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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987839 | Method to determine a fuel composition The invention concerns a method to determine the composition of a fuel from the components ethanol and gasoline of an internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel is supplied to the internal combustion engine by a fuel supply unit and via two fuel distributor rails;... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7841326 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine A method for operating an internal combustion engine working according to the Otto principle, in which fuel, particularly gasoline, is injected directly into a combustion chamber and is inflamed by self-ignition. A characteristic quantity characterizing the stabilit... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7540279 | High efficiency stoichiometric internal combustion engine system A power system including a stoichiometric compression ignition engine in which a roots blower is positioned in the air intake for the engine to control air flow. Air flow is decreased during part power conditions to maintain the air-fuel ratio in the combustion cham... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7472697 | Air-fuel ratio control apparatus An air-fuel ratio control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine including a variable lift mechanism which changes a lift amount of an intake valve. An oxygen sensor, which outputs a signal indicating an oxygen concentration in exhaust gas, is provide... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438066 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine A method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which the fuel quantity to be injected into the engine is limited to a limiting value. The limiting value is predefined on the basis of the output signal of a closed-loop controller or an open-loo... | 10/21/2008 |
| RE40431 | Method of regulating an internal combustion engine Method of regulating an internal combustion engine in order to reach presettable nitrogen oxide emission values of the internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is supplied at least some of the time with a first fuel and at least some of the... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380547 | Adaptive NOx emissions control for engines with variable cam phasers A control system for adjusting levels of emissions exiting an engine includes a NOx sensor that generates a NOx signal in response to oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in an exhaust gas and a control module that communicates with the cam phaser. The rotational position of th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367188 | System and method for diagnostic of low pressure exhaust gas recirculation system and adapting of measurement devices A system for a diesel engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold, comprises a turbocharger between the intake and exhaust manifolds; a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation system having a first valve coupled thereto for regulating flow; a high pressu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363920 | Fuel supply control system for internal combustion engine A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into an intake pipe or a combustion chamber of the engine. A flow rate of air supplied to the engine and an air-fuel ratio are detected. A dema... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357127 | Method for determining the air mass in a cylinder The method for determining an air mass in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine with a supercharging device and with a device for variably controlling the valve overlap of the gas exchange valves is characterized by a reference characteristic curve for the air... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334569 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine An air-fuel ratio feedback system is configured to calculate the deviation between a target air-fuel ratio and an air-fuel ratio sensor value, multiplying a proportional gain by the calculated deviation to obtain a feedback correction value, and add the calculated f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334570 | Common rail fuel injection system with accumulator injectors A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a common rail, a plurality of accumulator injectors, and at least one accumulator controller separate from the accumulator injectors and connected to the common rail. Each accumulator controller incl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311094 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine Operation of an internal combustion engine with oil lubrication and electronic fuel injection, includes the steps of determining a flow of fuel mass (mkp_ausg) evaporating out of oil, and determining a setpoint injected-fuel quantity (rk_ev) with taking into account... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305977 | System for controlling regeneration of lean NOtraps A control system and method for controlling torque output of an engine include an air control module that receives an actual airflow and a desired airflow and outputs an adjusted actual airflow based on the actual airflow and the desired airflow. A fuel control modu... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293555 | Controller and control method for internal combustion engine A controller approximates an output characteristic of an air flow meter using at least one parameter, and approximates a characteristic of a fuel injection characteristic of an injector using at least one parameter. These parameters are determined and updated based ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281531 | System and method of stoichiometric combustion for hydrogen fueled internal combustion engines A hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine utilizes either internal or external exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), while providing an overall stoichiometric fuel/air ratio. An EGR system provides recirculated exhaust gas to the engine, and an engine controller regul... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280912 | Controller and control method for an engine control unit A method for controlling operation of an electronic control unit for use in an internal combustion engine, the electronic control unit being used to control different engine modes, the method including providing a function mode map having a plurality of data map poi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280906 | Method for detecting misfires of an internal combustion engine and device for carrying out the method A method for detecting combustion misfires of an internal combustion engine and a device for carrying out the method, in which an evaluation of a lambda signal made available by at least one broadband lambda sensor is provided. The lambda signal is compared to a lam... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270108 | Opposed piston, homogeneous charge pilot ignition engine An engine of the opposed piston, two-stroke, compression ignition type includes provision for injection of a main charge of liquid fuel into the bore of a cylinder between opposed pistons early in a compression stroke to permit the fuel to evaporate and mix with air... