DR. ROBERT WAYNE MCCABE, DO
Medical Practice in Southfield, MI

6810660, Nov 2, 2004

Apr 8, 2002

10/063285

Jeffrey Scott Hepburn - Birmingham MI
Carolyn Parks Hubbard - Dearborn Heights MI
Gang Guo - Ypsilanti MI
Lifeng Xu - Farmington Hills MI
Robert Walter McCabe - Lathrup Village MI

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

F01N 300

60285, 60295, 60297, 60311, 55DIG 30, 55523

An exhaust aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed which mitigates deleterious poisoning of a catalytic converter or exhaust gas oxygen sensor by phosphorus containing species.

6813884, Nov 9, 2004

Jan 29, 2002

09/683642

Albert Nazipovich Shigapov - Aachen, DE
Brendan Patrick Carberry - Aachen, DE
Robert Walter McCabe - Lathrup Village MI

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

F01N 300

60295, 60274, 60311, 60297

A diesel exhaust treatment system and method of oxidizing NO to NO at low temperatures are provided. The system utilizes a platinum catalyst on a zirconia-stabilized silica support which oxidizes NO in the exhaust gas to NO and uses the NO in an amount sufficient to oxidize particulate trapped on a particulate filter. The catalyst is preferably pre-treated at a temperature of between about 500 to 650° C. in a NO-oxygen-nitrogen mixture to increase conversion at low temperatures. The catalyst preferably includes an additional oxide component selected from the group consisting of TiO , P O , WO , B O , and Al O or a heteropolyacid component to further increase activity at low temperatures or to decrease platinum loading at the same level of performance.

2006010, May 11, 2006

Jan 26, 2006

11/275734

Albert Chigapov - Aachen, DE
Alexei Dubkov - Aachen, DE
Brendan Carberry - Aachen, DE
Robert McCabe - Lathrup Village MI, US

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

B01J 23/10

502304000

The present invention provides new platinum group metal (“PGM”) free catalytic compositions that comprise silver and/or cobalt stabilized ceria. These compositions facilitate soot oxidation during the regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPF) thereby replacing PGM formulations. The compositions of the invention are particularly useful as washcoat compositions for DPFs as part of an automotive after-treatment system. Among the formulations tested, the silver-stabilized ceria and cobalt-stabilized ceria formulations e.g. can oxidize soot at 250-300° C. in the presence of NOand oxygen, while silver-stabilized ceria can oxidize diesel soot even in the presence of oxygen as the sole oxidizing agent at these temperatures. A perovshite composition containing Ag—La—Mn was very active at temperatures above 300° C.

5433071, Jul 18, 1995

Dec 27, 1993

8/172997

Raymond L. Willey - Redford MI
Robert W. McCabe - Lathrup Village MI
Jeffrey S. Hepburn - Dearborn MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

F01N 320

60274

The invention relates to an improved emission control system. The system has particular applicability for use in an internal combustion engine (10) utilizing alternative fuels such as natural gas. More particularly, the invention provides an apparatus and method wherein hydrogen is removed by a conditioning catalyst (16) from the exhaust gas stream (21) to produce a conditioned exhaust gas (22). An exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor (18) is in communication with the conditioned exhaust gas (22) and generates a signal in response to the sensed oxygen concentration of the conditioned exhaust gas (22). The A/F mixture entering engine (10) is adjusted by closed loop control means (14) in response to the signal generated by EGO sensor (18). The removal of hydrogen from the exhaust gas stream (21) eliminates lean shifts and allows oxygen sensor (18) and closed loop control means (14) to more accurately control the A/F ratio. As a result of improved control over the A/F mixture entering engine (10), main three-way catalyst (20) optimally converts noxious components present in the conditioned exhaust gas (22) to produce a purified exhaust stream (23).

5220789, Jun 22, 1993

Mar 5, 1991

7/664722

James E. Riley - Northville MI
Thomas E. Bazil - Northville MI
William R. Adam - Birmingham MI
Hans P. Creutz - Saline MI
Robert W. McCabe - Lathrup Village MI
Haren S. Gandhi - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

F01N 328

60302

An integral manifold-muffler-catalyst device (for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion cylinders generating exhaust gases), comprising: (a) a monolithic catalyst having a plurality of aligned passages for effecting laminar flow of the exhaust gases therethrough while; (b) a high temperature resistant chamber assembly for close-coupling the catalyst to the engine having (i) an expansion chamber for substantially dissipating low frequency standing sound waves of said exhaust gases and for modifying high frequency sound waves of said exhaust gases and (ii) manifolding passages at one side of the expansion chamber for collecting and delivering the exhaust gases from the cylinders to the expansion chamber; and (c) means for effecting converging flow from said expansion chamber to and across substantially the full entrance face of said aligned passages, as well as from the catalyst, for effecting attenuation of high frequency sound waves carried by the exhaust gases.

