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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2001
Applicants:
Erich Schneider, Kirchheim, DE;
Andreas Blumenstock, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Erich Schneider, Kirchheim, DE;
Andreas Blumenstock, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control for diagnosing a catalytic converter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine having means for determining the catalytic converter temperature is presented. The diagnostic method is carried out in dependence upon the catalytic converter temperature. In the diagnosis, only such results are used which have been determined below a threshold value for the catalytic converter temperature.