Method and system for reductant injector degradation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9217350
APP PUB NO 20150128564A1
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14079440

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Various systems and methods for detecting exhaust reductant injector degradation based on an exhaust NOx sensor are disclosed. In one example, degradation of the reductant injector is indicated when an actual NOx sensor output differs from an expected NOx sensor output by more than a threshold amount under engine off conditions.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCFAIRLANE PLAZA SOUTH SUITE 800 330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE DEARBORN MI 48126

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Kubinski, David John Canton, US 21 219
Meyer, Garth Michael Dearborn, US 15 293
Upadhyay, Devesh Canton, US 74 1156
Van, Nieuwstadt Michiel J Ann Arbor, US 173 2550
Visser, Jacobus Hendrik Farmington Hills, US 19 250
Yoo, In Kwang An Arbor, US 20 232

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