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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Roettger, Eynatten, BE;
Aaron John Oakley, Chelmsford, GB;
Claus Maerschank, Wuerselen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/26 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 35/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/1497 (2013.01); F02D 35/023 (2013.01); F02D 35/028 (2013.01); F02D 41/008 (2013.01); F02D 2200/1004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for evaluating cylinder pressure profiles in cylinders of an engine are disclosed. In one example, fuel injection timing of engine cylinders is adjusted to improve engine combustion in response to output of one or more pressure sensors installed in engine cylinders. Combustion within a plurality of engine cylinders may be adjusted in response to pressure sensed in a single engine cylinder.