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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Jing Sun, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yong-wha Kim, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jing Sun, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yong-Wha Kim, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer control system is described that monitors the functionality of an emission control device that is capable of storing NOx and oxygen during lean conditions, and releasing/reducing the stored oxygen and NOx during rich operating conditions. The computer uses a readable storage medium having stored data representing instructions executable by a computer. The instructions utilize a ratio between a lean operating time and a rich operating time to determine whether the catalyst has degraded.