Patent Publication Number: US-11047330-B2

Title: Device for modifying the amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected combustion engine

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/570,607, filed Sep. 13, 2019. 
    
    
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is related to a device for modifying the amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected combustion engine. The present invention is further related to enabling a user to alter the operation of the device to allow modification of the amount of combusted fuel to achieve a desired engine operation characteristics. The present invention is further related to enabling a user to monitor the operation of the device and of the engine with the modified amount of combusted fuel. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In an embodiment of the present invention, a device for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine comprises a control unit, a wiring harness, a fuel ethanol sensor, an ECU-fuel injector connector, and a plurality of engine sensor connectors. The ECU-fuel injector connector comprises an ECU connector and a fuel injector connector. The control unit is in communication with the fuel ethanol sensor through the wiring harness. The control unit is in communication with the ECU-fuel injector connector through the wiring harness. The ECU connector is configured to be in communication with an ECU of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The fuel injector connector is configured to be in communication with a fuel injector of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The fuel ethanol sensor determines an ethanol content of fuel of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The control unit is in communication with plurality of engine sensor connectors through the wiring harness. The plurality of engine sensor connectors is in communication with at least one sensor of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The at least one sensor is selected from the group consisting of intake air pressure sensor, mass airflow sensor, exhaust gas lambda sensor, crank sensor and combinations thereof. The control unit comprises a microcontroller comprising at least one processor unit, at least one memory unit coupled to the at least one processor unit, and, computer readable instructions embodied in the memory unit and executable by the processor unit, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor unit causes the control unit to perform a method of calculating an ideal enrichment pulse duration, the method comprising receiving the ethanol content from the fuel ethanol sensor, receiving at least one sensor value from the at least one sensor, receiving an RPM value from the ECU, utilizing the ethanol content and an ethanol lookup table to determine an ethanol pulse correction, utilizing the at least one sensor value and the RPM value to determine a fuel injection correction value from a MAP lookup table, applying the fuel injection correction value to the ethanol pulse correction to determine an ideal enrichment pulse correction, applying the ideal enrichment pulse correction to an ECU pulse signal to calculate an ideal enrichment pulse duration, and applying the ideal enrichment pulse duration to the fuel injector. 
     In another embodiment of the present invention, the device for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine may further comprise an engine temperature sensor. Upon starting the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine, the method of calculating an ideal enrichment pulse duration may further comprise receiving an engine temperature value from the engine temperature sensor. 
     In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit may further comprise a remote connection processor and a remote connection. 
     In another embodiment of the present invention, the MAP lookup table is modified with an enabled computing device. The enabled computing device is selected from the group consisting of tablet computers, laptop computers, personal computers and smart phones. 
     In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the remote connection is an antenna, and the MAP lookup table is modified wirelessly. 
     In another embodiment of the present invention, the remote connection is a wired connection port, and the MAP lookup table is modified with a wired connection. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING 
       The advantages and features of the present invention will be better understood as the following description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is an embodiment of the microcontroller of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is an embodiment of a MAP lookup table of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is an embodiment of an RPM/LOAD compensation log file of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is an embodiment of a screenshot of the present invention. The figure is divided into a left half and a right half. 
         FIG. 8  is an embodiment of a screenshot of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is an embodiment of a screenshot of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is an embodiment of an RPM/LOAD compensation log file of the present invention. 
     
    
    
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     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Gasoline powered internal combustion engines are designed to use regular gasoline with low ethanol content. The ethanol content in regular gasoline is very low (max. 10%) compared to ethanol fuels where majority of the fuel content is ethanol. Using ethanol fuels in these engines is possible if various characteristics of the fuel injection process can be altered. 
     If ethanol fuel is desired to be used in a gasoline combustion engine the amount of fuel combusted needs to be increased with a certain ratio that&#39;s dependent on the ethanol content of the fuel. The amount of fuel combusted can be changed by modifying the duration of the injection pulses. The duration of the pulses needs to be increased if the ethanol content of the fuel is increased. 
     The present invention solves this by monitoring the ethanol content of the fuel and by changing the duration of each injector pulse separately by interfacing with the fuel injection ECU (Engine/Electronic Control Unit). The present invention contains algorithms that use variables for changing the injector pulses, and the values of those variables can be adjusted. To perform adjustments to the variables various data can be utilized, including for example, various sensor data from the engine. For example, the adjustments can be done with a personal computer or with mobile devices by using wired or wireless connection. To perform adjustments, dedicated software may be installed to the computer or mobile device. 
