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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems Us, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ninsheng Qiao, Troy, MI (US);
Donald Peter Kultgen, Garden City, MI (US);
Marvin Lester Lynch, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02D 41/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 11/00 (2013.01); F01N 3/208 (2013.01); F01N 2550/05 (2013.01); F01N 2610/02 (2013.01); F01N 2610/146 (2013.01); F01N 2900/0404 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1821 (2013.01); F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2055 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2058 (2013.01); Y02T 10/24 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting an opening time of a valve, includes receiving a valve current profile of the valve and processing the valve current profile using at least a slope reflection detector to determine a status of the valve based on an output of the slope reflection detector.