Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spark plug fouling detection for ignition system
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Application No.: US14535174Application Date: 2014-11-06
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Publication No.: US09777697B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Chris Paul Glugla , Garlan J. Huberts , Nelson William Morrow , Qiuping Qu
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02P17/12
- IPC: F02P17/12 ; F02P17/10 ; F02P3/045 ; F01N11/00 ; F02D41/14 ; F02B75/12 ; F02D41/22

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for determining a type of spark plug fouling. In one example, a method may include differentiating spark plug fouling due to soot accumulation from spark plug fouling due to fuel additive accumulation based on a current on a control wire of the spark plug following application of a dwell command. Further, exhaust oxygen sensor degradation and/or exhaust catalyst degradation may be determined based on switching frequencies of one or more exhaust oxygen sensors and the type of spark plug fouling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150176558A1 SPARK PLUG FOULING DETECTION FOR IGNITION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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