Patents Assigned to MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
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Patent number: 9556840Abstract: The invention describes a method and an arrangement for the regulation of the rail pressure in an internal combustion engine. In the method, the rail pressure is regulated, with a target high pressure being predefined. Said target high pressure is filtered, before being input, by way of a target high pressure filter which is configured as a dynamic target high pressure filter.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventor: Armin Dölker
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Patent number: 9458786Abstract: Proposed is a method for monitoring a passive pressure limiting valve (11) via which fuel is discharged from the rail (6) of a common rail system into the fuel tank (2), in which method, upon the detection of a defective rail pressure sensor (9), a switch is made from a rail pressure regulation mode into an emergency mode, wherein in the emergency mode, the rail pressure is successively increased until the pressure limiting valve (11) reacts, in which method, in the emergency mode, the pressure limiting valve (11) is set as open when the starting phase of the internal combustion engine has additionally been detected as having ended, and in which method, in addition, the opening duration of the pressure limiting valve (11) is monitored.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventor: Armin Dölker
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Patent number: 9441537Abstract: The exemplary illustrations generally include a method for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine-generator system 1000 with a plurality of internal combustion engine-generator units 400 generating electric power which can be connected to a distribution grid and load consumers 200 consuming electric power, with a unit 400 comprising an internal combustion engine 401, 402, 404-408 with variable engine speeds and a generator 421-428, characterized in the steps: determining a given operating state Z* of the internal combustion engine 401, 402, 404-408 of at least one internal combustion engine-generator unit 400; deducting a range of operating states ZB* describing an electric load override Ladm depending on the given operating state Z* for the internal combustion engine of at least one internal combustion engine-generator unit 400, with the determination of the given operating state Z* and the deduction of the range of operating range ZB* occurring based on the calculation model 504 for the inType: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Gerhard Filip, Claus-Oliver Schmalzing, Hans-Juergen Thomas, Tobias Kohl
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Patent number: 9441572Abstract: Proposed is a method for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine (1), in which the rail pressure (pCR) is controlled via a suction throttle (4) on the low pressure side as a first pressure-adjusting element in a rail pressure control loop. The invention is characterized in that a rail pressure disturbance variable (VDRV) is generated in order to influence the rail pressure (pCR) via a pressure control valve (12) on the high pressure side as a second pressure-adjusting element, by means of which fuel is redirected in a controlled manner from the rail (6) into a fuel tank (2), the rail pressure disturbance variable (VDRV) being calculated using a corrected target volume flow (Vk(SL)) of the pressure control valve (12).Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventor: Armin Dölker
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Patent number: 9441530Abstract: In a connection box for direct connection to a charging fluid duct of a charging fluid supply designed for intermixing a charge air and an exhaust gas to form a charging fluid, comprising a housing with a charge air connecting space including at least a connection for a charge air guide arrangement, and at least one mixing channel in communication with the charge air connecting space via a connection for supplying charge air to the mixing channel and the mixing channel including a supply side exhaust gas connection for an exhaust gas recirculation and a charging fluid-side mixing channel connection for the charging fluid duct, the connection is arranged at a first front side of the housing, and the mixing channel extends along a longitudinal side of the housing from the first front side to a second front side of the housing opposite the first front side.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Hermann Baumann, Dominik Seiderer, Walter Gauss
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Patent number: 9422885Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the particle emissions of an internal combustion engine over its service life. The number of cylinders of the internal combustion engine in which post-injection is carried out is incrementally increased during the service life of the internal combustion engine. The increase in the number of cylinders receiving a post-injection may depend upon at least one parameter, which may be a running time, a distance performance, a particle concentration in exhaust gas, a load profile, or other parameter. The individual cylinders receiving post-injection may be changed to distribute wear.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Michael Prothmann, Johannes Baldauf, Markus Fleckhammer
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Patent number: 9416715Abstract: A method and an arrangement for monitoring an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. Temperature profiles upstream and downstream of an installation location of a catalytic converter are measured in order to determine whether or not a catalytic converter is installed.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Jens Niemeyer, Aron Toth, Tim Spaeder
