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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Yasser Mohamed Sayed Yacoub, Cologne, DE;
Matthew Allen Schneider, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Yasser Mohamed Sayed Yacoub, Cologne, DE;
Matthew Allen Schneider, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0656 (2013.01); G01N 15/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a particle sensor are provided. In one example, a particle sensor for an exhaust system comprises at least two inlet openings for an exhaust-gas flow of the exhaust system, wherein the inlet openings are of different sizes, and at least two sensor elements, wherein in each case one sensor element is arranged downstream of one inlet opening. In this way, the relative proportion of different-sized particles within the exhaust-gas flow may be determined.