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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Wenbo Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Richard B. Jess, Haslett, MI (US);
David N. Belton, Birmingham, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An oxygen storage capacity (OSC) monitoring system for a vehicle having a catalytic converter includes a control module that determines a measured OSC based on an inlet sensor signal (ISS) that is responsive to an oxygen content of exhaust flowing into the catalytic converter. The control module determines a normalization ratio based the measured OSC and determines a PASS/FAIL status of the catalytic converter based on the normalization ratio.