Patents Assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH
  • Patent number: 10781780
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel injection system having a valve arrangement for connecting a pressure chamber of a high-pressure fuel pump to a high-pressure accumulator. The valve arrangement has an outlet valve and a pressure-limiting valve. An outlet valve seat and a pressure-limiting valve seat are formed on a common valve seat element which is formed in one piece, and are arranged eccentrically with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Yury Mikhaylov, Yavuz Kurt
  • Patent number: 10781766
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an operating method for operating a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, wherein, upon a detection of a fault in the fuel injection system, and wherein a predefined pressure is overshot in a high-pressure region of the fuel injection system, an overrun mode of the internal combustion engine is deactivated, such that the internal combustion engine is operated exclusively in an injection mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Seegmüller, Tobias Ritsch
  • Publication number: 20200291884
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for diagnosing a crankcase ventilation line of a crankcase ventilation device for an internal combustion engine having a crankcase, an intake tract, and a compressor arranged in the intake tract for compressing the intake air comprising: diverting fresh air from the intake tract via a fresh air supply line; either enabling or inhibiting a flow of fresh air into a free volume of the crankcase depending on a switch position of a shut-off valve in the fresh air supply line; detecting a nitrogen oxide concentration in the crankcase during the process of crankcase ventilation, close to the point of introduction into the intake tract upstream of the compressor using a nitrogen oxide sensor; and evaluating the tightness of the crankcase ventilation line based at least in part on the detected nitrogen oxide concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200284212
    Abstract: In the method according to example embodiments, dynamic pressure oscillations in the inlet tract of the respective internal combustion engine are measured during normal operation, and from these a corresponding pressure oscillation signal is generated. A crankshaft phase angle signal is acquired at the same time. The pressure oscillation signal is used to determine an actual value of at least one characteristic of at least one selected signal frequency of the measured pressure oscillations in relation to the crankshaft phase angle signal, and the current compression ratio is determined on the basis of the determined actual value and using reference values of the corresponding characteristic of the respective same signal frequency for different compression ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Braun, Matthias Delp, Frank Maurer
  • Patent number: 10767581
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle including receiving measurement signals of a cylinder pressure sensor and determining cylinder pressure fluctuations as a function of the received measurement signals of the cylinder pressure sensor. The method also includes increasing an exhaust gas recirculation rate of the internal combustion engine as a function of the determined cylinder pressure fluctuations until a predefined limiting value of the cylinder pressure fluctuations is reached. In addition, the method includes determining an actual value of the exhaust gas recirculation rate if the predefined limiting value of the cylinder pressure fluctuations is reached, and storing the determined actual value as a setpoint value for the exhaust gas recirculation rate of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10767586
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and apparatus for the pilot control of a mixture preparation for an internal combustion engine are disclosed, which include determining a configuration of the internal combustion engine. The configuration is determined by a combination of discrete positions of a plurality of actuators which influence at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine. The method, computer program product and apparatus additionally determine a constant adaptation component of the mixture preparation which is fed back by an exhaust gas probe of the internal combustion engine, and store the constant adaptation component and the associated configuration in memory. The pilot control of the mixture preparation is performed with the constant adaptation component when the internal combustion engine is operated in the same configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jan-Richard Lenk, Sebastian Viehöver
  • Publication number: 20200277904
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for controlling a tank ventilation valve connected to an intake tract of a turbocharged internal combustion engine via two flush lines, wherein each of the two flush lines includes a respective check valve including: checking whether the respective check valves are in a toggling range; and if the respective check valves are in the toggling range, at least partially closing the tank ventilation valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Pichler
  • Publication number: 20200277885
