Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gated ionization current supply voltage
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Application No.: US16475264Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US11193432B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Ashish S. Gupta , Leon A. LaPointe
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/069264 WO 20161229
- International Announcement: WO2018/125155 WO 20180705
- Main IPC: F02D35/02
- IPC: F02D35/02 ; F02D41/14 ; F02D41/00 ; F02P19/02 ; F02P13/00

Abstract:
An internal combustion engine, a method of operating the internal combustion engine, and a controller are disclosed. The method may be implemented in part by the controller and comprises determining a shaft angle of an engine shaft; supplying, to an ion sensor fluidly coupled to a combustion chamber of the engine a low voltage at a beginning of a combustion cycle to generate an ion sensor current and a high voltage during an ionization voltage window based at least in part on the shaft angle, wherein the low voltage is configured to prevent premature ignition of fuel in the combustion chamber and the high voltage exceeds the low voltage and is configured to increase the ion sensor current above a current threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190331042A1 GATED IONIZATION CURRENT SUPPLY VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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