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255098 | Engine emissions control system An engine emissions control system is provided. The system may include an exhaust producing engine and an exhaust system through which the exhaust produced by the engine may flow. The system may also include a NOx sensor configured to take a NOx | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249588 | Speed control method A method for controlling an engine having both an electronically controlled inlet device, such as an electronic throttle unit, and an electronically controlled outlet device, such as a variable cam timing system is disclosed. The method of the present invention achi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236913 | Method for simulating a mechatronic system According to the invention, a simulation is carried out based on the fundamental motion equation (1) for simulating the system by means of: transformation of the fundamental motion equation into linear differential equations of the first order; further transformatio... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234455 | Robust maximum engine torque estimation A system for a vehicle comprising of an engine including a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group; a linear exhaust gas sensor coupled exclusively to the first cylinder group; a switching exhaust gas sensor coupled exclusively to the second cylinder group;... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234450 | Gas density ratio detector, gas concentration detector, and fuel vapor treatment apparatus When a gas flow producer is driven, plural kinds of gases flow into a measure-passage at respective timing. An orifice is provided in the measure-passage. The orifice has a diameter-changing portion which restricts a separation of gases from an inner surface of the ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207316 | Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine (1) generates power by burning a mixture of fuel and air in each combustion chamber 3. The internal combustion engine 1 is provided with an in-cylinder pressure sensor (15) disposed in each combustion chamber... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201160 | Air-fuel ratio sensor monitor, air-fuel ratio detector, and air-fuel ratio control An air-fuel ratio sensor monitor is provided which is designed to monitor reactive characteristics or response rates of an air-fuel ratio sensor when an air-fuel ratio of a mixture to an internal combustion engine is changing to a rich side and to a lean side. The m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200449 | Control system for plant and air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine A control system for a plant, having an identifier and a controller. The identifier identifies model parameters of a controlled object model which is obtained by modeling the plant. The controller calculates a control input to the plant so that an output from the pl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191772 | Method of regulating an internal combustion engine Method of regulating an internal combustion engine in order to reach presettable nitrogen oxide emission values of the internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine is supplied at least some of the time with a first fuel and at least some of the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168423 | Gas sensor units for engines In a multipurpose engine with a reduced or limited displacement adapted for use in a portable work machine or the like, the engine includes a detecting element of a gas sensor for controlling an air-fuel ratio. Damage or degradation of the detecting element due to v... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167791 | Oxygen depletion sensing for a remote starting vehicle Automotive vehicles are increasingly being equipped with remote starting devices. If the vehicle is within a space which is very well sealed, it is possible that the concentration of the exhaust gases may exceed desirable levels. A method and system are disclosed in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159581 | Method of controlling recirculation of the exhaust gas of an internal-combustion supercharged engine and engine using such a method The present invention relates to a method of controlling recirculation of part of the exhaust gas of an internal-combustion supercharged engine with a combustion cycle during which at least one cylinder (10) of the engine is in the intake phase simultaneously... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159386 | Crankcase ventilation system A crankcase ventilation system may include a first exhaust flow path configured to permit flow of main exhaust gases from a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a particulate trap disposed in the first exhaust flow path. The system may also includ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152559 | Valve and fueling strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine Part load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish low pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into which fuel ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150250 | Valve and fueling strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7082935 | Apparatus and methods for closed loop fuel control A method of controlling fuel input to an engine of a vehicle. A feedback signal is received from a sensor that senses engine exhaust. A dither signal having the same frequency as the feedback signal is applied to a fuel control signal controlling fuel to the engine.... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048844 | Gas sensor and method for use thereof A sensor comprises: a pump cell comprising an inner pump electrode, an outer pump electrode, a pump cell electrolyte layer interposed between the inner pump electrode and the outer pump electrode and a cell isolation layer disposed on the inner pump electrode on a s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044118 | Method and device for controlling injection in an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine with a common rail injection system There is described a method of controlling injection in a vehicle internal combustion engine, wherein the intake air flow and exhaust lambda are measured to estimate the fuel quantity actually injected into the engine and perform a closed-loop control whereby the es... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036982 | Method and apparatus to control an exhaust gas sensor to a predetermined termperature The invention provides a control strategy and a control system to control a gas sensor to a target operating temperature. It relies upon both feedback and model-based feedforward control systems to achieve and then maintain the sensor at the target operating tempera... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017559 | Method for the operation of a fuel system for an LPG engine A method for operating a fuel system for an internal combustion engine operated with fuel gas. The fuel system has at least one electrically actuated shutoff valve (4) and at least one electrically operated heating device (14, 16). The operating method... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013862 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine The invention concerns a method for operating an internal combustion engine (1, 18) having a plurality of combustion chambers (4), in the case of which the combustion chambers (4) are charged with fuel and air or with a fuel/air mixture. In orde... | 03/21/2006 |
