Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evaporative emissions testing using inductive heating
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Application No.: US14866305Application Date: 2015-09-25
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Publication No.: US10041449B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Aed M. Dudar
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02M25/08
- IPC: F02M25/08 ; F02M65/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for conducting an evaporative emissions test on a fuel tank and an evaporative emissions system in a vehicle. In one example, pressure for the evaporative emissions test is provided by inductive heating of the fuel tank while the vehicle undergoes an inductive battery charging operation. In this way, evaporative emissions testing may be enabled under conditions wherein sufficient heat rejection from the engine to the fuel tank is not available, and further enables evaporative emissions testing without the use of an external pump thus eliminating additional costs, and reducing the space occupied in the vehicle for evaporative emissions testing diagnostics.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170089304A1 EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS TESTING USING INDUCTIVE HEATING Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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