7030054, Apr 18, 2006

Apr 18, 2003

10/418767

Albert N Chigapov - Aachen, DE
Alexei A Dubkov - Aachen, DE
Brendan Patrick Carberry - Aachen, DE
Robert Walter McCabe - Lathrup Village MI, US

Ford Global Technologlies, LLC. - Dearborn MI

B01J 23/00, B01J 23/58, B01J 23/72, B01J 23/70, B01J 23/74

502302, 502303, 502304, 502314, 502317, 502318, 502330, 502331, 502338, 502347, 502525

The present invention provides new platinum group metal (“PGM”) free catalytic compositions that comprise silver and/or cobalt stabilized ceria. These compositions facilitate soot oxidation during the regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPF) thereby replacing PGM formulations. The compositions of the invention are particularly useful as washcoat compositions for DPFs as part of an automotive after-treatment system. Among the formulations tested, the silver-stabilized ceria and cobalt-stabilized ceria formulations e. g. can oxidize soot at 250–300° C. in the presence of NOand oxygen, while silver-stabilized ceria can oxidize diesel soot even in the presence of oxygen as the sole oxidizing agent at these temperatures. A perovshite composition containing Ag—La—Mn was very active at temperatures above 300° C.

2006016, Aug 3, 2006

Dec 9, 2005

11/298805

Lifeng Xu - Farmington Hills MI, US
George Graham - Ann Arbor MI, US
John Hoard - South Lyon MI, US
Robert McCabe - Lathrup Village MI, US

F01N 3/00, F01N 3/10

060295000, 060301000

An alumina-based lean NOtrap system for use in a lean burn engine such as a diesel engine is provided which includes at least one alumina-based lean NOtrap comprising a catalyst, an alumina NOabsorbent material, and optionally, from 0 to about 4 wt % of an alkaline earth metal oxide. The system preferably includes at least a first alumina-based lean NOtrap, and a second lean NOtrap which is positioned downstream from the first lean NOtrap in an engine exhaust. The second lean NOtrap may comprise an alumina-based trap or a conventional lean NOtrap. The lean NOtrap system converts at least a portion of NOcontained in the exhaust gas to Nat a temperature between about 150° C. to about 500° C. The alumina-based lean NOtrap system also undergoes efficient desulphurization and maintains its activity with extended use.

6928359, Aug 9, 2005

Aug 9, 2001

09/682242

Lifeng Xu - Farmington Hills MI, US
Robert Walter McCabe - Lathrup Village MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

F01N003/00

701102, 60284, 60274

A system and method for delivering reductant to a lean NOx catalyst receiving exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine operating at a lean air-fuel ratio in disclosed. Reductant supply is based on an amount of reductant stored within the catalyst. Furthermore, reductant is supplied under prescribed conditions including an exhaust gas concentration upstream of the catalyst of less than 25 ppm NOx or the catalyst at a temperature greater than 300° C.

4762093, Aug 9, 1988

Apr 10, 1987

7/037011

Robert W. McCabe - Lathrup Village MI
David F. McCready - Clinton Township, Macomb County MI
Philip V. Mohan - Birmingham MI
Robert A. Potter - Warren MI

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

F02B 4308

123 3

A practice is disclosed for the start-up of a methanol-fueled engine at low ambient temperatures. Liquid methanol fuel is atomized using ultrasonic energy, mixed with air and introduced over a methanol oxidation-dissociation catalyst. Methanol oxidation is used to heat the catalyst to an elevated temperature at which methanol dissociation provides a noncondensable fuel comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen for the start-up of the engine at low ambient temperature.

6951098, Oct 4, 2005

Nov 1, 2002

10/065597

Lifeng Xu - Farmington Hills MI, US
Jialin Yang - Canton MI, US
Richard Eugene Baker - Dearborn Heights MI, US
Robert Walter McCabe - Lathrup Village MI, US
Diana D. Brehob - Dearborn MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

F01N003/00

60286, 60274, 60285, 60295, 60301

A method for controlling torque in an internal combustion engine to cause an increase in temperature in an exhaust aftertreatment device is disclosed. One group cylinders feed exhaust gases to one exhaust aftertreatment device and another group of cylinders feed exhaust gases to another exhaust aftertreatment device. By operating the groups of cylinders at different operating conditions, the desired temperature in one of the exhaust aftertreatment devices can be achieved while also providing driver demanded torque.