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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Frank Ament, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Frank Ament, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control system that controls regeneration of a particulate filter is provided. The system generally includes a propagation module that estimates a propagation status of combustion of particulate matter in the particulate filter. A regeneration module controls current to the particulate filter to re-initiate regeneration based on the propagation status.