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Lubricant control

  • US 5,526,783 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1993
  • Issued: 06/18/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lubricating system for an internal combustion engine comprising an intermittently operated lubricant pump for pumping a predetermined amount of lubricant per cycle of pump operation, means for delivering lubricant from said pump to said engine, means for sensing engine running conditions for determining the amount of lubricant consumed by said engine, and control means for operating said pump for delivering a fixed amount of lubricant to said engine and thereafter discontinuing the operation of said pump, means for reading the output of said sensing means during successive time periods and accumulating a total of the amount of lubricant consumed after a lubricant delivery by said lubricant pump and again initiating a lubricant delivery by said lubricant pump when the accumulated values of lubricant consumed by said engine reaches the predetermined amount of lubricant delivered by said pump.

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