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Device and method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine

US9689367B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Martin Schramme · Königsbrunn, DE
Horst Gering · Regensburg, DE
Wolfgang Weigert · Tegernheim, DE
Matthias Münch · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE
Thomas Klement · Regensburg, DE
Hans-Michael Graf · Rosenheim, DE
Reinhard Tendler · Großberg, DE
Oliver Friedrichsohn · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2011
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/40
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which can be started by an electric motor powered by a battery, including detecting first battery parameter values during a successful starting sequence of the internal combustion engine at a first time, detecting second battery parameter values at a second time following the first time, determining at the second time the expected battery voltage for a starting sequence of the internal combustion engine taking place at a third time based on the detected first and second battery parameter values, and comparing the battery voltage expected at the third time with a predetermined threshold value in order to derive therefrom the starting capability of the internal combustion engine.

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