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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000

Filed:

Jun. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Klaus Bayerle, Regensburg, DE;

Anton Angermaier, Thann, DE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60274 ; 60285 ; 60276 ; 60289 ; 60293 ;
Abstract

During the warm-up phase of a catalytic converter, the fuel-oxygen ratio in the exhaust gas upstream of the catalytic converter is regulated in dependence on the temperature of the catalytic converter. The amount of fuel is measured on the basis of an injection time into the internal combustion engine. The injection time is calculated from a basic injection time weighted with a weighting factor. The weighting factor depends on the secondary air mass which is delivered to the exhaust gas duct and on a predetermined set value for the fuel-oxygen ratio of the exhaust gas (.DELTA.value) upstream of the catalytic converter. The secondary air mass is regulated in dependence on an engine air intake.


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