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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Cox, London, GB;
Themi Petridis, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
David Hesketh, Ingatestone, GB;
Mario Balenovic, Waalre, NL;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02B 39/10 (2006.01); F02D 9/02 (2006.01); F02D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/062 (2013.01); F01N 3/2013 (2013.01); F02B 39/10 (2013.01); F02D 9/02 (2013.01); F02D 9/04 (2013.01); F02D 41/0077 (2013.01); F02N 11/0807 (2013.01); F02D 2200/50 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0815 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating an engine with an electrically heated catalyst and an electrically driven compressor are described. In one example, the electrically driven compressor and the electrically heated catalyst are activated before an engine start so that vehicle emissions may be reduced more efficiently at engine starting and thereafter.