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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Don M. Lawrence, Birmingham, MI (US);

Scott Donald Cooper, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Dwayne Pollitt, Novi, MI (US);

Jimmy Zhu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David T. Zultowski, Plymouth, MI (US);

Scott J. Szymusiak, Canton, MI (US);

Inventors:

Don M. Lawrence, Birmingham, MI (US);

Scott Donald Cooper, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Dwayne Pollitt, Novi, MI (US);

Jimmy Zhu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David T. Zultowski, Plymouth, MI (US);

Scott J. Szymusiak, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/00 (2013.01); F01N 3/2066 (2013.01); G01F 23/00 (2013.01); F01N 2610/142 (2013.01); F01N 2610/148 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1814 (2013.01); Y02T 10/24 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0324 (2015.04);
Abstract

Various methods are provided for notifying a vehicle operator of various parameters based on an exhaust fluid level sensor of an exhaust fluid storage tank. In one example, the parameter is a consumption rate of the exhaust fluid. In another example, the parameter is an amount of fluid to be added to the exhaust fluid storage tank.


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