Method, device and computer program for controlling an internal combustion engine

US6990954B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Patrick Hochstrasser · Tamm, DE
• Christina Sauer · Memmingen, DE
• Gholamabas Esteghlal · Ditzingen, DE
• Juergen Schiemann · Markgröningen, DE
• Georg Mallebrein · Stuttgart, DE
• Eberhard Klein · Plochingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2022

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 as well as a computer program for controlling an internal combustion engine are suggested. A torque model is utilized in the context of the computation of actual quantities and/or actuating quantities. In the context-of the torque model computation, the combustion center is considered which describes the angle at which a specific portion of the combustion energy is converted.