METHOD TO DETECT CURRENT LEAKAGE FROM A VEHICLE BATTERY

    公开(公告)号:US20210273269A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US16804604

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to determine the leakage resistance in respect of the positive and/or negative terminals of a vehicle battery. The apparatus includes a first pair of serially arranged resistors connected between the terminals with a first switch connected between the resistors and a second pair of serially arranged resistors connected between the vehicle chassis/nominal ground and the negative terminal or the positive terminal, with a second switch connected between the resistors. A further fifth resistor is connected between the vehicle chassis/nominal ground, and the negative terminal or the positive terminal via a third switch, and a controller is configured to selectively control the switches during processing steps.

    OXYGEN SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210109057A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16599663

    申请日:2019-10-11

    Abstract: An oxygen sensor is in a system including compensator circuitry connected to the oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor includes a pump cell and the compensator circuitry includes a feedback control loop which includes a digital compensator which determines and outputs a compensation current to the pump cell or adjusts a pump cell voltage. A method of controlling the oxygen sensor includes, subsequent to a period of time when the feedback control loop is disrupted, pumping a balancing current into or out the pump cell for a balancing time interval, the balancing current and/or the balancing time interval is dependent on a current pumped into or out of the pump cell prior to the feedback control loop being disrupted.

    OXYGEN SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210108585A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16599621

    申请日:2019-10-11

    Abstract: A method of operating an oxygen sensor system is provided where the system includes an oxygen sensor, the oxygen sensor including a pump cell, and wherein the oxygen sensor is connected to associated circuitry such that the associated circuitry controls operation of the pump cell. The pump cell includes a pump line connected to a pump electrode of the pump cell and a return line connected to a return electrode of the pump cell. The method includes, subsequent to a diagnostic process, raising the potential of the pump line for a predetermined period of time by injecting current onto the pump line.

    METHOD FOR PINPOINTING A SHORT-CIRCUIT
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190302165A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16446122

    申请日:2019-06-19

    Abstract: A method is proved for pinpointing a short-circuit in a wide-range air/fuel sensor having one or more sensor-terminals that include a reference-terminal, a pump-terminal, a return-terminal, and a tag-terminal. The method includes controlling a connection of a source of electric current to the one or more sensor-terminals; determining one or more status-values based on signals present at the sensor-terminals; and determining a sensor-status of the wide-range air/fuel sensor based on the connection of source of electric current and the one or more status-values.

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