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Method for heating a gas sensor

US8573190B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

16Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Barnikow · Bad Abbach, DE
Johannes Scheuerer · Taufkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2008
Grant date	Nov 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02D2041/1418
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for heating a gas sensor (1), in particular an exhaust gas sensor for an exhaust system (5) of a motor vehicle (7), a temperature of the gas sensor (1) is determined and the heating process is influenced as a function of the temperature.

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