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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60274 ; 60276 ; 60277 ; 60285 ;
Abstract
A method, including an amplitude evaluation of control oscillations of the oxygen content of the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine in front of and behind a catalytic converter, for judging the operating condition of the converter in order to determine whether the performance of the catalytic converter has deteriorated past a predetermined point. As soon as this condition is detected using the amplitude evaluation, switching is effected to the frequency evaluation for judging the functioning of the catalytic converter.