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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Mark J Poublon, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Steven R Mazure, Highland, MI (US);
James J Snyder, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Danny K Schuelke, Grass Lake, MI (US);
Jayanthi Iyengar, Flushing, MI (US);
Gary R Oshnock, Oxford, MI (US);
Christopher P Thomas, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
James G Mazak, Utica, MI (US);
Andrew C Bartlett, Westborough, MA (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for calculating the temperature of a catalyst in a catalytic converter. The method includes the steps of determining a first catalyst temperature; determining a stabilized catalyst temperature; and using the first catalyst temperature, the stabilized catalyst temperature and an update fraction to calculate an updated catalyst temperature.