Patents Assigned to MTU Friedrichshafen
  • Patent number: 9140160
    Abstract: Exhaust gas aftertreatment units are provided. The units have an encapsulated design that is constructed in a modular manner from disk-shaped components. Exhaust gas flow occurs in the direction of a disk plane, wherein the components are surrounded by frames that are consecutively, in particular elastically, connected and clamped to each other transverse to the disk plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Hehle, Hans Sudmanns
  • Patent number: 9133791
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carrier housing for an internal combustion engine having an engine block with a V arrangement of cylinders and having a charging group, designed for two-stage charging. The carrier housing is designed to bear at least a number of components of the charging group, and is designed to be arranged on an upper face of the engine block in an intermediate space of the V arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Rothmund, Peter Cubon, Christopher Allnoch, Christian Brunner, Steffen Harscher, Roland Buchmann
  • Patent number: 9133786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control and regulation method for an internal combustion engine (1) having a common rail system wherein the rail pressure (pCR) is regulated in normal operation in that an offset of the rail pressure (pCR) is calculated and a PWM signal (PWM) is determined for activating the control process via a pressure controller based on the offset, wherein a load rejection when the rail pressure (pCR) exceeds a limit and wherein upon recognition of the load rejection, the rail pressure (pCR) is controlled in that the PWM signal (PWM) is temporarily set to a PWM value that is higher compared to normal operation via a PWM parameter. The invention is characterized in that the threshold for activation of the temporary PWM parameter is calculated in dependence on the gradient of a power-determining signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Patent number: 9130488
    Abstract: An diesel or gas engine-generator unit comprises an internal combustion engine and an alternator, the output of which unit, in use, is adapted to supply electrical power to a site load. The unit is further provided with means to apply a further load (2) to the unit controllable by a switching arrangement (4,5), the unit further comprising a controller, which can be the genset controller, which is adapted to control the switching unit to apply the further load (2) before electrical power is supplied to the site load. This preloading of the generator enables significantly greater load steps to be applied to the genset. The preload can be a resistive, capacitive or inductive load and can also be applied in steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Eric Henin
  • Patent number: 9115623
    Abstract: In a method for controlling the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine in which an NOx control deviation is calculated from an actual NOx value and a desired NOx value, a control value is calculated based on the NOx control deviation via an NOx controller and by means of the control value at least one condition of the cylinder inlet flow volume of the internal combustion engine is adjusted in that, additionally, an adaption injection begin is determined in dependence on the control value of the NOx controller, and the injection begin is changed by the adaption injection begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Prothmann, Andreas Flohr, Joerg Remele, Martin Lehmann, Alexander Bernhard, Andreas Krammer
  • Publication number: 20150233280
    Abstract: A mixture-charged gas engine includes at least one cylinder. A combustion chamber delimited by a cylinder head, a cylinder wall, and a piston, which can be moved in the cylinder, is arranged in the at least one cylinder, and the combustion chamber is divided into a main combustion chamber and at least one pre-chamber fluidically connected to the main combustion chamber via at least one firing channel. An air-/combustion gas mixture can be supplied to the main combustion chamber via an inlet valve during an intake stroke of the piston. The mixture-charged gas engine is characterized in that a separate combustion gas supply is provided for the at least one pre-chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Anko Ernst, Udo Sander
  • Publication number: 20150226109
    Abstract: A surpercharging unit for an internal combustion engine has a high-pressure turbine which drives a high-pressure compressor so as to perform a rotational movement about a first axis and through which exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine flows, and having a low-pressure turbine which drives a low-pressure compressor so as to perform a rotational movement about a second axis and through which exhaust gas flows. The high-pressure turbine is arranged rotationally conjointly on a first shaft, and the high-pressure compressor is arranged rotationally conjointly on a second shaft, wherein the first and the second shaft are arranged parallel to one another and are arranged offset with respect to one another, wherein the first and the second shaft are mechanically operatively connected to one another such that the high-pressure compressor can be driven by the high-pressure turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald Hegner
  • Publication number: 20150211425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the failure of injectors in an internal combustion engine, comprising the following steps: measuring a crank angle signal; transforming the crank angle signal into the frequency range by means of a discrete Fourier transformation; switching off each injector once and in a sequential manner; detecting and storing an angle of the harmonic of the 0.5th order of the Fourier-transformed crank angle signal for each switched-off injector once and in a sequential manner; continuous detection and storage of an angle and an amount of the harmonic of the 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Remele, Aron Toth
  • Publication number: 20150211457
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Armin Dölker
  • Publication number: 20150211426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for torque control of an internal combustion engine, wherein a pressure sensor is associated with at least one, but at the most two cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and wherein an cylinder internal pressure for the cylinder associated with the pressure sensor is detected. The method is characterized in that an adjustment of injection characteristics is carried out for the injectors allocated to the individual cylinders of the internal combustion engine by way of a method which is independent from the detected cylinder pressure, and that a torque control for the internal combustion engine is performed based on the detected cylinder pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Remele, Aron Toth
  • Publication number: 20150211430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting an injection behavior of injectors in an internal combustion engine, including the following steps: switching off an injector; detecting a crank angle signal of the internal combustion engine; transforming the crank angle signal into the frequency range by way of a discrete Fourier transformation; detecting and storing a quantity of the harmonic of the 0.5th order of the Fourier transform of the crank angle signal, and assigning the quantity to the switched-off injector; switching on the switched-off injector; performing the previous steps sequentially for all injectors of the internal combustion engine; forming an average value of the stored quantities with respect to all injectors, and correcting the control of the injectors using a deviation from the average value of a quantity associated with an injector that is to be corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Remele, Aron Toth
