Abstract: A vehicle apparatus (10a; 10b; 10c) having at least one thermal management unit (12a; 12b; 12c) which has at least one first throughflow region (14a; 14b; 14c) and at least one second throughflow region (16a; 16b; 16c), which are connectable in accordance with demand in each case to a first heat circuit (18a) and/or to a second heat circuit (20a), and has a heat-exchange unit (22a; 22b; 22c) which, in at least one operating state, exchanges heat in accordance with demand between the first throughflow region (14a; 14b; 14c) and the second throughflow region (16a; 16b; 16c).

Abstract: In a method for operating an electrohydraulic valve control system of an internal combustion engine, the electrohydraulic valve control system comprising at least one gas exchange valve actuator and a gas exchange valve, which is hydraulically actuated by it, an actuation characteristic is acquired during the operation of the internal combustion engine while the gas exchange valve is being actuated and is compared with a reference actuation characteristic, which describes a nominal characteristic of the gas exchange valve actuator.

Abstract: A valve-controlled hydrostatic positive displacement machine (DDU) is proposed, with a plurality of cylinder-piston units which are each activatable or deactivatable, via at least one low-pressure valve and via one high-pressure valve, for adjusting a volume flow of the positive displacement machine. According to the invention a valve body of the high-pressure valve is embodied as a valve slide, and operative faces acted upon in or counter to a displacement direction are essentially pressure-balanced.

Abstract: In a procedure to operate an internal combustion engine with an electrohydraulic valve control which comprises electrically activated oil control valves for hydraulic actuators for the actuation of charge-cycle valves, a motor control unit as well as an output stage unit, which is connected to the motor control unit via a data link, at least a limited operation of the internal combustion engine is made possible during a breakdown of the data bus between the motor control unit and the output stage unit, in that the output stage unit is transferred into an autonomous mode of operation during a breakdown of the data link to the motor control unit.

Abstract: In a method for operating an electrohydraulic valve control system of an internal combustion engine, the electrohydraulic valve control system comprising at least one gas exchange valve actuator and a gas exchange valve, which is hydraulically actuated by it, an actuation characteristic is acquired during the operation of the internal combustion engine while the gas exchange valve is being actuated and is compared with a reference actuation characteristic, which describes a nominal characteristic of the gas exchange valve actuator.

Abstract: In a procedure to operate an internal combustion engine with an electrohydraulic valve control which comprises electrically activated oil control valves for hydraulic actuators for the actuation of charge-cycle valves, a motor control unit as well as an output stage unit, which is connected to the motor control unit via a data link, at least a limited operation of the internal combustion engine is made possible during a breakdown of the data bus between the motor control unit and the output stage unit, in that the output stage unit is transferred into an autonomous mode of operation during a breakdown of the data link to the motor control unit.

Abstract: A method for controlling the opening of at least one intake valve of a combustion chamber in a periodically working piston engine, at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a first partial period of a working period of the piston engine for charging the combustion chamber; and at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a second partial period of the working period, wherein the second partial period begins after the combustion of the combustion chamber charge and has no overlap with the first partial period.

Abstract: Disclosed is a simple, easy-to-produce, and reliable connection between a shaft of a gas exchange valve and an actuator. This connection is detachable and, as a result, can be connected and disconnected multiple times. It is also possible to dispose the coupling piece on the shaft of the gas exchange valve and provide circumferential grooves on the control element of the actuator.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders are described, each cylinder having at least one intake valve and one exhaust valve having fully variable valve control, a fuel feed to at least one first cylinder of the plurality of cylinders being deactivated, a first quantity of fresh air being drawn in by opening the at least one intake valve of the at least one first cylinder in a first downward movement of the piston of the at least one first cylinder, and a second quantity of fresh air being ejected by opening the at least one exhaust valve with a first upward movement of the piston of the at least one first cylinder.

Abstract: An hydraulic valve actuator for actuating a gas-exchange valve in a combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine has an operating piston delimiting two pressure chambers, of which the lower pressure chamber acting in the valve-closing direction is permanently charged with fluid pressure via which an intake and return line can be charged by, or relieved of, fluid pressure. To brake the gas-exchange valve in the final phase of the closing procedure to reduce the set-down speed, the return line of the upper pressure chamber is split between two discharge openings, which are connected to one another and arranged in the housing with axial clearance, the upper discharge opening being coupled to a restrictor and the lower discharge opening being displaceable relative to the operating piston and disposed in its displacement path such that it may be closed thereby at a defined distance, prior to reaching its upper limit position.

