Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for analyzing carbon build up in an engine
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Application No.: US15826134Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US10344735B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Bernie C. Thompson , Neal R. Pederson
- Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Glenview
- Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Glenview
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: F02P17/02
- IPC: F02P17/02 ; G01M15/04 ; G01M15/10 ; F02P5/04 ; G01M15/11 ; G07C5/00 ; G07C5/08

Abstract:
An induction cleaning analyzing system includes a pressure sensor, an ignition event detector, and a control module. The pressure sensor measures airflow pressures of intake air and/or exhaust from cylinders in a common airflow pathway of a vehicle. The ignition event detector determines ignition events of the cylinders. The control module obtains pressure waveforms representative of the airflow pressures and divides the pressure waveforms into waveform segments. The control module associates different subsets of the waveform segments with different ones of the cylinders using the ignition events. The control module also identifies cyclic variations in the airflow pressures flowing in the common airflow pathway and caused by at least one of the cylinders by examining the waveform segments associated with the at least one of the cylinders.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180080428A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING CARBON BUILD UP IN AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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