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Electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter, vehicle and method for operating an electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter

US10273846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Simon Baensch · Pfakofen, DE
Thomas Knorr · Weil am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01N2900/08
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter that has a heating device. The heading device includes a first heating element and a second heating element that are arranged separately from one another upstream and downstream of an active catalysis region of the electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle which includes the electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter and to a method for operating the electric exhaust-gas catalytic converter.

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