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US 2015/0330277 A1Published application
Aftertreatment thermal management via clutch assembly
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorJonathan A. Dickson
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Abstract
A vehicle system comprising: an engine; an aftertreatment system that receives exhaust gas from the engine; a clutch assembly; and a controller configured to direct adjusting slippage of the clutch assembly based on a first temperature that is selected from the group consisting of a temperature of the aftertreatment system and an expected temperature of the aftertreatment system.
Claims20
A vehicle system comprising:
- an engine;
- an aftertreatment system that receives exhaust gas from the engine;
- a clutch assembly;
- and
- a controller configured to direct adjusting slippage of the clutch assembly based on a first temperature that is selected from the group consisting of a temperature of the aftertreatment system and an expected temperature of the aftertreatment system.
2 more elements
A method including:
- adjusting slippage of a clutch assembly responsive to determining a first temperature selected from the group consisting of a temperature of an exhaust aftertreatment system and an expected temperature of the exhaust aftertreatment system.
A computer readable medium containing non-transitory instructions thereon, that when interpreted by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
- adjust slippage of a clutch assembly responsive to determining a first temperature selected from the group consisting of a temperature of an exhaust aftertreatment system and an expected temperature of the exhaust aftertreatment system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.