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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emil G. Serban, Windsor, CA;
Inventors:
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emil G. Serban, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of diagnosing an emission control system of an internal combustion engine, comprising during degraded performance of the emission control system, dynamically identifying a relationship between a plurality of operating conditions of the emission control system; and correlating the relationship to a plurality of potential sources of degraded performance of the emission control system to identify at least one degraded source among the plurality of potential sources.