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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Joerg Frauhammer, Gemmrigheim, DE;
Robert Seyfang, Ingersheim, DE;
Tobias Pfister, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a sensor in an exhaust gas tract of an internal combustion engine and a device for carrying out the method are provided. In the method, a diagnosis is carried out of the condition of the saturation temperature, exclusively while taking into consideration a few fundamental input variables characterizing the operating state of the internal combustion engine.