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US 11,694,483 B2Granted
Apparatus for alarming of oil dilution and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMinyong Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus for alarming of oil dilution may include: a control device for predicting oil dilution based on a cold start state of a vehicle, a rapid acceleration state of a vehicle, and a high-speed maintenance time of a vehicle; and an alarming device that guides the driver to check or replace engine oil based on the oil dilution predicted by the control device.
Claims19
An apparatus for alarming of oil dilution, comprising:
- a control device configured to predict oil dilution based on a cold start state of a vehicle, a rapid acceleration state of the vehicle, and a high-speed maintenance time of the vehicle;
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- an alarming device configured to guide the driver to check or replace engine oil based on the oil dilution predicted by the control device.
A method of alarming of oil dilution, comprising:
- determining a cold start state of a vehicle;
- determining a rapid acceleration state of the vehicle by a control device;
- determining a high-speed maintenance time of the vehicle by the control device;
- predicting oil dilution based on the cold start state of the vehicle, the rapid acceleration state of the vehicle, and the high-speed maintenance time of the vehicle by the control device;
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- guiding checking or replacement of the engine oil to the driver based on the oil dilution by the alarming device.
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