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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Giovanni Cavataio, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hungwen Jen, Troy, MI (US);
James Robert Warner, Ferndale, MI (US);
James W. Girard, Vienna, AT;
Christine Kay Lambert, Dearborn, MI (US);
Giovanni Cavataio, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hungwen Jen, Troy, MI (US);
James Robert Warner, Ferndale, MI (US);
James W. Girard, Vienna, AT;
Christine Kay Lambert, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a catalyst assembly is provided for treating an exhaust from an engine. In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a first catalyst material catalytically active at a first temperature and loaded at a first catalyst material loading, the first catalyst material including a first base metal loading, and a second catalyst material catalytically active at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and loaded at a second catalyst material loading, the second catalyst material including a second base metal loading, wherein the second base metal loading is higher than the first base metal loading.