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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Stephen W. Bird, Peterborough, GB;

Paul J. Quinney, Peterborough, GB;

Sanjay K. Rajani, Peterborough, GB;

James J. Reed, Yaxley, GB;

Anil Raina, Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Stephen W. Bird, Peterborough, GB;

Paul J. Quinney, Peterborough, GB;

Sanjay K. Rajani, Peterborough, GB;

James J. Reed, Yaxley, GB;

Anil Raina, Peoria, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one aspect an internal combustion engine assembly may be provided that may include at least one combustion chamber and an exhaust system with an after-treatment system that may have an oxidation catalyst and a particulate filter. The internal combustion engine assembly may include an electronic controller that may have a de-contamination function that may, responsive to a command be configured to de-contaminate the particulate filter and the oxidation catalyst. To that end, a method may be provided to, and the controller may be configured to increase the exhaust gas temperature at an inlet of the after-treatment system to above a de-contamination temperature during a certain time period.


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