  • Patent number: 9051888
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a stationary gas engine, where an engine speed control deviation is computed from a set engine speed (nSL) and an actual engine speed (nIST), and a set torque is determined as a correcting variable from the speed control deviation by a speed controller, where a set volume flow is determined as a function of the set torque to establish a mixture throttle angle (DKW1, DKW2) and a gas throttle angle, and where the set volume flow is varied to adjust the gas throttle angle by a correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Peer Smuda, Michael Prothmann, Ludwig Klaser-Jenewein
  • Patent number: 9038987
    Abstract: For a flap assembly, in particular an exhaust gas flap assembly, with the flap mounted on both sides via bearing devices in the housing, the disclosure describes a design in which a bearing body is supported radially against an annular collar of the bearing device and, by way of the annular collar, is held braced in a radially spring-loaded manner in a predefined radial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Hegner, Andreas Thoss
  • Patent number: 9038371
    Abstract: In a supply arrangement for supplying a solution containing a reducing agent, in particular urea, to an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine wherein a supply line extending from a storage tank to an injector which is connected to the exhaust gas system includes an operating tank and a dosing arrangement, a return line extends between the dosing arrangement and the storage tank and the dosing arrangement includes a directional valve for directing solution to the injector during a first operating mode in which the engine is operating and, in a second operating mode in which the engine is shut down, directing the solution back to the storage tank for emptying the operating tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Nicolas Gräter
  • Patent number: 9037324
    Abstract: A method for controlling a ship propulsion system including a surface propeller, in which the desired capacity is interpreted as the target rotational value, the rotational speed control deviation is calculated from the desired rotational value and the actual rotational value of the internal combustion engine and an injection quantity for the rotational control of the internal combustion engine is determined using the rotational speed control deviation on a rotational speed controller. The trim position of the surface propeller is controlled by an arrangement controller in accordance with the capacity reserve of the internal combustion engine and the actual trim position and the effective rotational speed, the trim position being determined from the rotational speed control deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Faller, Oliver Haller, Adelbert Kern, Alfred Moehrle, Markus Mueller, Michael Welte
  • Patent number: 9016061
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe arrangement (1) comprising a pipe element (2) that is used to connect, in particular fluidically connect, a turbine outlet of one turbocharger (15) to a turbine inlet of another turbocharger (17). The pipe arrangement is characterized in that a first pipe section (8) of the pipe element (2) includes a first fastening device (14) for attaching a first turbocharger (15) as well as a second fastening device (20) for attaching the pipe element (2) to a first support element (21) of an internal combustion engine. Furthermore, a second pipe section (9) includes a third fastening device (16) for attaching a second turbocharger (17) as well as a fourth fastening device (24) for attaching the pipe element (2) to a second support element (25) of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Gunkel, Jörg Andre Reitz
  • Publication number: 20150107550
    Abstract: A method is proposed for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine according to the HCCI combustion method, in which a first fuel in a basic mixture is ignited using a pilot fuel, and in which the fuel quantities of the first fuel and the pilot fuel are changed to represent an operating point of the internal combustion engine. The invention is characterized in that a target combustion energy (VE(SL)) is calculated as a function of a power demand and, based on the target combustion energy (VE(SL)), the fuel quantity of the first fuel and the fuel quantity of the pilot fuel are determined using a distribution factor (CHI), wherein the distribution factor (CHI) is calculated as a function of an actual combustion position (VL(IST)) to a target combustion position (VL(SL)) using a combustion position controller (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Remele, Christina Sauer, Aron Toth, Andreas Flohr, Alexander Bernhard, Florian Bach, Erika Schaefer, Ulrich Spicher, Christoph Teetz
  • Publication number: 20150101314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine. In the method a first distribution of values for at least one variable is used, the variable describing a physical property of the internal combustion engine, and over a second time period values for this variable are recorded and classified, such that a second distribution is determined. The first distribution is then compared with the second distribution such that the behavior of the internal combustion engine can be adapted on the basis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Tim Späder
  • Publication number: 20150089928
    Abstract: Reciprocating-piston internal combustion engines having different power outputs are to be equipped simply, reliably and inexpensively with a device for the selective catalytic reduction of the exhaust gases having an SCR module for a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, comprising a housing and/or a frame, an exhaust-gas section which delimits a flow duct for guiding through exhaust gas, having an inlet opening for introducing the exhaust gas and an outlet opening for discharging the exhaust gas, an SCR catalytic converter which is arranged inside the flow duct, at least one injection element for adding a reducing agent, for example ammonia or a urea solution, to the exhaust gas which is guided through the flow duct. This problem is solved by virtue of the fact that the SCR module comprises at least one delivery device (13) for feeding the reducing agent to the injection element at a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Sauter, Holger Sinzenich, Katharina Görner, Mathias Bauknecht, Klaus Wehler
  • Patent number: 8965668
    Abstract: A master/slave arrangement of an electronic engine control device with an engine identification module. The electronic engine control device controls and regulates the internal combustion machine. The engine identification module includes at least one microprocessor and a memory building block for storing an engine identification as well as engine specifics. The electronic engine control device and the engine identification module exchange data through an engine cable harness. The engine identification module is arranged inseparably at the crank housing of the internal combustion machine. The engine identification module can be removed from the crank housing as well as from the engine cable harness only by being destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Debelak, Andreas Schneider, Michael Wölki