- Patent Title: Increasing crankcase ventilation flow rate via active flow control
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Application No.: US14706689Application Date: 2015-05-07
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Publication No.: US09759168B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Ross Dykstra Pursifull
- 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: F02M25/08
- IPC: F02M25/08 ; F02M35/10 ; F02M25/06 ; F02D41/00 ; F01M13/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for coordinating throttle bypass flows from brake booster vacuum reservoir, a fuel vapor purge system, and a crankcase ventilation system via active, electrical control of a crankcase ventilation valve. In one example, a method may include actively opening the crankcase ventilation valve to allow crankcase ventilation flow into the engine during conditions in which doing so will not result in engine air flow rate and/or engine fuel flow rate exceeding desired rates. Priority is given first to brake booster replenishment, then to fuel vapor purging, and then to crankcase ventilation during conditions where all three throttle bypass flows are desired.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160326990A1 INCREASING CRANKCASE VENTILATION FLOW RATE VIA ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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