Method for operating an internal combustion engine

US8061190B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Mezger · Weinsberg, DE
• Matthias Entenmann · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Georg Geywitz · Ittlingen, DE
• Dragan Mikulec · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01L1/34
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Angular adjustment of a camshaft in an internal combustion engine. A vibrational condition of the camshaft is recorded, and an enabling of the camshaft adjustment and/or the use of the instantaneous value of the camshaft position are/is dependent at least temporarily on the recorded vibrational condition.