Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for measuring fuel quantity during multipulse fuel injection events in a common rail fuel system
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Application No.: US17790430Application Date: 2020-12-30
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Publication No.: US11852097B2Publication Date: 2023-12-26
- Inventor: David Michael Carey , Sanjay Manglam
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2020/067416 2020.12.30
- International Announcement: WO2022/146420A 2022.07.07
- Date entered country: 2022-06-30
- Main IPC: F02D41/40
- IPC: F02D41/40 ; F02M65/00 ; F02D41/38 ; F02D41/20 ; F02D41/22

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for measuring an injected fuel quantity during multipulse injection events in a common rail of a fuel system including a fuel pump to supply fuel to the common rail. The method, using a control unit, determines if each of the multipulse injection events in a normal operating condition includes a pilot pulse; in response to determining that the pilot pulse is included, obtaining an enforced separation value between the pilot pulse and the main pulse to emulate a single-pulse injection; while the fuel pump is temporarily shut off, performing a temporary enforced separation on a fraction of the multipulse injection events; measuring a pressure change in the common rail during the temporary enforced separation; and resuming the normal operating condition of the multipulse injection events after the pressure change is measured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230279823A1 METHODS FOR MEASURING FUEL QUANTITY DURING MULTIPULSE FUEL INJECTION EVENTS IN A COMMON RAIL FUEL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-09-07
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