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Title: Hybrid vehicle control

Abstract

A method and apparatus for heating a catalytic converter's catalyst to an efficient operating temperature in a hybrid electric vehicle when the vehicle is in a charge limited mode such as e.g., the charge depleting mode or when the vehicle's high voltage battery is otherwise charge limited. The method and apparatus determine whether a high voltage battery of the vehicle is incapable of accepting a first amount of charge associated with a first procedure to warm-up the catalyst. If it is determined that the high voltage battery is incapable of accepting the first amount of charge, a second procedure with an acceptable amount of charge is performed to warm-up the catalyst.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1202361
Patent Number(s):
9090243
Application Number:
13/523,964
Assignee:
FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002720
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Citation Formats

Shallvari, Iva, Velnati, Sashidhar, and DeGroot, Kenneth P. Hybrid vehicle control. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Shallvari, Iva, Velnati, Sashidhar, & DeGroot, Kenneth P. Hybrid vehicle control. United States.
Shallvari, Iva, Velnati, Sashidhar, and DeGroot, Kenneth P. Tue . "Hybrid vehicle control". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1202361.
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