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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yan Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew John Gerhart, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/12 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02D 41/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/12 (2013.01); F02B 37/18 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/1401 (2013.01); F02D 41/20 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1409 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1422 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2065 (2013.01); F02D 2200/703 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods for controlling a wastegate actuator are provided. In one example, a method comprises adjusting one or more wastegate controller gains responsive to limiting current supplied to a wastegate actuator, the current limited in response to a temperature of the wastegate actuator exceeding a threshold.