     The present invention is a device that enables modifying a fuel injected gasoline combustion engines to function with ethanol based fuels, and also enables tuning of the fuel injection with the possibility to change its characteristics (or settings) with a computer or a mobile device depending on the ethanol content in the fuel (by utilizing, e.g., lookup tables). The operation of the present invention is in part based on the ethanol sensor provided as part of the device. To optimize the device operation the device can also benefit from other information, including engine temperature and other engine sensor data sourced from the engine&#39;s own sensors, RPM, exhaust compositions, external temperature, humidity, velocity, acceleration, and various other data. Such data can for example come from one or more intake air pressure sensor, mass air flow sensor, exhaust gas lambda sensor, crank sensor RPM data, weight sensors, and various other sensors, internal or external to the engine, and even remote sensors. The sensor list is not limiting, and is only provided as an example, as numerous sensors are available today to measure, calculate, extrapolate, and/or record just about type of data and the availability of sensors and their applicability will be known to a person with experience in the field of this invention. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1-3 , an embodiment of the present invention is a device  100  for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine comprising a control unit  110 , a wiring harness  120 , a fuel ethanol sensor  130  and an ECU-fuel injector connector  140  and one or more sensor connectors  150 , which may be connected to engine, ECU, and/or other sensors. The ECU-fuel injector connector  140  comprises an ECU connector  142  and a fuel injector connector  144 . The control unit  110  is in communication with the fuel ethanol sensor  130  through the wiring harness  120 . The control unit  110  is in communication with the ECU-fuel injector connector  140  through the wiring harness  120 . The ECU connector  142  is configured to be in communication with ECU  160  of the electronically fuel injected combustion engine. The phrase “configured to be in communication” here means that the ECU connector  142  may be connected to the ECU  160  with the appropriate mated connector. 
     The fuel injector connector  144  is configured to be in communication with a fuel injector  180  of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. Similarly, the phrase “configured to be in communication” here means that the fuel injector connector  144  may be connected to the fuel injector  180  with the appropriate mated connector. 
     The fuel ethanol sensor  130  determines an ethanol content  190  of fuel (e.g., in a fuel line  200 ) of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The control unit  110  is in communication with plurality of sensor connectors  150  through the wiring harness  120 . The plurality of sensor connectors  150  preferably is in communication with at least one sensor  210  of the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine. The at least one sensor  210  may be selected from the group consisting of intake air pressure sensor  210   a , mass airflow sensor  210   b , exhaust gas lambda sensor  210   c , crank sensor  210   d , and combinations thereof. The sensor connectors  150  may also be connected to other sensors, for example, ambient temperature, humidity, weight, velocity, speed, acceleration, and multiple others. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 2-4 , the control unit  110  comprises a microcontroller  112  that comprises at least one processor unit  112   a , at least one memory unit  112   b  coupled to the at least one processor unit  112   a , and computer readable instructions embodied in the memory unit  112   b  and executable by the processor unit  112   a , wherein execution of the instructions by the processor unit causes the control unit  110  to perform a method of calculating an ideal enrichment pulse duration. By ideal enrichment pulse duration here it is meant a fuel injection pulse duration that alters the engine operation to achieve, for example, efficient engine operation, increased power, reduced emissions, and various other goals, as desired by a user. 
     A method of calculating according to the present invention comprises receiving data about ethanol content of the fuel (e %) from the fuel ethanol sensor  1120 , utilizing e % and an ethanol content fuel lookup table (ENR(e %)) to determine an ethanol pulse correction (enr %), and optionally receiving at least one sensor value from the at least one sensor  1122 , optionally receiving an RPM value from the ECU  1124 , utilizing the at least one sensor value and the RPM value to determine a fuel injection correction value (map %) using MAP lookup table  230 . The method of calculating further comprises applying the fuel injection correction value (map %) to ethanol pulse correction (enr %) to determine an ideal enrichment pulse correction (final %)  1126 , applying the ideal enrichment pulse correction  1126  to the ECU Pulse Signal t(pulse) to calculate an ideal enrichment pulse duration  1128 , and applying the ideal enrichment pulse duration  1128  to the fuel injectors  180 . The pre-determined values in the fuel lookup table ENR(e %) allow the engine to be used with different ethanol content fuels without the need of sensor inputs or RPM values. Map lookup table  230  allows fine tuning of the fuel mixture utilizing optional inputs from various sensors and/or from the ECU. 
