US Patent:
20190178193, Jun 13, 2019
Inventors:
- Dearborn MI, US
Gopichandra Surnilla - West Bloomfield MI, US
Imtiaz Ali - Lathrup Village MI, US
Lyth Alobiedat - Detroit MI, US
Mohannad Hakeem - Dearborn MI, US
John Eric Rollinger - Troy MI, US
Paul Algis Baltusis - Waterford MI, US
International Classification:
F02D 41/22
F02D 15/02
F02D 13/02
Abstract:
Methods and systems for diagnosing operation of a compression ratio adjusting mechanism are described. In one example, an output of a pressure sensor is sampled and an assessment of the engine's present compression ratio is made after adjusting sampling of the output. Engine operation may be adjusted responsive to whether or not degradation of the compression ratio adjusting mechanism is indicated.