Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Latchable valve and method for operation of the latchable valve
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Application No.: US14708023Application Date: 2015-05-08
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Publication No.: US09777678B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Aed M. Dudar , Russell Randall Pearce , Dennis Seung-Man Yang , Robert Ognjanovski, Jr. , Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
- 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 James Dottavio
- Main IPC: F02M25/08
- IPC: F02M25/08 ; F16K31/06 ; B60K15/035 ; F16K37/00 ; B60K15/03

Abstract:
A fuel system is provided, including a fuel tank isolation valve comprising an actuation coil and a latchable valve shaft at least partially disposed within the actuation coil. A controller may be configured to indicate a position of the valve shaft based on a measured current-voltage relationship between the first and second terminal wires during a condition in which the magnetic field generated by actuation coil current has a flux density below a threshold required to adjust a position of the latchable valve shaft. In this way, the position of the latchable valve shaft may be indicated without moving the valve shaft, and without requiring a dedicated valve position sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160222924A1 LATCHABLE VALVE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF THE LATCHABLE VALVE Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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