Methods and systems for an exhaust system

US11060435B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
• Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE
• Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
• Hanno Friederichs · Aachen, DE
• Andreas Kuske · Geulle, NL
• Frank Wunderlich · Netphen, DE
• Frank Kraemer · Neunkirchen, DE
• Franz J. Brinkmann · Hürth, DE
• Lutz Henkelmann · Stolberg, DE
• Franz Arnd Sommerhoff · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas system. In one example, a system comprises a conical passage fluidly coupling a turbine outlet to an aftertreatment device. The conical passage may further comprise a scavenge valve to adjust exhaust gas flow therethrough.