Vehicle powertrain with onboard catalytic reformer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9617490
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14566877

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Catalyst compositions suitable for use in the exhaust gas recycle stream of an internal combustion engine are provided. Such catalyst compositions typically provide significant amounts of methane in addition to syngas. A reformer incorporating such a catalyst for use in an exhaust gas recycle portion of an internal combustion engine powertrain is described. A powertrain incorporating such a reformer, a method of increasing the octane rating of an exhaust gas recycle stream, and a method of operating an internal combustion engine using methane-assisted combustion are also described.

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TOYOTA CENTRAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABS INC41-1 YOKOMICHI MAGAKUTE AICHI 480-1192

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beutel, Tilman Wolfram Neshanic Station, US 8 390
Brody, John Francis Bound Brook, US 5 33
Choi, Eugine Marlton, US 22 94
Kliewer, Chris Esther Clinton, US 2 14
Koike, Makota Nagakute, JP 1 2
Li, Wenjun Phillipsburg, US 167 1102
Loveless, Brett Maplewood, US 11 59
Madiara, Paul Dmitri Bethlehem, US 3 28
Miyagawa, Hiroshi Nagakute, JP 33 281
Strohmaier, Karl Gottlieb Port Murray, US 5 49
Weigel, Scott J Allentown, US 68 285
Weiss, Brian Michael Bridgewater, US 2 14
Weissman, Walter Basking Ridge, US 52 1021

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