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Granted Patent B2
US 11,440,405 · App. 16/818,181 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Method for operating a motor vehicle

Inventors: Frank Meier (Stuttgart, DE); Frank Brenner (Remseck, DE); Michael Nau (Dornhan/Aischfeld, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B60K28/10F01N3/2013F01N3/2033F01N11/007G07C5/0816
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Patent No.
US 11,440,405
App. No.
16/818,181
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, pre-heating measures ( 7 ) for reaching operating temperatures for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system and/or for a lambda probe of the motor vehicle are provided prior to the departure ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle. The activation of a transducer ( 1 ) by a driver of the motor vehicle for explicitly announcing an impending departure of the motor vehicle is provided as the trigger for the pre-heating measures ( 7 ), in particular for avoiding an unnecessary initiation of pre-heating measures.

Claims (7)

1. A method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, wherein pre-heating measures ( 7 ) for reaching operating temperatures for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system, for a lambda probe of the motor vehicle, or both are performed prior to the departure ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle, wherein the activation of a transducer ( 1 ) by a driver of the motor vehicle for explicitly announcing an impending departure of the motor vehicle is provided as a trigger of the pre-heating measures ( 7 ), wherein the departure of the motor vehicle is delayed ( 11 ) as long as the operating temperature envisaged for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system, for the lambda probe, or for both have not yet been reached by the pre-heating measures.

2. A method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, wherein pre-heating measures ( 7 ) for reaching operating temperatures for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system, for a lambda probe of the motor vehicle, or both are performed prior to the departure ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle, wherein the activation of a transducer ( 1 ) by a driver of the motor vehicle for explicitly announcing an impending departure of the motor vehicle is provided as a trigger of the pre-heating measures ( 7 ), wherein the pre-heating measures are terminated in the event that no departure takes place within a predefinable temporal period despite the explicit announcement of an impending departure.

3. An electronic control apparatus configured to control operation of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, wherein pre-heating measures ( 7 ) for reaching operating temperatures for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system, for a lambda probe of the motor vehicle, or both are performed prior to the departure ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle, wherein the activation of a transducer ( 1 ) by a driver of the motor vehicle for explicitly announcing an impending departure of the motor vehicle is provided as a trigger of the pre-heating measures ( 7 ), and wherein the departure of the motor vehicle is delayed ( 11 ) as long as the operating temperature envisaged for components of the exhaust-gas post-treatment system, for the lambda probe, or for both have not yet been reached by the pre-heating measures.

4. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the pre-heating measures are terminated in the event that no departure takes place within a predefinable temporal period despite the explicit announcement of an impending departure.

5. The electronic control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, in the event of a requested departure of the motor vehicle without any prior activation of the transducer by the driver, the departure of the motor vehicle, the engine start, or both are delayed and pre-heating measures ( 7 ) are performed.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-heating measures are terminated in the event that no departure takes place within a predefinable temporal period despite the explicit announcement of an impending departure.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in the event of a requested departure of the motor vehicle without any prior activation of the transducer by the driver, the departure of the motor vehicle, the engine start, or both are delayed and pre-heating measures ( 7 ) are performed.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE THIRD ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 052108 FRAME 0684. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: MEIER, FRANK; BRENNER, FRANK; NAU, MICHAEL
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 052209/0052 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: MEIER, FRANK; BRENNER, FRANK; NAU, NAU
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 052108/0684 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 203 598.1 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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