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Arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine

US7475676B2 · 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	Nov 13, 2007
Grant date	Jan 13, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02D41/402
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an arrangement for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising an electronic engine control unit, a cylinder with a combustion chamber, a fuel injector, an intelligent electronic block with an electronic data storage unit, a computing unit, a signal measuring unit and an electric energy storage device for supplying energy to the electronic block during operation of the internal combustion engine, and control lines for the transmission of fuel injection control signals from the electronic engine control unit to the injector, the control lines for the transmission of injector control signals serve as energy transmission for the energy storage device and, at the same time, as bi-directional data exchange lines.

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