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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Michael Beaver, Novi, MI (US);
Christopher Oberski, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Walter Kunitz, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/10 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01); F01N 13/10 (2010.01); B01D 53/94 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/2803 (2013.01); B01D 53/9454 (2013.01); B01D 53/9477 (2013.01); F01N 3/2828 (2013.01); F01N 13/009 (2014.06); F01N 13/10 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1021 (2013.01); B01D 2255/1023 (2013.01); B01D 2255/2061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exhaust system is described including an exhaust manifold having different length runners, with an emission control device housing a plurality of catalyst bricks, at least one of which having a multi-cell density. In this way, uneven exhaust mixing may be addressed without modifying packaging of the exhaust system.