Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Including exhaust gas condition responsive means
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Solis, Erick (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Including exhaust gas condition responsive means
C123S396000, C060S277000, C060S285000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948486
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a system is disclosed for monitoring the backpressure produced by a particulate filter of an internal combustion engine. When the backpressure of the engine exceeds a predetermined threshold, indicating that the particulate filter should be serviced soon, an input to the electronic control module (ECM) indicating the intake manifold boost pressure is shunted to ground, thereby giving the ECM a false indication that no boost is being applied to the intake manifold. This will cause the ECM, according to its normal engine management software, to derate the engine performance to a “no air torque setting”, thereby limiting the amount of torque that the vehicle operator can extract from the engine. This decreased performance of the engine provides a very high incentive to the vehicle operator to bring the vehicle in for servicing, at which point the particulate filter can be serviced. Upon servicing of the particulate filter, the backpressure threshold condition is no longer met, the input line to the ECM from the boost pressure sensor is no longer shunted to ground, and engine operation is returned to normal. Other embodiments of the present invention contemplate the use of engine performance derating in order to provide the vehicle operator with an incentive to have any sensed engine or vehicle condition serviced.
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Chiaramonte Martin
Oakes Jeffrey L.
Prostakov Michael
Fleetguard Inc.
Solis Erick
Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry LLP
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