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Arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine

US7409945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Remele · Hagnau, DE
Uwe Rödl · Friedrichshafen, DE
Andreas Schneider · Leonberg, DE
Albrecht Debelak · Murnau am Staffelsee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 2007
Grant date	Aug 12, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M2200/24
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine, comprising an electronic engine control unit, an injector with an injection needle for controlling the injecting of fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine and a connecting line extending between the electronic engine control unit and the injector for the transmission if signals therebetween, an intelligent electronic component is integrated into the injector including an electronic memory unit, a computation unit, an energy storage device forming an energy supply for the electronic component and also a measuring unit for opto-electronically detecting the movement of the fuel injector needle.

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