Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – With indicator or control of power plant
Patent
1998-05-11
2000-08-01
Dolinar, Andrew M.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
With indicator or control of power plant
731173, 123198D, F02D 4122, G01M 1500
Patent
active
060980133
ABSTRACT:
A system for monitoring the exhaust gas hydrocarbon content of an internal combustion engine includes at least one sensing device for detecting whether expected combustion conditions occur within the combustion chambers and responsively producing signals indicative of whether the expected combustion conditions occur. An electronic controller is connected to the at least one sensing device for receiving signals therefrom, the electronic controller being operable to determine an estimated exhaust gas hydrocarbon content based upon the signals received from the at least one sensing device. In particular, an engine misfire rate may be determined by the electronic controller and the estimated exhaust gas hydrocarbon content may then be determined as a function of at least the determined engine misfire rate.
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patent: 5935188 (1999-08-01), Jaye
Caterpillar Inc.
Dolinar Andrew M.
Hickman Alan J.
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