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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Nicolas Girard, Toulouse, FR;
Damien Verdier, Toulouse, FR;
VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for supplying power to a heating device for a motor vehicle is described, in which the motor vehicle includes: a) an electric network; b) a catalytic converter including an electric heating device connected to the electric network; c) a battery electrically connected to the electric network; and d) an electric machine electrically connected to the electric network. The method includes: a) detecting a request for activation of the heating device; b) activating the generator mode of the electric machine; c) sending a voltage delivery instruction to the electric machine in order to supply the electric network with power; d) detecting a request for deactivation of the heating device; and e) deactivating the generator mode of the electric machine and a step of disconnecting the heating device.