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Combustion engine for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle

US12129780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Heiko Beil · Stuttgart, DE
Rene Ernst · Amsterdam, NL
Siegfried Mueller · Großingersheim, DE
Michael Heinrichsmeyer · Steinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes an output shaft, an intake tract, an exhaust gas tract, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust gas tract, a heating element disposed in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element which is fluidically connected to the exhaust gas tract at a first connection point disposed downstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and at a second connection point disposed upstream of the heating element.

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