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Method to determine the fuel temperature in a common rail injection system

US8365585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gregory Barra · Pertuis, FR
Morgan Bonnet · Regensburg, DE
Hui Li · Regensburg, DE
Jingyong Zhang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2008
Grant date	Feb 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01K2205/00
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method to determine the temperature of a fuel in a common rail injection system of an engine, the fuel temperature at one place of the common rail injection system is calculated from a fuel temperature at another place of the common rail injection system.

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