Adaptive fuel strategy for hybrid electric vehicle
CA 2365663 A1 · Owner: Ford Motor Company · Inventors: Kotre, Stephen John; Robichaux, Jerry D.
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This invention is a method and system for a hybrid electric vehicle adaptive fuel strategy to quickly mature an adaptive fuel table. The strategy adaptively alters the amount of fuel delivered to an internal combustion engine to optimize engine efficiency and emissions using engine sensors. Before the adaptive fuel strategy is permitted an engine "on", idle arbitration logic requires the HEV to be in idle conditions, with normal battery state of charge normal vacuum, in the climate control and brake system reservoir; and the, vapor canister not needing purging The strategy orders the, engine throttle to sweep different airflow regions of the engine to adapt cells within the adaptive fuel …
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- Filed December 20, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 20, 2021.
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