Patents by Inventor Katie Jo Vantine

Katie Jo Vantine has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Emission control system
    Patent number: 6182444
    Abstract: A reductant injection control strategy for controlling an amount of nitrogen oxide reducing agent injected upstream of a first and second serially placed nitrogen oxide catalyst, calculates the reductant injection For the first catalyst and second catalyst. The reductant injection for the first catalyst is based on engine operating conditions. The reductant injection for the second catalyst is based on the reductant injection for the first catalyst and a conversion efficiency of the first catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brien Lloyd Fulton, Katie Jo Vantine, Simon Goodliff