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Patent number: 9404413Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion machine (10), comprising a combustion engine (1) having an exhaust gas side (AGS) and a charging fluid side (LLS), and having a supercharger system (14) comprising an exhaust gas turbo charger (40) for charging the combustion engine (1), having a condenser array (41) on the charging fluid side (LLS) and a turbine arrangement (42) on the exhaust gas side (AGS), a compressor (3), the primary side (I) of which is connected to the charging fluid side (LLS), and the secondary side (II) of which is connected to the exhaust gas side (AGS). An electric machine (4) configured as a motor/generator is coupled to the combustion engine (1), wherein the electric machine (4) as a generator can be powered by the combustion engine (1), or can power the combustion engine (1) as a motor, wherein the compressor (3) can be powered directly by the electric machine (4) via a mechanical drive coupling (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Claus-Oliver Schmalzing, Holger Frank, Philippe Gorse, Peter Riegger
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Patent number: 9404508Abstract: The invention relates to a suction housing (1) for an internal combustion engine, especially for arranging between a first (2) and a second (3) compressor of an internal combustion engine, characterized in that the suction housing (1) comprises an inner space (8) defined by a bottom element (9), a first (10) and a second (11) opposing lateral wall elements projecting from the bottom element (9), and a first (12) and a second (13) opposing front wall elements projecting from the bottom element. An open end (14) having an inlet (14a) via which charge air can enter the inner space (8) of the suction housing (1) is formed opposite the bottom element (9), and a web element (17) projecting from the bottom element (9) and arranged between the first (10) and the second (11) lateral wall elements is located in the inner chamber, said web element interconnecting the first (12) and the second (13) front wall elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Rolf Gunkel, Johannes Hiry, Jörg Andre Reitz
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Publication number: 20160186709Abstract: A method for the injector-specific diagnosis of a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, including the following steps: detecting a pressure progression in an individual accumulator of an injector in a time-resolved manner; evaluating the detected pressure progression; determining if there is a fault state of the injection device in the region of the injector on the basis of the detected and evaluated pressure progression; and identifying the fault state on the basis of the detected and evaluated pressure progression.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GMBHInventors: Michael WALDER, Andreas MEHR, Frank MLICKI, Alexander BERNHARD, Christian WOLF
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Patent number: 9371773Abstract: A two-stage supercharger for an engine having a radial high-pressure turbine and an axial low-pressure turbine. The high-pressure turbine has a spiral housing with an exhaust-gas inlet connected to an exhaust line and via which exhaust-gas flows from the engine to the high-pressure turbine. A partial flow of the exhaust-gas flows past the high-pressure turbine in a bypass unit and is adjustable by a shut-off valve. The bypass unit includes a branch line and an annular duct housing integral with the spiral housing. The branch line branches off the exhaust-gas inlet at a point where the shut-off valve is arranged and issues into a duct of the annular duct housing. The partial flow flows through the branch line into the duct and an axially arranged annular gap into an exhaust-gas duct. The partial flow merges with a main exhaust-gas flow from the high-pressure turbine and flows into the low-pressure turbine.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Andreas Thoss, Thomas Zink
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Publication number: 20160159338Abstract: A system control unit for controlling a charging system that is intended for charging an electrical energy storage device, comprising an electric generator; an internal combustion engine that is mechanically connected with the electric generator; a generator controller for controlling the electric generator; an engine controller for controlling the internal combustion engine; and a transmitting device for transmission of messages, whereby the engine controller is connected with the generator controller by way of the transmitting device, and whereby the engine controller is operable in that a message containing information about an operating state of the internal combustion engine can be produced and said message can be sent to the generator controller via the transmitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Eckhard Osterloff, Martin Roscher, Arndt Von Drathen, Gerhard Droullier
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Patent number: 9347409Abstract: Proposed is a method for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine (1) having a common rail system and having a passive pressure limiting valve (11) for discharging fuel out of a rail (6) into the fuel tank (2), in which method, in a first stage, the pressure limiting valve (11) is set as open when the rail pressure, proceeding from a steady-state rail pressure, exceeds a first threshold value and subsequently falls below a second threshold value within a first critical time, wherein the first threshold value characterizes a higher pressure level than the steady-state rail pressure and the second threshold value characterizes a lower pressure level than the first threshold value, and in which method the opening duration of the opened pressure limiting valve (11) is monitored.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventor: Armin Dölker
