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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Luehrsen, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F01M 13/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02B 33/00 (2006.01); F02M 35/104 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F01M 13/0011 (2013.01); F02B 33/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02M 35/10222 (2013.01); F02M 35/10229 (2013.01); F02D 41/0025 (2013.01); F02D 2250/41 (2013.01); F02M 35/104 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling air ingestion in an engine during idle conditions. One example approach includes adjusting an opening of a common shut-off valve via an electronic controller, the common shut-off valve regulating each of motive flow through an aspirator and crankcase ventilation (CV) flow from a crankcase. As such, the common shut-off valve may be closed by the electronic controller during engine idle to cease each of the motive flow through the aspirator and the CV flow from the crankcase.