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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Xiaogang Zhang, Novi, MI (US);
David Charles Weber, Toledo, OH (US);
Vidhushekhar Zambare, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 13/00 (2010.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); F01N 3/031 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0618 (2013.01); F01N 3/031 (2013.01); F01N 3/033 (2013.01); F01N 11/002 (2013.01); F01N 2550/04 (2013.01); F01N 2560/05 (2013.01); F01N 2900/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a PM sensor. In one example, a method comprises flowing exhaust gas to a cone-shaped PM sensor having a pair of openings arranged across from one another and a plurality of outlets distal to the pair of openings.