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Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Eric Matthew Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);

Jason Brian Martz, Canton, MI (US);

Daniel Joseph Styles, Canton, MI (US);

Joshua Zachary Fried, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 13/02 (2006.01); F01N 13/10 (2010.01); F02D 41/40 (2006.01); F02D 13/06 (2006.01); F02M 35/104 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 13/0215 (2013.01); F01N 13/10 (2013.01); F02D 13/06 (2013.01); F02D 41/401 (2013.01); F02D 41/403 (2013.01); F02M 35/104 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0802 (2013.01); F02D 2200/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for re-combustion of exhaust in a cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine in order to increase the temperature of the exhaust for enhancing catalytic conversion within the multi-cylinder engine. In one example, a method may include expelling combusted gases from the cylinder into an intake manifold via an intake valve during an exhaust stroke, in order to rebreathe in the combusted gases from the intake manifold via the intake valve in a subsequent intake stroke.


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