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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Iva Shallvari, Troy, MI (US);
Sashidhar Velnati, Oxford, MI (US);
Kenneth P. Degroot, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Iva Shallvari, Troy, MI (US);
Sashidhar Velnati, Oxford, MI (US);
Kenneth P. DeGroot, Macomb Township, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for heating a catalytic converter's catalyst to an efficient operating temperature in a hybrid electric vehicle when the vehicle is in a charge limited mode such as e.g., the charge depleting mode or when the vehicle's high voltage battery is otherwise charge limited. The method and apparatus determine whether a high voltage battery of the vehicle is incapable of accepting a first amount of charge associated with a first procedure to warm-up the catalyst. If it is determined that the high voltage battery is incapable of accepting the first amount of charge, a second procedure with an acceptable amount of charge is performed to warm-up the catalyst.