Method and arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a motor vehicle

US5692472A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Frank Bederna · Ditzingen, DE
• Martin Streib · Leinfelden, DE
• Thomas Zeller · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 2, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D2400/08
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a motor vehicle. The maximum permissible torque or the maximum permissible power is determined and fault reactions are initiated when the limit value is exceeded by a computed actual torque value or an actual power value.