Patents by Inventor Armin Dölker

Armin Dölker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110220066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control and regulation method for an internal combustion engine having a common rail system, wherein a rail pressure is regulated in normal operation in that a first actual rail pressure is determined via a first filter from the rail pressure, an offset is calculated from a target rail pressure and the first actual rail pressure, a variable is calculated via a pressure regulator from the offset and a PWM signal having a first PWM frequency (f1) for activation of a control process is determined in dependence on the variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7856961
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling the pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, in which the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side is automatically controlled by an A-side closed-loop pressure control system, and the rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side is automatically controlled by a B-side closed-loop pressure control system. The automatic control of each side is independent of the other. A common set rail pressure is set as a reference input for both closed-loop pressure control systems. A set injection quantity is computed by a speed controller as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed, and a common disturbance variable is computed as a function of the set injection quantity. Both the correcting variable of the A-side pressure controller and the correcting variable of the B-side pressure controller are corrected by the common disturbance variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Doelker, Michael Prothmann
  • Patent number: 7779816
    Abstract: An open-loop and closed-loop control method for an internal combustion engine (1) with a common rail injection system, in which a rail pressure (pCR) is subject to closed-loop control during normal operation. A second actual rail pressure is determined by a second filter, a load reduction is detected when the second actual rail pressure exceeds a first limit, and when a load reduction is detected, the rail pressure (pCR) is controlled by setting the PWM signal (PWM) to a PWM value that is increased compared to normal operation by a PWM assignment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Publication number: 20100030450
    Abstract: A method for controlling a V-type internal combustion engine with a separate common rail system on an A side and a separate common rail system on a B side of the internal combustion engine, in which a set injection quantity is computed at least as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed. An injection time for controlling an A-side injector is computed by an injector map as a function of the set injection quantity and as a function of an A-side actual rail pressure. The injection time for controlling a B-side injector is computed by the same injector map as a function of the set injection quantity and as a function of a B-side actual rail pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Armin DOELKER, Michael PROTHMANN
  • Publication number: 20100024773
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling the pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, in which the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side is automatically controlled by an A-side closed-loop pressure control system, and the rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side is automatically controlled by a B-side closed-loop pressure control system. The automatic control of each side is independent of the other. A common set rail pressure is set as a reference input for both closed-loop pressure control systems. A set injection quantity is computed by a speed controller as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed, and a common disturbance variable is computed as a function of the set injection quantity. Both the correcting variable of the A-side pressure controller and the correcting variable of the B-side pressure controller are corrected by the common disturbance variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Armin DOELKER, Michael PROTHMANN
  • Patent number: 7610901
    Abstract: A method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve, which conducts fuel from a common rail system back to a fuel tank, in which the rail pressure (pCR) is automatically controlled by calculating a correcting variable for acting on the controlled system from a rail pressure control deviation via a pressure controller, and in which, starting from a steady-state rail pressure in normal operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit. Opening of the pressure control valve is detected after the first limit is exceeded if a steady-state operating state is subsequently detected again, and if a characteristic of the closed-loop control system deviates significantly from a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen
    Inventors: Martin Bucher, Armin Dölker, Volker Wachter, Uwe Kosiedowski
  • Patent number: 7606656
    Abstract: A process for automatically controlling the rail pressure (pCR) in an internal combustion engine with a common-rail system during the starting operation, the process including: calculating control deviation from a nominal rail pressure and an actual rail pressure; calculating, in a pressure controller, a correcting variable for actuating a suction throttle on the basis of the control deviation; and the suction throttle determining the required quantity of fuel. After the engine has been started, an adaptation process is activated upon detection of a negative control deviation of the rail pressure (pCR) followed by a positive control deviation, as a result of which the correcting variable is changed temporarily in such way as to increase the amount of fuel being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Publication number: 20090223488
    Abstract: The invention proposes an open-loop and closed-loop control method for an internal combustion engine (1) with a common rail injection system, in which a rail pressure (pCR) is subject to closed-loop control during normal operation. The invention is characterized by the fact that a second actual rail pressure is determined by a second filter, a load reduction is detected when the second actual rail pressure exceeds a first limit, and when a load reduction is detected, the rail pressure (pCR) is controlled by setting the PWM signal (PWM) to a PWM value that is increased compared to normal operation by a PWM assignment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7451038
    Abstract: In a method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure limiting valve for releasing fuel from a common rail fuel injection system to a tank with a fuel supply including a throttle wherein, based on a stationary rail pressure present during manual operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit value and, as a result, a PWM signal for controlling the suction throttle is temporarily increased, the opening of the pressure limiting valve is recognized if, as a result, the rail pressure exceeds a second limit value and increases still further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: MTV Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Kosiedowski, Martin Bucher, Armin Dölker, Volker Wachter
