IP Library Granted Patent US 10,961,939
Granted Patent B2
US 10,961,939 · App. 15/916,120 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Method and control device

Inventor: Hong Zhang (Tegernheim, DE)
Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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Patent No.
US 10,961,939
App. No.
15/916,120
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a method and a control unit, wherein a drive system having an electric machine and having an internal combustion engine with at least a first cylinder and a crankshaft is provided. A fuel feed to at least the first cylinder of the internal combustion engine is deactivated, wherein the electric machine is coupled fixedly in terms of torque to the internal combustion engine. The electric machine is actuated such that the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine rotates at a predefined rotational speed, wherein a first cylinder segment time duration, which is assigned to the first cylinder, is detected. A corrective value is determined in a manner dependent on the first cylinder segment time duration.

Claims (56)

1. A method for determining a corrective value of a drive system and adapting the drive system, comprising:

providing a drive system having an electric machine and an internal combustion engine with at least a first cylinder and a crankshaft,

deactivating a fuel feed to at least the first cylinder of the internal combustion engine,

fixedly coupling the electric machine in terms of torque to the internal combustion engine,

actuating the electric machine such that the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine rotates at a predefined rotational speed,

detecting a first cylinder segment time duration, and assigning the first cylinder segment time duration to the first cylinder,

determining the corrective value in a manner dependent on the first cylinder segment time duration: and

adapting an injector characteristic of an injector of the first cylinder based upon the corrective value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

deactivating the fuel feed to a second cylinder of the internal combustion engine,

detecting a second cylinder segment time duration, and as signing the second cylinder segment time duration to the second cylinder, and

determining a cylinder segment duration difference from a reference time duration and the second cylinder segment time duration,

wherein determining the corrective value is based upon the cylinder segment duration difference.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

comparing the cylinder segment duration difference with a predefined threshold value, and

in the event of the predefined threshold value being exceeded by the cylinder segment duration difference, determining the corrective value based upon the cylinder segment duration difference.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising, on the basis of the corrective value and the second cylinder segment time duration, setting a corrected second cylinder segment time duration and detecting an irregularity in a combustion in the second cylinder.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:

setting the first cylinder segment time duration as a reference time duration, and

wherein the corrective value is determined such that the corrected second cylinder segment time duration is substantially adapted to the first cylinder segment time duration in the case of a constant rotational speed of the crankshaft.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

activating a fuel feed to the first cylinder, and delivering a reduced quantity of fuel into the first cylinder,

detecting a further first cylinder segment time duration,

determining a further cylinder segment duration difference based upon a difference between the further first cylinder segment time duration and the first cylinder segment time duration,

wherein the corrective value is determined based on the further cylinder segment duration difference, and

wherein adapting an injector characteristic of an injector of the first cylinder is based on the corrective value which is based upon the further cylinder segment duration difference.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein, during the feed of the reduced fuel quantity into the first cylinder, the fuel feed to at least the second cylinder is activated or deactivated.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first cylinder segment time duration is detected in a high-pressure phase of the first cylinder.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, the drive system is in a vehicle having a drivetrain, and during the determination of the corrective value, the internal combustion engine and the electric machine are decoupled from a transmission device in the drivetrain.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, and after determination of the corrective value, the fuel feed to the cylinders is fully activated, and a power of the electric machine is reduced.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, and after determination of the corrective value, the fuel feed to the cylinders is deactivated, and a power of the electric machine is reduced or increased or the electric machine is operated as a generator.

12. A control unit for a drive system having an electric machine and an internal combustion engine with at least a first cylinder and a crankshaft, the control unit configured to:

deactivate a fuel feed to at least the first cylinder of the internal combustion engine,

fixedly couple the electric machine in terms of torque to the internal combustion engine,

actuate the electric machine such that the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine rotates at a predefined rotational speed,

detect a first cylinder segment time duration, and assigning the first cylinder segment time duration to the first cylinder,

determine a corrective value in a manner dependent on the first cylinder segment time duration, and

adapt an injector characteristic curve of an injector of the first cylinder based upon the corrective value.

13. The control unit of claim 12 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

deactivate the fuel feed to a second cylinder of the internal combustion engine,

detect a second cylinder segment time duration, and assigning the second cylinder segment time duration to the second cylinder, and

determine a cylinder segment duration difference from a reference time duration and the second cylinder segment time duration,

wherein the corrective value is based upon the cylinder segment duration difference.

14. The control unit of claim 13 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

compare the cylinder segment duration difference with a predefined threshold value, and

in the event of the predefined threshold value being exceeded by the cylinder segment duration difference, determine the corrective value based upon the cylinder segment duration difference.

15. The control unit of claim 13 , wherein the control unit is further configured to, on the basis of the corrective value and the second cylinder segment time duration, set a corrected second cylinder segment time duration and detect an irregularity in a combustion in the second cylinder.

16. The control unit of claim 15 , wherein the control unit is further configured to set the first cylinder segment time duration as reference time duration, wherein the corrective value is determined such that the corrected second cylinder segment time duration is substantially adapted to the first cylinder segment time duration in the case of a constant rotational speed of the crankshaft.

17. The control unit of claim 12 , wherein the control unit is further configured to:

activate a fuel feed to the first cylinder, and deliver a reduced quantity of fuel into the first cylinder,

detect a further first cylinder segment time duration, and

determine a further cylinder segment duration difference based upon a difference between the further first cylinder segment time duration and the first cylinder segment time duration,

wherein the corrective value is determined based on the further cylinder segment duration difference.

18. The control unit of claim 12 , wherein the internal combustion engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, and after determining of the corrective value, the control unit performs one of

activating fuel feed to the cylinders and reducing power of the electric machine, and

deactivating the fuel feed to the cylinders, and the electric machine is operated as a generator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053258/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2019
From: ZHANG, HONG, DR
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 048760/0637 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 217 246.5 · Sep 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016071011 · Sep 7, 2016
Related Publication 20180195453A1 · Jul 12, 2018