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Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine

US10920735B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jasmin Dieringer · Stuttgart, DE
Carsten Kluth · Stuttgart, DE
Kai Dierssen · Waldbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/40
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device are provided for controlling an internal combustion engine, a knock sensor being provided for acquiring combustion signals of the internal combustion engine. Devices are also provided that, during running operation of the internal combustion engine, select operating ranges of the internal combustion engine that are suitable for a determination of fuel quality, and carry out a determination of the fuel quality in these ranges on the basis of signals of the knock sensor.

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