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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Shiguang Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Birmingham, MI (US);
Donald S. Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Zhaoyang Zeng, Windsor, CA;
James Patrick O'neill, Milford, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Shiguang Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Levin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Birmingham, MI (US);
Donald S. Masch, White Lake, MI (US);
Zhaoyang Zeng, Windsor, CA;
James Patrick O'Neill, Milford, MI (US);
Danrich Henry Demitroff, Okemos, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust manifold upstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat pipe in thermal contact with the exhaust manifold and atmosphere. The system further includes a phase changing material that passively absorbs heat after catalytic light-off.