Method and apparatus for accessing ability of lean NOx trap to store exhaust gas constituent

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PATENT NO 6374597
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09528007

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A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a 'lean-burn' internal combustion engine in cooperation with an emissions control device capable of alternatively storing and releasing an exhaust gas constituent, such as oxygen, when exposed to exhaust gases that are lean and rich of stoichiometry, respectively, determines an ability of the device only when the engine is operating at a relatively-low mass air flow rate.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC A MICHIGAN CORPSUITE 911 PARKLANE TOWERS EAST ONE PARKLANE BLVD DEARBORN MI 48126

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Bidner, David Karl Livonia, MI 135 1656
Surnilla, Gopichandra West Bloomfield, MI 552 8677

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