disclosed. In one example, fueling errors for each of the two fuel injectors are determined based on fractions of fuel supplied by the two fuel injectors during different engine operating conditions.