Method and system for evaluating exhaust on-board diagnostics system

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PATENT NO 6378359
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09479534

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A system and method of normalizing an emissions threshold catalytic brick 302 without a mileage accumulation step is used to evaluate an on-board diagnostics for an exhaust system. The method comprises normalizing a emissions threshold catalytic brick 302 by placing the emissions threshold catalytic brick 302 in a exhaust gas circulation oven, such as a retort chamber 300, immediately after an oven-aging and chemical aging process wherein the emissions threshold catalytic brick 302 is saturated with a exhaust gas at a predetermined rate and at a predetermined temperature for a specified period of time based upon the characteristics desired for the emissions threshold catalytic brick. Additionally, a method for evaluating on-board diagnostics of an exhaust system using an emissions threshold catalytic brick 302 based upon the characteristics of the exhaust system that it will be placed in is also contemplated.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chanko, Timothy Canton, MI 2 32
Dobson, Douglas A Plymouth, MI 6 166
Hepburn, Jeffrey Scott Birmingham, MI 69 1438
Jerger, Robert Joseph Dexter, MI 21 219
Kluzner, Michael Igor Oak Park, MI 35 587
Watkins, William Lewis Henderson Toledo, OH 16 202

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