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AssigneeContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.
InventorsBrian G Woods, David W Balsdon
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An evaporative fuel vapor control system (10) for extended range electric vehicle includes a fuel supply (18) for storing fuel that generates fuel vapor, an internal combustion engine (16) supplied with fuel from the fuel supply, a vapor canister (20) in fluid communication with the fuel supply to retain fuel vapor and being in fluid communication with the engine, a hydrocarbon sensor (24) to determine when hydrocarbon saturation is occurring in the canister, a vapor control valve (22) associated with the vapor canister. A controller (26) is electrically connected with the hydrocarbon sensor and with the control valve such that when the controller receives a signal from the hydrocarbon sensor indicating that the engine should be started to purge the canister, the controller is constructed and arranged to cause the control valve to control a flow of fuel vapor from the purge passage while the engine is operating.
An evaporative fuel vapor control system for extended range electric vehicle (EREV), the system comprising:
A method of purging hydrocarbons from a vapor canister of an extended range electric vehicle (EREV), the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.