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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Tobias Braun, Munich, DE;
Jürgen Dingl, Munich, DE;
VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for operating a motor vehicle having combustion chambers. The methods may include: closing the combustion chambers of the motor vehicle towards the exhaust tract by bringing outlet valves of the combustion chambers into the closed state; checking whether the outlet valves of the combustion chambers of the motor vehicle are in a closed state by evaluating the pressure prevailing in an intake pipe of the motor vehicle; and in the event one or more of the outlet valves are not in a closed state, initiating countermeasures to comply with emissions protocols.