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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Dennis Craig Reed, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/16 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02N 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/16 (2016.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); F02D 41/0077 (2013.01); F02D 41/022 (2013.01); F02N 11/04 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 2510/068 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0622 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0633 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0694 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6252 (2013.01); Y10T 477/26 (2015.01); Y10T 477/6395 (2015.01); Y10T 477/747 (2015.01); Y10T 477/79 (2015.01);
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.