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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Lupescu, Wayne, MI (US);
Steven Schwochert, Garden City, MI (US);
Carolyn Hubbard, Canton, MI (US);
Melissa Zamora, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F01N 3/08 (2006.01); F01N 3/18 (2006.01); F02D 41/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0275 (2013.01); F01N 3/0814 (2013.01); F01N 3/0835 (2013.01); F01N 3/18 (2013.01); F02D 41/025 (2013.01); F02D 41/064 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); F01N 2570/12 (2013.01); F01N 2570/14 (2013.01); F02D 41/18 (2013.01); F02D 2250/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an aftertreatment system arranged in a vehicle underbody downstream of close-coupled aftertreatment devices, the aftertreatment system including a first aftertreatment device and a second aftertreatment device adjacent one another. In one example, the first aftertreatment device is a hydrocarbon trap and the second aftertreatment device is a three-way catalyst.