  • Patent number: 7325532
    Abstract: A method for the torque-oriented control of an internal combustion engine, in which a sum torque (MSUM) is calculated from a set torque value (MSW) and a friction torque (MF). A set injection quantity (mSL) for driving the internal combustion engine is calculated from the sum torque (MSUM) and an actual rpm value (nIST) by the use of an efficiency map (WKF). The set torque value (MSW) is calculated by way of an rpm controller with at least PI behavior from an rpm control deviation (e) between the set rpm value (nSL) and the actual rpm value (nIST), and the I component of the rpm controller is limited to a lower limit value (uGW), which is determined as a function of the friction torque (MF) (uGW=f(MF)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7270115
    Abstract: In a method for the pressure regulation in a common rail fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine wherein pressurized fuel is supplied to the various combustion chambers of the engine via injectors under the control of an electronic control unit, a first actual control pressure is determined from a measured rail pressure and compared with a desired rail pressure in order to form a first control deviation, whereupon a volume flow depending on the first control deviation is determined and, from the measured rail pressure, a second actual rail pressure is determined using overridingly the second actual rail pressure for the calculation of the controller parts of the high pressure controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7240667
    Abstract: In a common rail operating method and system, an arrangement for controlling the rail pressure is provided with a rail pressure controller including a current control circuit for controlling a suction throttle valve operating current (i) which valve is arranged in the fuel supply line to a high pressure pump supplying high pressure fuel to the common rail. The suction valve operating current control circuit includes a preliminary control value generator which serves also as an emergency control signal generator for the control of the suction valve if an error occurs in the system at least to permit an orderly engine shutdown procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7121257
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine-generator unit, in which, in a generator installation with closed-loop load equalization control, a speed limitation curve can be varied as a function of a speed set value (nM(SL)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7025028
    Abstract: For controlling and regulating the startup operation of an internal combustion engine (1) a method is proposed in which a rail pressure is compared with a limit value on activation of the startup operation. Depending on this comparison, a first or second mode is set, whereby the rail pressure (pCR) for the startup operation is controlled in the first mode and is regulated in the second mode. It is provided according to this invention that after the initial setting of the second mode, that mode is retained for the remaining startup operation. This achieves the advantage that high-pressure fluctuations due to alternating modes are effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7021293
    Abstract: An automatic control method for a load application for an internal combustion engine-generator unit. The method includes computing a first injection start at a steady-state speed by an injection start input-output map and setting this first injection start as the controlling injection start. When a load application is detected, the first injection start is shifted by the injection start correction as a function of a speed control deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 7017549
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for controlling an internal combustion engine (1) with a common-rail injection system and a high-pressure control loop. In this method, a pump with an intake throttle (3) is controlled by means of an electronic control device (4) using a PWM signal with a first frequency. The invention provides that a critical speed is calculated from the angular distance between injections and the first frequency of the PWM signal. A speed range is then determined as a function of the critical speed. For engine speed values that fall outside this speed range, the PWM signal is set to the first frequency. For engine speed values that fall within the speed range, the PWM signal is set to a second frequency. Switching the PWM signal reduces the pressure oscillations in the rail (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Doelker
  • Patent number: 7010415
    Abstract: A common rail injection system for an internal combustion engine, wherein upon detection of a defective rail sensor system the transition from the normal operation to the emergency operation is determined reliably by means of a transition function. The transition function is determined beforehand from the characteristics of a system deviation as a function of time during normal operation. In so doing, the system deviation is calculated from a variance comparison of the rail pressure. The result of this defect transition process is a more noise-proof and more continuous transition from the normal operation to the emergency operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 6994074
    Abstract: In a method of controlling rotational speed for an internal combustion-generator unit, a filtered rotational speed is monitored with respect to rotational speed oscillations. When such oscillations are detectd, their frequency is compared with a first limit value, and as a function of the comparison, a first mode or a second mode is set. In the first mode, the filter is altered and, in the second mode, parameters of a rotational-speed controller are adapted to eliminate the oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Doelker
  • Publication number: 20050224047
    Abstract: In a method of controlling rotational speed for an internal combustion-generator unit, a filtered rotational speed is monitored with respect to rotational speed oscillations. When such oscillations are detectd, their frequency is compared with a first limit value, and as a function of the comparison, a first mode or a second mode is set. In the first mode, the filter is altered and, in the second mode, parameters of a rotational-speed controller are adapted to eliminate the oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Armin Doelker
  • Patent number: 6873941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a speed filter for an internal combustion engine. Said filter contains a calculation rule (BV(i)), which is used to completely or partially eliminate a speed oscillation of the i-th order, thus improving the dynamics and the robustness of the speed control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Doelker