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Granted Patent B2
US 9,121,490 · App. 14/116,572 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Method for operating a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive

Inventor: Jens Papajewski (Unterhausen, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
F16H57/0413B60K6/48B60W30/194H01M10/5006H01M10/615H05B6/802B60W2710/1072B60W2710/246F02N19/10Y02T10/6221Y10S903/903
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Patent No.
US 9,121,490
App. No.
14/116,572
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive ( 10 ), in which at least one operating medium of the motor vehicle is heated to a predefined desired temperature by a dielectric heating device ( 36, 38 ). In this way, immediately following a cold start of the motor vehicle, components through which the operating medium flows can be brought particularly rapidly to their optimum operating temperature so that a particularly energy-saving operation of the motor vehicle is possible.

Claims (8)

1. A method of operating a motor vehicle, comprising:

ascertaining whether a cold start is present;

determining ambient temperature;

supplying an on-board high-voltage electrical system from a high-voltage battery of the motor vehicle;

in the presence of the cold start and when the ambient temperature falls below a predetermined threshold value, heating at least one operating medium, which is a coolant of the high-voltage battery of the motor vehicle, to a predefined desired temperature by a dielectric heating device through which the operating medium, that is the coolant of the high-voltage battery, flows and which is directly integrated into the high-voltage battery;

heating transmission oil of the motor vehicle as another operating medium by a further dielectric heating device, and

supplying energy to the dielectric device, which heats the coolant of the high-voltage battery, and to the another dielectric heating device, which heats the transmission oil, from the on-board high-voltage electrical system supplied from the high-voltage battery.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating medium is heated in a recuperation mode of the motor vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2013
From: PAPAJEWSKI, JENS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 031598/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 101 357 · May 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140076876A1 · Mar 20, 2014