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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael McQuillen, Warren, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mohan Karulkar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Joseph Robert, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Richard E. Soltis, Saline, MI (US);
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for detecting a temperature of an engine fuel rail at a plurality of locations along the engine fuel rail. In one example, a method may include detecting temperatures along the engine fuel rail with a plurality of metal film thermocouples adhered to the engine fuel rail and arranged proximate to engine fuel injectors, and adjusting fuel injector operation and/or fuel rail pressure in response to the detected fuel rail temperatures.