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method of operating a diesel engine having an exhaust tract and an SCR-combined diesel particulate filter in the exhaust tract, wherein an aqueous urea solution is introduced into the exhaust tract, and an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus having an exhaust gas recirculation conduit branching off downstream of the SCR-combined diesel particulate filter for performing a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation comprising: measuring an NH3 concentration in exhaust gas downstream of the SCR-combined diesel particulate filter; and upon exceeding a threshold value of the measured NH3 concentration, reducing the low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation rate based at least in part on the measured NH3 concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200276901
    Abstract: Various embodiments include method for determining a temperature of an active layer of a heating resistor for a recuperation system of a motor vehicle comprising: determining an instantaneous value of a current flowing through the active layer of the heating resistor at a first time; determining an instantaneous value of a voltage present on the active layer at the first time; calculating an instantaneous value of an electrical resistance based on the determined instantaneous value of the current and the determined instantaneous value of the voltage; and determining an instantaneous value of a temperature of the active layer from the calculated value of the electrical resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Maximilian Benkert, Egor Sawazki
  • Patent number: 10746126
    Abstract: A method for actuating a fuel injector having a magnetic coil drive for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The fuel injector has a first terminal and a second terminal, where the first terminal is connectable via a switch element to ground and the second terminal is connected to ground. The method includes the following: actuating the switch element to connect the first terminal to ground, acquiring a time curve of the current strength of a current flowing through the magnetic coil drive, and applying a voltage pulse to the magnetic coil drive to initiate an opening procedure of the fuel injection. A duration of the voltage pulse is established as a function of the acquired time curve of the current strength. Furthermore, an engine controller and a computer program are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Denk
  • Patent number: 10746119
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and a method for determining a pressure of a fuel (19) which is to be injected into a combustion chamber (23) via a controllable closure element (11) of a solenoid valve (1), wherein the method comprises: generating a current flow (i) through a coil (3) of the solenoid valve (1) in order to generate a magnetic field, in order to generate a magnetic force acting on an armature (9), which magnetic force shifts the armature (9) in the direction of the opening of the closure element (11), determining a magnitude of a magnetic flux (?) of the magnetic field before or when a first state (I) at which the armature starts to shift the closure element is reached, and determining a magnitude of the pressure on the basis of the determined magnitude of the magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hauser, Gerd Rösel, Markus Stutika
  • Publication number: 20200244138
    Abstract: An electric machine for arrangement in a transmission housing, having an adapter device, an axle connected to the adapter device, a rotor arranged on the axle by a bearing device so as to be rotatable about the axle, and a stator which surrounds the rotor in a circumferential direction and which is arrangeable spaced apart from the rotor, and at least partially fixable, in the adapter device, wherein the adapter device partially covers the rotor and/or the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Fröhlich, Isao Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20200240345
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for operating an internal combustion engine with a three-way catalytic converter with lambda control, comprising: monitoring a NO. sensor for a lambda value downstream of the converter; setting a threshold value determining a lambda setpoint value upstream of the converter using the difference between the setpoint value of the electrical signal and the measured electrical signal if the signal is below the threshold; if above the threshold value, determining the lambda setpoint value upstream of the converter using the difference between a NH3 setpoint value of the NO. sensor and the measured NH3 signal of the NO. sensor; and if the measured NH3 concentration is higher than the NH3 setpoint value, increasing the lambda setpoint value upstream of the converter and, if the measured NH3 concentration is lower than the NH3 setpoint value, reducing the lambda setpoint value upstream of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200240378
    Abstract: An anti-reflection device for preventing the reflection of pressure waves inside a fuel injection valve. The anti-reflection device includes an essentially cylindrical base body with a first base side, a second base side, and an outer surface. The anti-reflection device also includes a longitudinal axis orientated parallel to a propagation direction of a pressure wave. The longitudinal axis penetrating the first base side and the second base side. The anti-reflection device also includes a flow path for fuel formed between the first base side and the second base side. The flow path forming a curve around the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Willibald Schürz, Stefano Filippi, MICHAEL J. HORNBY
  • Publication number: 20200240366
