Method and system for providing electricity from an integrated starter-alternator to an electrically heated catalyst
US6381955B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for distributing electrical energy from an integrated starter-alternator during a deceleration or overrun vehicle condition to an electrically heated catalyst in order to maintain the temperature of the electrically heated catalyst within an operating temperature range during the deceleration or overrun vehicle condition.
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