Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spark plug condition monitoring
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Application No.: US15715428Application Date: 2017-09-26
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Publication No.: US10590903B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Darshit Shah , Heiko Lenhardt
- Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Mannheim
- Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Mannheim
- Priority: EP16192900 20161007
- Main IPC: F02P17/00
- IPC: F02P17/00 ; G01M15/00 ; F02P17/12 ; H01T13/60 ; F02P5/152 ; G01M15/11 ; F02B19/12 ; F02D35/02

Abstract:
A method for monitoring an ignition system including a spark plug of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The method comprises determining an operation value associated with an electrical parameter indicative of an operation of the ignition system during actuation of the spark plug. The method further comprises determining at least one parameter indicative of a current engine operation condition of the internal combustion engine, and determining a current spark plug state of the spark plug based on the at least one engine parameter and the operation value associated with the electrical parameter of the ignition system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180100479A1 SPARK PLUG CONDITION MONITORING Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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