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Publication number: 20160123205Abstract: A method for operating a driving system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas purifying device through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows in order to be purified. The exhaust gas purifying device has at least one catalyst element for catalytic conversion of nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide at a determined conversion rate. In order to compensate for an agerelated decrease in the conversion rate of the catalyst element the nitrogen monoxide emission from the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust gas temperature before the catalyst element are adjusted as a function of the current conversion rate and/or the age of the catalyst element so that the nitrogen dioxide concentration after the catalyst element is greater than or equal to a minimum concentration and/or that the molar ratio between nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide after the catalyst element corresponds to a predetermined ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Guido SCHÄFFNER, Andrea PROSPERO, Günter ZITZLER, Tim SPÄDER
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Patent number: 9328689Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the open-loop control and the closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine (1), the rail pressure (pCR) being controlled in the normal operating state in a closed loop control mode via an intake throttle (4) on the lower pressure side as the first pressure control member in a rail pressure control loop and at the same time a rail pressure disturbance variable being applied to the rail pressure (pCR) via a pressure control valve (12) on the high pressure side as the second pressure control member. For this purpose, a pressure control valve volume flow (VDRV) is redirected from the rail (6) to a fuel tank (2) via the pressure control valve (12) on the high pressure side, and an emergency operation mode is activated once a defective rail pressure sensor (9) is detected, in which emergency operation the pressure control valve (12) on the high pressure side and the intake throttle (4) on the low pressure side are actuated depending on the same set point value.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventor: Armin Dölker
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Patent number: 9316180Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger system for charging an engine including a compressor arrangement at a charging fluid side LL and a turbine arrangement at an exhaust gas side AG, a further compressor which is driven by a separate controllable drive and whose primary side is connected to the charging fluid side LL while its secondary side is connected to the exhaust gas side is provided for compressing charge air taken from the charging fluid side and supply it to the exhaust gas side for assisting driving the exhaust gas turbines so as to maintain them at relatively high speeds in transition periods including engine idling.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventor: Joerg Heiermann
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Publication number: 20160084191Abstract: A method and an assembly for controlling the pressure in a high-pressure region of an injection system in an internal combustion engine. A set high pressure is compared to an actual high pressure in order to determine a control deviation, the control deviation representing an input variable of a controller. A high pressure pump is controlled by a solenoid valve and the angle at which the delivery of fuel by the at least one high-pressure pump is to start is used as a manipulated variable of the high-pressure closed-loop control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GMBHInventor: Armin DÖLKER
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Publication number: 20160084210Abstract: In a quantity limiting valve for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine including a cylinder with an inflow region and an outflow region separated by a piston axially movably disposed in the cylinder and a flow limiting fluid flow path extending along the piston between the inflow and outflow regions wherein the piston is biased with its front surface into contact with a stop element, the contact area between the front surface and the stop surface includes between the piston and the stop element a contact structure providing for an intermediate space which is in communication with the inflow region thereby to expose the front surface of the piston to the pressure of the fluid in the inflow region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventors: Robby GERBETH, Michael WALDER, Andreas MEHR, Markus STAUDT, Frank MLICKI
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Patent number: 9290254Abstract: In a method for controlling a ship propulsion system wherein, in a first operating mode, the position of a command signal generator within a guide range including a forward and a reverse section is interpreted by a system controller as a desired power output as well as a desired travel direction, a second operating mode is provided wherein the position of the command signal generator is ignored as power output command so that the position of the command signal generator forms only as directional control device and wherein in either mode of operation, the command signal generator is automatically returned to a neutral position when the command signal generator is released by an operator.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GmbHInventor: Adelbert Kern
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Patent number: 9273620Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a gas engine (1) having a generator (5), wherein a regulator torque is calculated by means of a speed regulator from a speed regulator deviation, wherein a target volume flow is calculated at least as a function of the regulator torque, wherein a fuel volume is determined as a proportion of a fuel-air mixture as a function of the target volume flow, and wherein a target receiver pipe pressure is also calculated as a function of the target volume flow as a guide parameter for a receiver pipe pressure regulating circuit for regulating the mixture pressure (pRRA, pRRB) of a fuel-air mixture in the receiver pipe (12, 13) above the inlet valves of the gas engine (1). The invention is characterized in that a deviation of the regulator torque from a generator torque is calculated and the target receiver pipe pressure is corrected using the deviation.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBHInventor: Ludwig Kläser-Jenewein