     Instead of, or in addition to, a MAP lookup table  230 , the control unit  110  can also be configured to calculate the ideal enrichment pulse correction  1126  based on algorithms implemented with computer readable instructions stored in memory unit  112   b . As noted above, the amount of fuel combusted can be changed by modifying the duration of the injection pulses. For the engine to operate as desired (e.g., more efficiently, optimize fuel consumption, increase horsepower, etc.), the duration of the fuel injection pulses may be altered (e.g., increased or decreased) if the ethanol content of the fuel changes. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the device  100  for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine may further comprise an engine temperature sensor  220 . Upon starting the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine, the method of calculating an ideal enrichment pulse duration may further comprise receiving an engine temperature value from the engine temperature sensor  1130 , utilizing the engine temperature sensor value and e % to determine a startup fuel correction (su %) and applying the startup fuel correction su % to ethanol pulse correction (enr %). The RPM value upon starting the electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine is zero. After the engine is started, the device  100  for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine may determine the RPM value after the first two injection pulses if the optional RPM value is desired to be used to determine a fuel injection correction value (map %) during startup. The RPM value may be calculated from the injection pulse interval. Usually, the injection pulse is given once every two engine cycles in each fuel injector  180 . Alternatively, the injection pulse is given once every one engine cycle. The engine temperature sensor  220  preferably should be located within approximately 10 cm (4 in) of a cylinder head of the engine. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the control unit  110  may further comprise a remote connection processor  112   e  and a remote connection antenna  112   f . As shown in  FIG. 5 , the MAP lookup table  230  may be modified with an enabled computing device  240 . The enabled computing device  240  is selected from the group consisting of tablet computers  240   a  (e.g., Apple iPad, Microsoft Surface, Samsung Galaxy Note, and other mobile tablet computing devices), laptop computers  240   b , personal computers  240   c  and smart phones  240   d . The MAP lookup table  230  may be modified wirelessly through the use of the remote connection processor  112   e  and the remote connection antenna  112   f.    
     Alternatively, the MAP lookup table  230  may be modified by a wired connection between the device  100  for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine and an optional wired connection port  112   d . The wired connection may be USB, LAN or any other known wired connections. 
     The device  100  for modifying an amount of fuel combusted for an electronically fuel injected gasoline combustion engine may be connected to the at least one sensor  210  (intake air pressure sensor  210   a , mass airflow sensor  210   b , exhaust gas lambda sensor  210   c , crank sensor  210   d  of the engine through the plurality of sensor connectors  150 . The device  100  may be connected to one or more, or all of these sensors. Even if all are connected, the device  100  may utilize data/sensor readings from one or more, of all of these sensors. The fuel ethanol sensor  130  of the device  100  may be connected to the fuel line to determine the ethanol content  190  of the fuel. As the ethanol content  190  may change, the sensor continually reads the ethanol content  190 . When device  100  is not deployed, the engine&#39;s ECU  160  is connected to the fuel injector  180  with a fuel injector plug. The ECU calculates the pulse and timing of the fuel injection based on a fuel map for that engine and sends that pulse and timing in the form of an ECU signal to the fuel injector  180 . To deploy device  100 , the fuel injector plug is removed from the fuel injector  180  and the ECU-fuel injector connector  140  is utilized where the fuel injector plug is attached to the ECU connector  142  of the device  100  and the fuel injector connector  144  is attached to the fuel injector  180 . Deploying device  100  in this way allows device  100  to adjust the ECU signal and with that the pulse and timing of the fuel injection, effectively adjusting the fuel map of that engine. 
     The device  100  may also include an engine temperature sensor  220  that may be utilized to determine the engine temperature when the engine starts. This engine temperature value may be utilized to determine the ideal enrichment pulse duration when starting the engine. 
     The device  100  may include numerous MAP lookup tables  230  and/or log files.  FIG. 6  illustrates a representative, RPM/LOAD compensation log file for one embodiment of the present invention. The left column, labeled “[Bar],” represents the engine intake manifold pressure which is read from the MAP (intake air pressure) sensor connected to the device  100  through the engine sensor connector  150 . The top row represents the RPM value which is calculated from the ECU injection pulse interval. The cells represent fuel injection correction values (map %) used to modify the ethanol pulse correction (enr %) to determine an ideal enrichment pulse correction  1126 , which is applied to ECU Pulse Signal t(pulse) to calculate an ideal enrichment pulse duration  1128 . In this example, “100” represents no change to the ethanol pulse correction (enr %), “95” represents −5% to the ethanol pulse correction (enr %) and “105” represents +5% to the ethanol pulse correction (enr %). 
     For example, if the engine intake manifold pressure is 1.0 bar and the RPM value is 3120, then the fuel correction adjustment value is 104, which means a +4% change to the ethanol pulse correction (enr %). As noted above, the MAP lookup table fuel injection correction values (map %) may be modified with an enabled computing device  240 . 
