Patent · US Active

Methods and systems for adjusting fuel injector operation

US9404435B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
9References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 2014
Grant dateAug 2, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/2467
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for improving fuel injection of an engine that includes a cylinder receiving fuel from two different fuel injectors is disclosed. In one example, a transfer function or gain of a direct fuel injector is adjusted in response to an exhaust lambda value and a fraction of fuel supplied to a cylinder during a cylinder cycle.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.