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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Martz, Canton, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric Kurtz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Tennison, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Styles, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/08 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/0885 (2013.01); F01N 3/0814 (2013.01); F01N 3/0842 (2013.01); F01N 3/2013 (2013.01); F01N 3/2033 (2013.01); F01N 13/011 (2014.06); F01N 2240/14 (2013.01); F01N 2240/16 (2013.01); F01N 2240/18 (2013.01); F01N 2250/12 (2013.01); F01N 2900/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for reducing emissions of an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, an electric heater and a passive NOx absorber or other emissions control device are positioned in a passage downstream of a combustor so as to process emissions from the combustor before an engine is started.