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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Myung Jun Lee, Whasung-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for activating a catalyst of a hybrid vehicle may include: an engine including a plurality of cylinders, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve, a variable valve apparatus adjusting lift and opening timing of the intake valve and exhaust valve, an integrated starter-generator, a driving information detector detecting driving information including a vehicle speed, a displacement of an accelerator pedal, and a displacement of a brake pedal, an exhaust gas purification apparatus, and a controller cutting off fuel supplied into the cylinder, opening the exhaust valve by using the variable valve apparatus during a suction stroke, and generating electrical energy through the integrated starter-generator when a regenerative braking condition of a hybrid vehicle is satisfied from the driving information detected by the driving information detector.