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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Birmingham, MI (US);
John M. Roth, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Birmingham, MI (US);
John M. Roth, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is described for operating an engine coupled to an emission control device that stores and reacts oxidants such as NO. The method transitions from lean to stoichiometric or rich operation under various conditions. For example, a periodic transition is performed with an amount of NOstored in the device reaches a threshold, or when a tip-in from idle conditions has been identified.