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Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine with variable valve lift and motor vehicle equipped therewith

US7690350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Delp · Bad Abbach, DE
Jürgen Dingl · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 2009
Grant date	Apr 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling an internal combustion engine with variable valve lift has the following steps: Determining the pressure in the intake manifold; predetermining the pressure in the intake manifold following a changeover of the valve lift; determining a selection criterion for a valve lift to be set; and setting that valve lift at which the higher pressure is reached in the intake manifold, unless the selection criterion requires the use of the valve lift at which the lower pressure is reached in the intake manifold.

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