Patents by Inventor Erika Schaefer

Erika Schaefer 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).

  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND REGULATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ACCORDING TO THE HCCI COMBUSTION METHOD
    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