Patents by Inventor Christian Kriechbaum

Christian Kriechbaum 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).

  • Patent number: 9284904
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a fuel pressure in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. A setpoint fuel pressure is initially set in the fuel injection system. Next, a first fuel injection and a subsequent second fuel injection are executed at a time interval shorter than a decay time of a pressure wave in the fuel injection system, triggerable by the first fuel injection. In an additional step, a monitored fuel injection quantity, which is injected via the second fuel injection, is ascertained. An action is executed if the monitored fuel injection quantity differs from a setpoint fuel injection quantity, which is predefinable for the setpoint fuel pressure, by more than a limiting value. The invention also relates to a computer program product for executing the method and to a device for monitoring a fuel pressure in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Topp, Rainer Peck, Rene Zieher, Christian Kriechbaum, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld
  • Patent number: 8700288
    Abstract: A method for assessing a method of functioning of a fuel injector in response to the application of a control voltage to at least one actuator of the fuel injector, including the steps of applying the control voltage to the at least one actuator of the fuel injector for a no-torque-generating injection into an engine, determining a fuel content in an exhaust tract disposed at an engine, comparing the determined fuel content with a specified comparison value, and assessing the method of functioning of the fuel injector based on the comparison result. Furthermore, also described is an evaluation device for assessing a method of functioning of a fuel injector in response to the application of a control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Thomas Breitbach, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum
  • Patent number: 8554444
    Abstract: Described is a method for operating an internal combustion engine (1), in which method at least one parameter of the exhaust gas flowing in an exhaust-gas duct (10) is detected by at least one exhaust-gas probe (30; 32), wherein the internal combustion engine (1) is at least temporarily turned over by a starting device (3), during which an injection and combustion of fuel does not take place, and during and/or after which the exhaust-gas probe (30; 32) is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Hasslacher, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum, Michael Schenk, Haris Delic, Stefan Motz, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld, Micha Muenzenmay, Bjoern Alexander Schuetz, Horst Mueller, Harry-Alexander Kempf, Ruediger Schaller
  • Publication number: 20120283934
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a fuel pressure in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine. A setpoint fuel pressure is initially set in the fuel injection system. Next, a first fuel injection and a subsequent second fuel injection are executed at a time interval shorter than a decay time of a pressure wave in the fuel injection system, triggerable by the first fuel injection. In an additional step, a monitored fuel injection quantity, which is injected via the second fuel injection, is ascertained. An action is executed if the monitored fuel injection quantity differs from a setpoint fuel injection quantity, which is predefinable for the setpoint fuel pressure, by more than a limiting value. The invention also relates to a computer program product for executing the method and to a device for monitoring a fuel pressure in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Stephan Topp, Rainer Peck, Rene Zieher, Christian Kriechbaum, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld
  • Publication number: 20110257863
    Abstract: Described is a method for operating an internal combustion engine (1), in which method at least one parameter of the exhaust gas flowing in an exhaust-gas duct (10) is detected by at least one exhaust-gas probe (30; 32), wherein the internal combustion engine (1) is at least temporarily turned over by a starting device (3), during which an injection and combustion of fuel does not take place, and during and/or after which the exhaust-gas probe (30; 32) is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Hasslacher, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum, Michael Schenk, Haris Delic, Stefan Motz, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld, Micha Muenzenmay, Bjoern Alexander Schuetz, Horst Mueller, Harry-Alexander Kempf, Ruediger Schaller
  • Patent number: 7991538
    Abstract: In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel quantity injected into a combustion chamber is a function of an activation period, during which a fuel injection device is activated. A pressure sensor detects the pressure in the fuel rail and provides a signal. The pressure in the fuel rail may be regulated to a setpoint pressure using a setting unit and employing the signal provided by the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Olbrich, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum, Michael Schenk, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld, Rene Zieher, Markus Viereck
  • Publication number: 20100152994
    Abstract: A method for assessing a method of functioning of a fuel injector in response to the application of a control voltage to at least one actuator of the fuel injector, including the steps of applying the control voltage to the at least one actuator of the fuel injector for a no-torque-generating injection into an engine, determining a fuel content in an exhaust tract disposed at an engine, comparing the determined fuel content with a specified comparison value, and assessing the method of functioning of the fuel injector based on the comparison result. Furthermore, also described is an evaluation device for assessing a method of functioning of a fuel injector in response to the application of a control voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Thomas Breitbach, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum
  • Publication number: 20090164102
    Abstract: In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel quantity injected into a combustion chamber is a function of an activation period, during which a fuel injection device is activated. A pressure sensor detects the pressure in the fuel rail and provides a signal. The pressure in the fuel rail may be regulated to a setpoint pressure using a setting unit and employing the signal provided by the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Stephan OLBRICH, Rainer Peck, Christian Kriechbaum, Michael Schenk, Steffen Meyer-Salfeld, Rene Zieher, Markus Viereck