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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Mike Rowland, Wickham Bishops, GB;
Peter Douglas Kuechler, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 25/02 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 27/00 (2013.01); F04D 25/024 (2013.01); F04D 25/0606 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3275 (2013.01); F04B 2201/06 (2013.01); F04B 2203/0201 (2013.01); F04B 2203/0401 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to controlling a compressor. In one example, method of controlling a compressor comprises regulating a discharge capacity of the compressor via a control current supplied to a control device, holding the control current supplied to the control device at substantially zero amperes for a first duration, and stepping the control current from substantially zero amperes to a sustainable current that provides a sustainable level of a performance parameter of the compressor.