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Patent No.:

US 9732646 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2015

Systems and methods for opportunistic diesel particulate filter regeneration

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Devesh Upadhyay, Canton, MI (US);

Michael Hopka, Milford, MI (US);

Thomas Alan Brewbaker, Plymouth, MI (US);

Cory Scott Hendrickson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Julia Voutyras

McCoy Russell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stephen K Cronin

Assistant Examiner:

Susan Scharpf

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/023 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/0232 (2013.01); F01N 9/002 (2013.01); F01N 2900/10 (2013.01); F01N 2900/102 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1606 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for opportunistic regeneration of a diesel particulate filter based on cloud based traffic information and navigation information. In one example, a method may include determining initiation of regeneration, termination of regeneration and a degree of regeneration based on information from a lead vehicular network and navigation information in order to reduce a regeneration fuel penalty.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Upadhyay, Devesh. (2017). Systems and methods for opportunistic diesel particulate filter regeneration (U.S. Patent No. 9732646). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9732646

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