Method and device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle

US6842686B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Homeyer · Markgröningen, DE
• Lilian Kaiser Matishok · Stuttgart, DE
• Michael Nicolaou · Ober-Ramstadt, DE
• Holger Jessen · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Thomas Schuster · Ottenbach, DE
• Werner Kind · Markgröningen, DE
• Rainer Mayer · Weil der Stadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D2250/18
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle are suggested. In a first step, input quantities, which are independent of the drive unit, are applied to form a first input quantity. In a second step, a second input quantity is formed from at least this first input quantity and at least one engine-specific input quantity, the second input quantity influencing at least an actuating quantity of the drive unit. In addition, an interface is described between the engine-independent part and the engine-specific part of the engine control.