Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel system diagnostics
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Application No.: US13677544Application Date: 2012-11-15
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Publication No.: US09932937B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Robert Roy Jentz , Mark W. Peters , Scott A. Bohr , Russell Randall Pearce , Aed M. Dudar
- 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

Abstract:
Methods and system are provided for distinguishing fuel tank vacuum generation due to canister purge valve degradation from vacuum generation due to canister vent valve degradation. A fuel tank vacuum level is monitored after sealing the fuel tank from the atmosphere following an engine pull-down. If there is an ensuing change in fuel tank vacuum, canister purge valve degradation is determined, else, canister vent valve degradation is determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140130781A1 FUEL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS Public/Granted day:2014-05-15
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