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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
James C. Bradley, New Haven, IN (US);
Rodney J. Klinger, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Joseph T. Penaloza, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
James C. Bradley, New Haven, IN (US);
Rodney J. Klinger, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Joseph T. Penaloza, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A combustion engine comprising an exhaust system containing a particulate filter () for trapping particulate matter in engine exhaust passing through the exhaust system. A particulate trapping medium () inside a casing is selectively operable to a relatively lesser porosity for trapping particulate matter in the exhaust and to a relatively greater porosity for facilitating removal of trapped particulate matter during cleaning.