US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 22 for "System and method for compensating fuel mass based on oil dilution" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,214, issued on July 22, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"System and method for compensating fuel mass based on oil dilution" was invented by Nicholas Firsich (Clarkston, Mich.), David Pedro (Techumseh, Canada) and William B Attard (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for controlling fuel delivery to an internal combustion engine (ICE) based on oil diluted by fuel in a crankcase of the ICE includes a fuel injector and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a modeled evaporation rate of unburned fuel in the crankcase; compare the modeled evaporation rate of unburned fuel to...