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Control method for an internal combustion engine

US7918213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Althof · Dortmund, DE
Stefan Fuehling · Wetter, DE
Wolfgang Mai · Kronberg, DE
Knut Meyer · Wilmington, US
Jens Pache · Kelkheim, DE
Matthias Wiese · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2008
Grant date	Apr 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02D41/0045
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a control method for an internal combustion engine (1) which has a fuel tank (18), a fuel vapor storage device (25) for storing the escaping fuel vapors and a controllable valve (28) for adjusting the stream of fuel vapors fed to the intake tract (4) during a period of tank ventilation, the valve (28) is controlled in such a way according to the method that the stream of fuel vapors varies during the tank ventilation period. The regeneration of the fuel vapor storage device is intended to be improved thereby.

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