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Method for refueling motor vehicles

US9371071B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Hans Guenter Quix · Herzogenrath, DE
David van Bebber · Aachen, DE
David Mondrzyk · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 26, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07C5/085
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes determining, via a vehicle computer, that a current fuel-tank fill-level matches a stored fill-level, stored prior to a refueling process. The method also includes calculating an average fuel-consumption when the current fill-level matches the stored fill-level, based on distance traveled since the refueling process and a total amount of fuel received by the vehicle, as indicated by stored fuel-dispensed data received from one or more fuel pumps, since the stored fill-level was stored.

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