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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Olaf Graupner, Küfering, DE;
Gerhard Wissler, Sünching, DE;
Inventors:
Olaf Graupner, Küfering, DE;
Gerhard Wissler, Sünching, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for increasing the exhaust gas temperature of internal combustion engines, particularly for driving a motor vehicle under load in order to reach the necessary regeneration temperature of at least one component of an exhaust gas post-treatment system, has the step of placing the engine under load by at least one of the brakes of the motor vehicle and/or by the starting element of the motor vehicle.