    Abstract: A fluid valve which has a first valve assembly, having a valve needle, and an electromagnetic actuating device is disclosed. The electromagnetic actuating device has an armature, which is coupled to the valve needle, and a pole piece. The armature has on an armature stop side which is opposite the pole piece an armature stop surface, and the pole piece has on a pole piece stop side which is opposite the armature a pole piece stop surface. For advantageous refinement, it is proposed that the first valve assembly has a deformable first ring element and a deformable second ring element, wherein, in a view along the longitudinal central axis, an inner contour of the first ring element extends outside an outer contour of the second ring element. The invention also relates to a method for controlling the supply of fluid by means of a fluid valve according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Harry Schüle, Stefan Schuster, Janos Kerekgyarto
  • Publication number: 20200232472
    Abstract: A valve flap device for opening and closing a bypass valve of a turbocharger, and to a turbocharger, wherein the valve flap device has a valve spindle, a flap support, which is arranged on the valve spindle and has a through aperture, which has a central axis, a cover disk in the form of a circular ring, which has an outer circumference and is arranged on the support upper side, and a valve flap, which is arranged on the flap support on the support lower side and has a flap support pin, which is arranged on the flap plate rear side and is passed through the through aperture of the flap support and is firmly connected to the cover disk. In this case, a spring gap, in which a spring element is installed under a preload and projects beyond the outer diameter of the cover disk at least in some region or regions, is provided between a support upper side and the cover disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Römer, Christian Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20200232434
    Abstract: A valve assembly for an injection valve includes a valve body that includes a cavity with a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion. The cavity includes a first portion extending from the fluid inlet portion to a bottom surface and a second portion extending from a central opening in the bottom surface down towards the fluid outlet portion. The valve assembly includes a valve needle axially movable in the cavity. The valve needle includes a shaft and a ball; the ball cooperating with a valve seat to prevent a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in a closing position and to release the fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in further positions. The valve assembly includes a seat body forming the valve seat and a ball guide. The valve assembly includes where a lower particle filter is entirely arranged in the second portion of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Fabio Pacchini, Matteo Soriani, Ivano Izzo
  • Publication number: 20200232340
    Abstract: A turbocharger device for an internal combustion engine and a method for mounting a turbocharger device are described. The turbocharger device has a housing with a locating hole, in which a turbocharger shaft is mounted by two rolling element bearings. A rolling element bearing sleeve is situated between the two rolling element bearings. The rolling element bearing sleeve and hence the two rolling element bearings are fixed with the turbocharger shaft in the axial direction with the aid of two pins, which are introduced through a hole in the housing and are pressed into a groove in the rolling element bearing sleeve. During this process, the beveled tips of the pins slide along the chamfered outer edges of the groove as far as an end position, which fixes the axial position of the rolling element bearing sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Sasa Slavic, Bernhardt Lüddecke, Bruno Ferling, Dirk Frankenstein, Shuo Li, Jürgen Schindlatz
  • Publication number: 20200232363
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust gas post-treatment system of a diesel engine and associated exhaust gas post-treatment system are described. The system has two NOx sensors upstream and downstream of an SCR catalytic converter. The NOx sensor downstream of the SCR catalytic converter is used to divide the NOx information measured by the sensor upstream of the SCR catalytic converter into an NOx value and an NH3 value. Using this simple method, the SCR catalyst control and diagnosis can be carried out precisely and robustly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10711749
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel injection valve that includes a valve needle, a closing spring applying a spring force to the valve needle, which spring force loads the valve needle in the direction of a closing position, and an actuator assembly. A coil of the actuator assembly produces a magnetic force on a magnet armature of the actuator assembly such that, as the magnet armature travels toward a pole piece of the actuator assembly, the magnet armature covers an idle stroke to a stop element of the valve needle and then carries the valve needle toward the pole piece. A spring constant of the closing spring and the magnetic force are matched such that the magnitude of the resultant force of the spring force and the magnetic force decreases with increasing distance of the valve needle from the closing position and remains the same with increasing the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Dejan Jovovic, Hong Zhang, Xaver Gebhardt