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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Bryan Nathaniel Roos, Novi, MI (US);
Brian L. Spohn, Holly, MI (US);
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Halim G. Santoso, Novi, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bryan Nathaniel Roos, Novi, MI (US);
Brian L. Spohn, Holly, MI (US);
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Halim G. Santoso, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and control module for controlling an electrically heated catalyst includes a remote start module generating a remote start signal, a catalyst control module controlling the electrically heated catalyst based on the remote start signal and an engine control module starting the engine after preheating and/or when required by the vehicle to honor a request as defined in this document.