IP Library Granted Patent US 7,353,799
Granted Patent B2
US 7,353,799 · App. 10/573,489 · Granted Apr 8, 2008

Method for operating an internal combustion engine

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Patent No.
US 7,353,799
App. No.
10/573,489
Granted
Apr 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for operating an internal combustion engine, wherein fuel is injected in a pre-injection and main injection process. According to the invention, pre-injection occurs in the intermediate compression stroke of the internal combustion engine. Main injection is carried out in an intake synchronous manner. The invention can be used for internal combustion engines, particularly for passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

Claims (13)

1. A method for operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine comprising:

injecting fuel directly into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the volume of which changes cyclically,

supplying fresh gas through at least one intake valve and discharging combustion exhaust gas through at least one exhaust valve,

at part-load, forming a lean base mix of air, fuel and retained exhaust gas, and at full load forming a stoichiometric mix,

having compression ignition take place at part-load and spark ignition take place at full load, and

providing the fuel quantity as a preinjection and a main injection, wherein the fuel in the preinjection is injected into the intermediate compression stroke of the internal combustion engine, and the main injection takes place synchronously with the induction.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the fuel mass injected in the preinjection and a fuel mass injected in the main injection is divided according to an operating state of the internal combustion engine.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein in a valve closure overlap between the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve is invariable during load change.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein an injection point of the preinjection is dependent on engine speed and injection pressure.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the division of the injected fuel masses into preinjection and main injection is approximately 50:50.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an injection point of the preinjection is dependent on engine speed and injection pressure.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an injection point of the preinjection is dependent on engine speed and injection pressure.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an injection point of the preinjection is dependent on engine speed and injection pressure.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 053583/0493 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 020976/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2006
From: BRACHERT, GOETZ; HERWEG, RUEDIGER; KANNING, KAI; PFAU, MATTHIAS; SCHAEFLEIN, JOCHEN; WEIMANN, HANS-JUERGEN
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
Reel/Frame 018808/0836 →