Patents by Inventor Ingo Koops

Ingo Koops 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: 10301997
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for checking the signal of a temperature sensor in an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine. The method may include: in an operating state which does not require heating of the reducing agent, activating the heating device for the purposes of checking the temperature sensor; determining whether the signal of the temperature sensor changes by a predefined expected value (?T) within a predefined time period (?t2); provisionally identifying the temperature sensor as fault-free if it does; deactivating the heating device; determining whether the signal of the temperature sensor reaches the start temperature (T0) again within a time period (?t3); and confirming the temperature sensor as fault-free if it does.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Rodatz, Michael Nienhoff, Ingo Koops, Tino Arlt
  • Publication number: 20160356193
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for checking the signal of a temperature sensor in an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine. The method may include: in an operating state which does not require heating of the reducing agent, activating the heating device for the purposes of checking the temperature sensor; determining whether the signal of the temperature sensor changes by a predefined expected value (?T) within a predefined time period (?t2); provisionally identifying the temperature sensor as fault-free if it does; deactivating the heating device; determining whether the signal of the temperature sensor reaches the start temperature (T0) again within a time period (?t3); and confirming the temperature sensor as fault-free if it does.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Rodatz, Michael Nienhoff, Ingo Koops, Tino Arlt
  • Patent number: 9181834
    Abstract: In a method and a device for adapting the injection agent supply for an emission control system, the following steps are carried out: a) setting of a agent pressure target value in the line upstream of the pump in relation to the ambient pressure; b) opening of the pressure relief valve for a predetermined time t; c) determining the pressure difference between the target and the injection agent pressure, caused in step b), immediately after step b); d) setting a target value for the agent pressure in the line downstream of the pump in relation to the exhaust gas pressure in the system; e) opening of the injector for a predetermined time t; f) determining the pressure difference between the target and the agent pressure, caused in step e), immediately after step e); g) comparing the pressure differences from steps c) and f); and h) optional adaptation of the injector opening time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Joris Fokkelman, Ingo Koops
  • Patent number: 8555618
    Abstract: In a method for adapting the reducing agent feed in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system having an SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine and at least one reducing agent feed device, the minimum opening time of the reducing agent feed device is determined during operation and while suspending nitrogen emission, carrying out the following steps: a) the opening time of the reducing agent feed device is gradually prolonged until b) a reducing agent-sensitive sensor in the exhaust gas aftertreatment system detects a reducing agent signal. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system is designed accordingly for carrying out the method and a device is designed for controlling an exhaust gas aftertreatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Rainer Bentz, Joris Fokkelman, Joachim Frank, Hermann Ketterl, Ingo Koops, Robert Leinfelder
  • Patent number: 8459009
    Abstract: A method for controlling an SCR-exhaust gas after-treatment system (1) of an internal combustion engine (8), in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has one or more steps for determining the quality of the reducing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Tino Arlt, Peter Bauer, Joris Fokkelman, Ingo Koops
  • Publication number: 20110239625
    Abstract: In a method and a device for adapting the injection agent supply for an emission control system, the following steps are carried out: a) setting of a agent pressure target value in the line upstream of the pump in relation to the ambient pressure; b) opening of the pressure relief valve for a predetermined time t; c) determining the pressure difference between the target and the injection agent pressure, caused in step b), immediately after step b); d) setting a target value for the agent pressure in the line downstream of the pump in relation to the exhaust gas pressure in the system; e) opening of the injector for a predetermined time t; f) determining the pressure difference between the target and the agent pressure, caused in step e), immediately after step e); g) comparing the pressure differences from steps c) and f); and h) optional adaptation of the injector opening time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Joris Fokkelman, Ingo Koops
  • Publication number: 20100257842
    Abstract: In a method for adapting the reducing agent feed in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system having an SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine and at least one reducing agent feed device, the minimum opening time of the reducing agent feed device is determined during operation and while suspending nitrogen emission, carrying out the following steps: a) the opening time of the reducing agent feed device is gradually prolonged until b) a reducing agent-sensitive sensor in the exhaust gas aftertreatment system detects a reducing agent signal. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system is designed accordingly for carrying out the method and a device is designed for controlling an exhaust gas aftertreatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Bauer, Rainer Bentz, Joris Fokkelman, Joachim Frank, Hermann Ketterl, Ingo Koops, Robert Leinfelder
  • Publication number: 20100218484
    Abstract: A method for controlling an SCR-exhaust gas after-treatment system (1) of an internal combustion engine (8), in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has one or more steps for determining the quality of the reducing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Tino Arlt, Peter Bauer, Joris Fokkelman, Ingo Koops