US Patent Issued to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES on Jan. 27 for "Unit for controlling the power management of a heating system of a catalytic converter for a motor vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,060, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Unit for controlling the power management of a heating system of a catalytic converter for a motor vehicle" was invented by Alexandre Sigaud (Toulouse, France) and Damien Verdier (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for a hybrid motor vehicle with a combustion engine, the motor vehicle including: an electric network; a catalytic converter including an electric heating system connected to the electric network; a battery electrically connected to the electric network; an electric machine electrically connec...