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| 20080209990 | FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR DIAGNOSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A fuel pressure sensor diagnosing device for diagnosing a fuel pressure sensor for detecting pressure in a common rail in which a high-pressure fuel to be supplied to an engine is accumulated, the device comprising: fuel temperature detection means for detecting fuel temperature; and failure determination means, provided with the fuel temperature detection means for detecting fuel temperature via subsequent to stopping of the engine, for obtaining a resting and stabilization time between when the pressure in the common rail drops and when the pressure stabilizes on the basis of this detected fuel temperature, detecting a stabilized fuel pressure via the fuel pressure sensor subsequent to lapse of the resting and stabilization time, and determining a failure of the fuel pressure sensor when the detected stabilized fuel pressure exceeds a predetermined upper limit threshold value or is less than a predetermined lower limit threshold value. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090107226 | FUEL VOLATILITY RECOGNITION METHOD DURING THE POST-CRANKING STEP OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel volatility recognition method during the post-cranking step of an internal combustion engine; the recognition method contemplates the steps of: starting the internal combustion engine; adjusting the enrichment of the mixture burnt in the cylinders of the internal combustion engine according to a previously determined historic fuel volatility value; detecting the time evolution of the angular speed of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine during the post-cranking step; determining the noise contained in the angular speed of the crankshaft by filtering the angular speed itself by means of a high-pass filter; comparing the noise contained in the angular speed of the crankshaft against at least one predetermined threshold value; and recognizing the fuel volatility according to the result of the comparison between the noise contained in the angular speed of the crankshaft and the predetermined recognition threshold. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090178474 | Fuel composition estimation and control of fuel injection - A method for estimating the composition of a fuel within an engine, comprises performing the following steps under ambient conditions: (a′) determining the ambient temperature of the fuel; (a) monitoring the fuel pressure inside a fuel rail of the engine over a period of time; (b) calculating at least one frequency component of the change in fuel pressure; (c) calculating the speed of sound transmission c on the basis of the at least one frequency component; and (d) estimating the composition of the fuel on the basis of the calculated speed of sound transmission at said ambient temperature. Suitably, the speed of sound transmission in the fuel is calculated using the equation: c=fλ, where the wavelength λ of the standing wave with frequency f is 2L, where L is the length of the fuel rail. Also described are methods for estimating the temperature of the fuel at a non-ambient temperature, and determining a fuels physical properties. Methods for controlling a fuel injection system in an engine according to the determined physical properties of the fuel and the resultant fuel injection system are also described. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090199626 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for determining a plurality of characteristics of a fuel and controlling a fuel delivery system based on the characteristics of the fuel. A controller generates a plurality of control signals. The control signals are transmitted to at least one ultrasonic transducer, a capacitance sensor, and a temperature sensor. Each of the ultrasonic transducer, capacitance sensor, and temperature sensor generate at least one output signal which is transmitted back to the controller. The controller determines, based on the output signals, the plurality of characteristics of the fuel. The characteristics of the fuel can include, for example, temperature, density, dielectric constant, and the like. The controller then compares the characteristics of the fuel to a set of characteristics of a first fuel type and a second fuel type and controls a fuel delivery device based on the characteristics of the fuel. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090211348 | Process and Device for Testing the Mobility of a Negative Pressure Relief Valve of the Fuel System of a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for testing the mobility of the negative pressure relief valve of the fuel system of a motor vehicle, the negative pressure relief valve depending on the pressure within the fuel system having to be moved between a closed position which closes the fuel system and an open position which clears the fuel system, with the following steps: a) Testing the position of the negative pressure relief valve; and b) Testing the position of the negative pressure relief valve in reaction to a pressure increase within the fuel system if the negative pressure relief valve in step a) was in the closed position. The invention furthermore relates to a system for testing the mobility of the negative pressure relief valve of the fuel system of a motor vehicle. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090314071 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An alcohol concentration sensor detecting alcohol concentration of fuel is provided in a fuel tank or a fuel passage. An alcohol concentration detected at a previous driving of an engine is stored in a backup RAM. When a current alcohol concentration is different from the previous alcohol concentration, a procedure of an abnormality diagnosis is prohibited or invalidated until all of the fuel remaining in the fuel passage is consumed. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100122573 | FUEL PROPERTY SENSING DEVICE - A control unit executes sensing of a fuel property of fuel based on a physical value, which is related to a combustion state of the fuel in an internal combustion engine, when it is determined that a predetermined prerequisite operational condition for the sensing of the fuel property is satisfied upon occurrence of at least one of consumption of a predetermined amount of fuel, traveling of a vehicle through a predetermined travel distance, and execution of a predetermined number of operation cycle(s). The predetermined prerequisite operational condition may be satisfied when an operational state of the internal combustion engine is a deceleration fuel cut-off state or an idle state. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100206059 | MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - The present invention provides a malfunction diagnosing apparatus for an engine which enables selection of a fuel to be supplied to a tank from fuels having different properties. The apparatus includes a determining unit determining whether fuel has been supplied to the tank, a sensor detecting a property of the fuel supplied from the tank to an injection valve, an air-fuel ratio control unit determining an air-fuel ratio correction amount according to a difference between a target air-fuel ratio and an actual air-fuel ratio and according to the property of the fuel sensed by the sensor to correct a fuel injection quantity using the air-fuel ratio correction amount, and a diagnosing unit that definitively diagnoses malfunctions of the determining unit, the sensor, and a fuel system, based on a combination of a determination by the determining unit, detection by the sensor, and the air-fuel ratio correction amount or the difference. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120222473 | FUEL PROPERTY DETECTION DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A device detecting a property of fuel in a course of a pipeline, while improving accuracy and stability of the fuel property detection. The device includes a sub-tank provided in the course of a fuel pipeline connecting a fuel tank and an engine, and a sensor capable of detecting the property of fuel inside the sub-tank. The sub-tank includes a fuel inlet for introducing therethrough fuel from the fuel tank, and a fuel outlet for sending out therethrough the fuel toward the engine. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20140360255 | MONITORING THE FUEL SUPPLY CUTOFF VALVE FOR AN ENGINE - Method of testing an engine fuel supply cutoff valve, characterised in that it comprises steps to: | 12-11-2014 |
| 20160177857 | METHOD AND DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY FOR CHECKING HIGH-PRESSURE TANK VALVES, HIGH-PRESSURE TANK SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A HIGH-PRESSURE TANK SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160377588 | Sensor device for determining the evaporation pressure of a fluid, in particular of a fluidic fuel - In a sensor device for determining the evaporation pressure of a fluid, in particular of a fluidic fuel, in a vehicle with at least one heating element, the invention provides that the sensor device has a filling level sensor with a circuit carrier and that the heating element is arranged on the circuit carrier of the filling level sensor. | 12-29-2016 |
