US Patent Issued to FCA US on Feb. 24 for "Turbulent jet ignition engine misfire detection" (Michigan, Indiana, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,142, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Turbulent jet ignition engine misfire detection" was invented by Matthew Delleree (Brighton, Mich.), Roger C Sager (Munith, Mich.), Rebecca M Riley (Howell, Mich.), Steve Wante (Edgewater, Fla.), Nithin Baradwaj (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Mary M Arito (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a source of a misfire for an engine having turbulent jet ignition (TJI) during a service routine is presented. A diagnostic tool is coupled to an engine controller of the TJI engine. An increase in revolutions per minute (RPM) of the TJI engi...