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Patent No.:

US 11391229 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2020

System and method for starting an engine

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:

David Kelley

McCoy Russell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shafiq Mian

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.

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Cox, David. (2022). System and method for starting an engine (U.S. Patent No. 11391229). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11391229

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