Method to control the sealing of a blow-by gas breather circuit of an internal combustion engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9920669
APP PUB NO 20160251987A1
SERIAL NO

15053691

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Method to control the sealing of a blow-by gas breather circuit of an internal combustion engine, comprising a separator device to agglomerate the particles of finely atomised lubricating oil and to remove the solid particulate particles and having an outlet connected by a pipe to an intake pipe through which the gas purified from the lubricating oil and the particulate flows out and a pressure sensor; the method providing the following steps: acquiring the signal coming from said pressure sensor; filtering the signal coming from the pressure sensor; integrating over time the square of the filtrated signal coming from the pressure sensor; and determining the sealing of the pipe according to the integrated signal which is the combustion energy generated by the internal combustion engine.

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MARELLI EUROPE S P AVIALE ALDO BORLETTI 61/63 MI CORBETTA 20011

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Bucchi, Jacopo Pesaro, IT 1 4
De, Luca Luigi Bologna, IT 4 8
Sgatti, Stefano Imola, IT 19 93
Zanotti, Massimo Vado, IT 26 117

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