Method for controlling the output power of an internal combustion engine

US6144913A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Hans-Juergen Braun · Ueberstorf, CH
• Thomas Michael Brock · Ottobrunn, DE
• Bernd Danner · Neckartenzlingen, DE
• Wolfgang Hinrichs · Echterdingen, DE
• Thomas Klaiber · Waiblingen, DE
• Torsten Kroeger · Munich, DE
• Alf Lehner · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2000
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D2250/18
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for setting the output power of an internal combustion engine a resultant specified torque is determined from a driver-intended torque and at least tw o additional intended torques, and the resultant specified torque is set via a apparatus for adjusting torque. Each participant system, in addition to the intended torque, provides information regarding whether the intended constitutes a torque-increase or a torque-decrease. A processing block is provided for each participant system in which the particular intended torque is compared with the driver-intended torque and the resulting specified torque of the preceding participant system. From this, a resulting specified torque is determined. The priority of the particular torque requirement results from the sequence of the participant systems during processing.