- Patent Title: Methods and system for reducing a possibility of spark plug fouling
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Application No.: US16444790Application Date: 2019-06-18
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Publication No.: US10760482B1Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Nicholas Herhusky , Scott Steadmon Thompson , John Eric Rollinger , David Lew
- 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: Geoffrey Brumbaugh McCoy Russell LLP
- Main IPC: B60W10/08
- IPC: B60W10/08 ; F02D41/22 ; F02P13/00 ; F02B77/04 ; F02P17/02
Abstract:
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an electric machine are described. In one example, operation of the engine may be adjusted to compensate for conditions when carbon deposits may build on one or more engine spark plugs. The engine adjustments may help to remove carbon deposits from the engine's spark plugs.
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