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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cory Scott Hendrickson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/021 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); F01N 3/021 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); F01N 2900/102 (2013.01); F01N 2900/12 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1602 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for organizing vehicles within a vehicle platoon are described. In one example, temperatures and storage amounts of emissions control devices in vehicles of the vehicle platoon provide a basis for determining which vehicle is a leader and which vehicles are followers in a vehicle platoon. Vehicles having emissions devices at low temperatures may be commanded to a lead position to maintain emissions control device performance.