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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Kyle Pohlkamp, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 19/00 (2006.01); F02P 19/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 19/026 (2013.01); F02D 41/403 (2013.01); F02P 19/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for adapting pilot fuel injection pulse widths are disclosed. In one example, pilot fuel injection values are varied to determine adjustments to a fuel injector transfer function and a glow plug is activated in response to a request to adapt the fuel injector transfer function so that adaptation may be improved.