Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for controlling catalyst temperature
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Application No.: US14316659Application Date: 2014-06-26
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Publication No.: US09643588B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Alex O'Connor Gibson , Jeffrey Allen Doering , Dennis Craig Reed
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: B60W10/02
- IPC: B60W10/02 ; B60W10/06 ; B60K6/48 ; B60W20/16
Abstract:
A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, an engine exhaust after treatment device is cooled at an opportunistic time. The approach may provide improved cooling for exhaust after treatment devices and it may also improve vehicle emissions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140309080A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CATALYST TEMPERATURE Public/Granted day:2014-10-16
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