Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for estimating an air-fuel ratio with a variable voltage oxygen sensor
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Application No.: US14626542Application Date: 2015-02-19
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Publication No.: US09611799B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Daniel A. Makled , Gopichandra Surnilla , Richard E. Soltis , Kenneth John Behr
- 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: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02D41/24
- IPC: F02D41/24 ; F02D41/14

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for estimating an exhaust air/fuel ratio based on outputs from an exhaust oxygen sensor. In one example, a method may include adjusting engine operation based on an air-fuel ratio estimated based on an output of the exhaust oxygen sensor and a learned correction factor. For example, the oxygen sensor may operate in a variable voltage mode in which a reference voltage of the oxygen sensor may be adjusted between a lower first voltage and a higher second voltage, and the learned correction factor is based on the second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160245204A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING AN AIR-FUEL RATIO WITH A VARIABLE VOLTAGE OXYGEN SENSOR Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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