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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Roberto Romanato, Settimo Torinese, IT;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/2026 (2013.01); F01N 3/2013 (2013.01); F01N 9/00 (2013.01); F01N 2240/16 (2013.01); F01N 2900/0418 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling an electrically-heated catalyst system of a vehicle. A method includes that a power request is received. The method includes determining whether to use a high power voltage net or a low power voltage net based upon the received power request. The electrically-heated catalyst system is controlled using the determined high power voltage net or the low power voltage net.