       FIG. 7  is a representative screenshot illustrating various parameters (e.g., RPM, intake manifold pressure, oxygen sensor input, injection duty cycle, fuel ethanol content, fuel temperature, fuel map, and others) that may be monitored by the device  100 . For readability, the figure divides the screenshot between the left side (“ FIG. 7 ”) and the right side (“ FIG. 7  (cont.)”). The values of the parameters may be viewed on an enabled computing device  240 . In this representative example of a screenshot, the RPM value is 3120, the engine intake manifold pressure is 1.0 bar (“Analog in 1”), the exhaust oxygen sensor input is 0.89 Lambda (“Analog in 2”), the injector duty cycle is 52%, the fuel ethanol content is 73%, the fuel temperature is +23 degrees Celsius, and the Fuel Map is 104 Correction % at 11.475 seconds. As indicated in the lower right graph, measurements for the parameters may be recorded by millisecond increments. The measurements for the parameters may be recorded in log files while the engine is running with a power dynamometer. The use of a power dynamometer allows the engine to be run and loaded, simulating driving conditions, while the vehicle is stationary. Based on the readings of the power dynamometer adjustments to the fuel injection correction values (map %) in a MAP lookup table  230  may be made to achieve the desired engine operation (e.g., improve efficiently, optimize fuel consumption, increase horsepower, etc.). 
     When a power dynamometer is not available for making adjustments to the fuel injection, log files containing internal operating parameters and sensor data may be created using a tuning device  240 . For illustration proposes embodiments of the invention are described with a tuning device part of computing device  240 , but this illustration is non-limiting, and as explained below the tuning device  240  may be different from the computing device  240 . The log files may be created while the vehicle is being driven. The log files may be analyzed, and the fuel injection may be adjusted according to the data saved to the log files. The device  100  may contain memory for saving the log files; alternatively, the data may be transmitted to the tuning device  240  either with a wireless or wired connection. The device  100  may store the data in the log files together with timestamps associated with the data. Device  100  may transmit the log files from its memory to the tuning device  240  either wirelessly or over a wired connection. In another embodiment, the tuning device  240  may receive the data from device  100  and store it in log files together with timestamps associated with the data. The timestamps may be determined by the tuning device  240  which may periodically request (or poll) device  100  for the data or may be received from device  100 . 
     The tuning device  240  maybe part of computing device  240 , a separate computing device, a dedicated device for logging and tuning of device  100 , or part of a vehicle computer. The tuning device  240  is configured to receive data from device  100  with wireless or wired connection, to organize the data in log files and to save the log files. The tuning device  240  and device  100  may be configured so that device  100  may receive a log file from the tuning device  240  and save the log file in the memory of device  100 . Furthermore, the tuning device  240  and device  100  may be configured so that the tuning device  240  can receive a log file stored in device  100 . The configurations that enable data transfer between the tuning device  240  and device  100  may be wired or wireless and can follow any known data connection standard or protocol. 
     The tuning device  240  may contain data collection modules that receive data from device  100 , or determine data from the tuning device  240 &#39;s sensors (e.g., GPS-location, acceleration, speed, altitude, heading, user logged-in, environmental temperature, humidity, and various other information commonly available through mobile or non-mobile computing devices). The data collection modules of the tuning device  240  described above may be software instructions, hardware elements or combination of both and may be commonly available modules (e.g., wireless transceivers, microprocessor clocks, gyros, pressure sensors, compasses, RFID devices, GPS sensors, mapping software, applications for GPS-positioning, altitude measurement, speed calculation, and numerous others that can be found in computing devices), or can also be custom created for incorporation in a tuning device  240  consistent with this invention. The tuning device  240  further may contain logging modules that organize the data received from device  100  and/or the data determined from the tuning device  240  into one or more log files and store the log files on the tuning device  240  memory and/or transmit it to device  100  for storing. Tuning device  240  may record in the log files timestamps associated with the data determined from the tuning device  240 . The logging modules of the tuning device  240  may be based on software instructions, hardware devices, or combination of software and hardware. 
     A log file may contain values for various engine parameters recorded at different times. A log file may visually be represented as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
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     The left most column of the above diagram contains the time stamps when the values for the various parameters were recorded. The top row in the above log diagram indicates the different parameters being logged (e.g., Data 0, Data 1, etc.), may, for example be speed, RPM, Injector duty cycle, Ethanol content, Engine temperature, Fuel temperature, fuel injection correction value (map %), and numerous others, or any other data available from the internal or external sensors. Other parameters and data may be obtained from the tuning device  240  and saved in the log file, including, for example, GPS-position, acceleration, altitude, username, and any other information available from the tuning device  240 . The “value” represents the value of the particular parameter recorded at the indicated time. The log files may be saved as a “CSV” (e.g., comma-, tab-, space- or other delimiter-separated values) files in plain text to allow that the log be used with text editors, spreadsheet and graphing tools, databases, and other software tools. Alternatively, the log files may be stored in encrypted formats for enhanced data security or in low-level machine or proprietary formats for increased memory read/write access efficiency. The above examples are not meant to be limiting, and the log can be saved in any file format. 
