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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Clifford E. Maki, New Hudson, MI (US);
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Jamie Charles Hanshaw, South Lyon, MI (US);
Yihua (Eva) Barber, Novi, MI (US);
David Bidner, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01P 3/08 (2006.01); F01M 1/16 (2006.01); F01M 1/08 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 1/08 (2013.01); F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01M 1/16 (2013.01); F01P 3/08 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34423 (2013.01); F01P 2025/32 (2013.01); F01P 2025/40 (2013.01); F01P 2025/46 (2013.01); F01P 2037/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of systems and methods related to controlling oil injection for piston cooling in an engine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes during an engine cold start event, enabling oil injection onto a piston of an engine, disabling oil injection after the engine cold start event, and re-enabling oil injection after the engine cold start event based on a first operating parameter.