Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crankcase integrity breach detection
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Application No.: US13619941Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US09260990B2Publication Date: 2016-02-16
- Inventor: John Eric Rollinger , Robert Roy Jentz , Paul Algis Baltusis
- Applicant: John Eric Rollinger , Robert Roy Jentz , Paul Algis Baltusis
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F01M13/00
- IPC: F01M13/00 ; F02M25/06 ; F02M35/09 ; F01M11/00 ; F02B77/08 ; F02M35/10 ; F02B29/04 ; F02B37/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for using a crankcase vent tube pressure or flow sensor for diagnosing a location and nature of crankcase system integrity breach. The same sensor can also be used for diagnosing air filter plugging and PCV valve degradation. Use of an existing sensor to diagnose multiple engine components provides cost reduction and sensor compaction benefits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140076249A1 CRANKCASE INTEGRITY BREACH DETECTION Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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