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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ethan D. Sanborn, Saline, MI (US);
Joseph Lyle Thomas, Kimball, MI (US);
Paul Hollar, Belleville, MI (US);
Xiaoying Zhang, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stephen George Russ, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02M 69/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/3094 (2013.01); F02D 41/008 (2013.01); F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02D 41/009 (2013.01); F02D 41/0085 (2013.01); F02D 41/0087 (2013.01); F02D 41/1456 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2027 (2013.01); F02D 2041/227 (2013.01); F02D 2250/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for simultaneously operating port fuel injectors and direct fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, operation of a port fuel injector is deactivated in response to an indication of reduced performance of a direct fuel injector so that degradation of the direct fuel injector may be reduced.