Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crankcase ventilation system and diagnostic method
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Application No.: US16450861Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US10767590B1Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Robert Roy Jentz , Matthew Carpenter , Michael Stephen Sweppy
- 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: F02D41/22
- IPC: F02D41/22 ; F01M13/04 ; F01M13/02 ; F02B37/12 ; G07C5/08 ; F01M13/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system. In one example, a diagnostic method for a PCV system is provided that includes, when an intake manifold air pressure is above a threshold boost value, determining a PCV system breach based on a pressure determined using a pressure sensor positioned on a clean side of an oil separator coupled to a crankcase and receiving crankcase gas from the crankcase. In the PCV system a ventilation line provides fluidic communication between the oil separator and an intake conduit upstream of a compressor.
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