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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
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);
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);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.