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US 2022/0412283 A1Published application
Methods and systems for improving fuel injection repeatability
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRoss Pursifull, Rani Kiwan, Paul Hollar, Joseph Thomas
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for balancing a plurality of fuel injectors. In one example, a method includes adjusting port-fuel injecting parameters in response to a learned direct injector fueling error.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- adjusting only a fueling parameter of a plurality of port-fuel injectors based on a fueling error of a plurality of direct injectors while maintaining the fueling error of the plurality of direct injectors.
A system, comprising:
- an engine comprising a plurality of cylinders;
- a plurality of port-fuel injectors and a plurality of direct injectors, wherein each cylinder of the plurality of cylinders includes at least one port-fuel injector of the plurality of port-fuel injectors and at least one direct injector of the plurality of direct injectors;
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- a controller with computer-readable instructions stored on memory thereof that cause the controller to:
- determine a fuel mass correction value for each of the plurality of direct injectors based on a fueling error thereof at a reference direct injector pulse-width (PW);
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- when the reference direct injector PW is signaled to a direct injector, adjust a PW signaled to a port-fuel injector of the plurality of port-fuel injectors based on the fuel mass correction value of the direct injector of the plurality of direct injectors, wherein the port-fuel injector and the direct injector fuel a same cylinder of the plurality of cylinders.
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A method, comprising:
- determining a pulse-width (PW) correction to be applied to a port-fuel injector based on a fueling offset of a direct injector learned during a diagnostic and a port-fuel injector transfer function;
- maintaining the fueling offset of the direct injector following the diagnostic;
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- applying the PW correction to injection parameters of only the port-fuel injector at a reference injection PW of the direct injector;
- wherein the port-fuel injector is positioned to inject in an intake port of a cylinder and the direct injector is positioned to inject into an interior volume of the cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.