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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frederik De Smet, Genk, BE;
Jan Harmsen, Simpelveld, NL;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60K 31/00 (2013.01); F01N 3/0814 (2013.01); F01N 3/0842 (2013.01); F01N 3/0871 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/0275 (2013.01); F01N 2900/10 (2013.01); F01N 2900/12 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1602 (2013.01); F02D 41/10 (2013.01); F02D 2200/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling a NOx storage catalytic converter that is disposed in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with an adaptive cruise control system, wherein regeneration of the NOx storage catalytic converter is started depending on the distance to a vehicle ahead. For this the motor vehicle is accelerated in a rich mode for regeneration if the distance to the vehicle ahead is large enough so that the regeneration will be completed during an acceleration phase in which the distance is reduced.