Invention Publication
- Patent Title: OPTIMIZED ENERGY WAVEFORM FOR FUEL INJECTOR TRIMMING BASED ON VALVE ARRIVAL TIME
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Application No.: US17560055Application Date: 2021-12-22
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Publication No.: US20230193844A1Publication Date: 2023-06-22
- Inventor: Mitchell B Juchems , Daniel Reese Puckett
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Main IPC: F02D41/20
- IPC: F02D41/20 ; F02D41/40

Abstract:
Controlling a fuel injector in a fuel system for an engine includes switching between a boosted voltage power supply and a lower voltage power supply during energizing a solenoid actuator in a fuel injector, and generating a solenoid energizing waveform including a pull-in tier produced by a boosted voltage incipient current, a boosted voltage second current, and a lower voltage later current, based on the switching between a boosted voltage power supply and a lower voltage power supply. Controlling a fuel injector further includes detecting an arrival timing of the valve based on a property of the lower voltage later current, and electronically trimming the fuel injector based on the detecting an arrival timing. Related control system logic is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US11946430B2 Optimized energy waveform for fuel injector trimming based on valve arrival time Public/Granted day:2024-04-02
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