     The tuning device  240  may contain logic that allows a user to control the type of data to be recorded in the log file (what are Data 0, Data 1, Data 2, Data 3, etc., in Table 1), the frequency of logging (the time elapsed between Time 0, Time 1, Time 3, etc., in Table 1), the format of the data values (e.g., metric, imperial, raw data, voltage, text, ASCII, etc.), and any other number of configurations that may be desirable or helpful to tune device  100 . 
     The tuning device  240  may further contain display modules that allow the log file to be visually displayed on a display (of a, e.g., computer, tablet, phone or vehicle monitor) connected to the tuning device  240 . The display maybe a display of computing device  240 , a display of a dedicated tuning device  240 , a vehicle display, or an external display connected to the tuning device  240  using well known image or video transmission techniques. The display modules may comprise display logic allowing simple tabular visualization of the log file, similar to Table 1, or may comprise logic that allows visualization of the log file data in graphical form in multiple coordinates or dimensions (e.g., x-y, x-y-z, 2D, 3D, etc.), formats (e.g., pie charts, line graphs, bar graphs, etc.), or colors. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a representative screenshot of the data from a log file in graphic form. In this example, the log file recorded data in milliseconds, and at 8.300 seconds, the RPM is 2000, “Analog in 1” is 144 g/s, “Analog in 2” is 1.03 Lambda, the Injector duty cycle is 17%, and the Fuel map is 100% Correction. A user may choose a specific time to view the values at the specific time with the controls at the bottom of the figure. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates a representative screenshot of the data from a log file in graphic form. In this example, the graph presents three different channels (RPM (x-axis), Analog in 1 (y-axis, MAF sensor data) and Analog in 2 (z-axis, exhaust gas lambda sensor data)) in a coordinated system. A user may analyze the air-fuel mixture of the engine in relation to the engine&#39;s workload. The user may choose a specific time to view the values of the air-fuel mixture at the specific time using the graph controls at the bottom of  FIG. 9  (e.g., to pan or zoom in or out or to take a readout at an exact point in time). If the user determines that the logged air-fuel ratio of the mixture should be changed, the user, with or without using algorithms that may be external to the tuning device  240 , or installed in the tuning device  240 , can determine or calculate a new fuel injection correction value (map %) to adjust the fuel map using the RPM and load values from the log file. Similarly, if the user wishes to change the value of other parameters recorded in the log file, based on the log file data the user can determine or calculate new fuel injection correction values (map %) to engine performance to change the desired parameter&#39;s value. Using computing device  240  the user can update MAP lookup table  230  in device  100  with the new fuel injection correction value (map %). The user can determine the fuel injection correction value (map %) to be entered into the MAP lookup table  230  by adjusting the fuel injection correction value (map %) in the direction of desired or expected engine performance change, performing another test or creating a new log with the new fuel injection correction values (map %), analyzing the resulting values of other parameters from the new test or in the new log, and re-adjusting the fuel injection correction values (map %). The process can be repeated as many times as the user wishes to achieve the desired result. Also, through testing and/or recording and analyzing multiple log files created under varying conditions and with varying parameters values, and/or based on scientific principles, algorithms may be created that can be used to calculate the values to be entered in MAP lookup table  230  based on the desired performance. 
     The values for the fuel injection correction values (map %) in a MAP lookup table  230  of the device  100  may be changed using log files consistent with the present invention to achieve desired engine operation.  FIG. 10 , which is similar to  FIG. 6 , shows representative data from a representative RPM/Load compensation log file. In the figure, the x-axis presents the engine RPM, the y-axis presents the value of the MAF sensor, and the cells represent the amount of fuel injected to the engine measured in percent from the original value. For example, at 4480 RPM and 285 g/s, the adjusted fuel injected is 86% of the original amount of injected fuel. Although the description and figures refer to RPM/Load compensation log files, the present invention may utilize log files with other parameters. 
     An embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions embodied therein, the computer readable instructions being configured to implement a method of calculating an ideal pulse duration when executed. “Non-transitory computer readable medium” may not include a transitory signal. 
     While the invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, omissions, and/or additions may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims. Moreover, unless specifically stated any use of the terms first, second, etc. do not denote any order or importance, but rather the terms first, second, etc. are used to distinguish one element from another.