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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Alexandre Sigaud, Toulouse, FR;
Damien Verdier, Toulouse, FR;
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A control unit for a hybrid motor vehicle with a combustion engine, the motor vehicle including: an electric network; a catalytic converter including an electric heating system connected to the electric network; a battery electrically connected to the electric network; an electric machine electrically connected to the electric network. The electronic control unit being configured for: activating the generator mode of the electric machine; electrically connecting the heating system to the electric power supply network at a first time, defined after a first predetermined delay with respect to the activation time of the generator mode; and activating the motor mode of the electric machine, at a second time, defined after the first time; disconnecting the heating system from the electric network at a 'disconnection' time, defined after the second time.