Abstract: A cylinder head for a combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine is provided, which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening, as well as gas exchange valves which are operable by electrohydraulic valve actuators, some of which gas exchange valves function as inlet valves to control the at least one inlet opening, and some of which gas exchange valves function as outlet valves to control the at least one outlet opening. For the purpose of producing a compact, complete module which, as a separate component, may be tested for reliability and may be installed into the engine block of the internal combustion engine without additional preassembly effort, the cylinder head is provided with at least one high pressure line for supplying fluid under high pressure and at least one recycling line for recycling fluid, which have coupling openings for the hydraulic coupling of the valve actuators, and also means for fastening the valve actuators are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a simple, easy-to-produce, and reliable connection between a shaft of a gas exchange valve and an actuator. This connection is detachable and, as a result, can be connected and disconnected multiple times. It is also possible to dispose the coupling piece on the shaft of the gas exchange valve and provide circumferential grooves on the control element of the actuator 5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection between a shaft end of a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine and a sleeve-shaped actuating element of a valve actuator, which is guided in an axially movable manner within a pressure region, which is able to be pressurized with a pressure medium, of the valve actuator and at least partially surrounds the shaft end. The present invention provides for the connection to be situated outside of the pressure region and in the region of an opening, which is formed on the side of the valve actuator away from the combustion chamber, and is, for example, coaxial to the shaft end.

Abstract: A cylinder-piston drive, e.g., an hydraulically controlled actuator for actuating a gas-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, has an operating piston that is displaceable inside a cylinder and delimits pressure chambers by piston sides facing away from one another. The operating piston has a multipart design and is made up of at least two partial pistons that are placed inside one another, are displaceable relative to each other and strike against one another at stop faces. One pressure chamber is delimited by all, and the other pressure chamber is delimited by only a part, of the partial pistons and the sliding paths of the partial pistons not delimiting the other pressure chamber may be reduced compared to the overall sliding path of the operating piston. At least one stop face, arranged on the cylinder, may be provided against which a stop face of one of the partial pistons strikes after traveling the reduced sliding path.

Abstract: A method for controlling the opening of at least one intake valve of a combustion chamber in a periodically working piston engine, at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a first partial period of a working period of the piston engine for charging the combustion chamber; and at least one intake valve of the combustion chamber being opened during a second partial period of the working period, wherein the second partial period begins after the combustion of the combustion chamber charge and has no overlap with the first partial period.

Abstract: An hydraulically controlled actuator for activating a valve, especially for activating a gas-exchange valve in a combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine, which includes two fluid-filled pressure chambers having controllable chamber volumes and a movable operating piston which delimits the pressure chambers by piston sides facing away from one another, the operating piston acting upon the valve and having an effective closing area acted upon by fluid pressure in the pressure chambers to close the valve and an effective opening area acted upon by the fluid pressure to open the valve. To influence the kinematics of the opening and closing movement of the valve, the operating piston is such that the surface area of at least one of the two effective areas changes along the sliding path of the operating piston.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a hydraulic system with a hydraulic pump. A lubricant system for moving parts of the engine is also provided, which includes a lubricant pump. To enable making the engine smaller, it is proposed that the hydraulic pump is connected to the lubricant system in such a way that it can be lubricated by the lubricant.

Abstract: An hydraulic valve actuator for actuating a gas-exchange valve in a combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine has an operating piston delimiting two pressure chambers, of which the lower pressure chamber acting in the valve-closing direction is permanently charged with fluid pressure via which an intake and return line can be charged by, or relieved of, fluid pressure. To brake the gas-exchange valve in the final phase of the closing procedure to reduce the set-down speed, the return line of the upper pressure chamber is split between two discharge openings, which are connected to one another and arranged in the housing with axial clearance, the upper discharge opening being coupled to a restrictor and the lower discharge opening being displaceable relative to the operating piston and disposed in its displacement path such that it may be closed thereby at a defined distance, prior to reaching its upper limit position.

Abstract: A gas exchange valve device for an internal combustion engine is provided with a hydraulic apparatus which includes a fluid circuit and at least one pressure reservoir connected to the fluid circuit and containing piston prestressed by a device, and also includes a controllable actuating device. A gas exchange valve is also provided, whose valve element is acted on by the actuating device. In order to achieve a simpler design of the gas exchange valve device the pressure reservoir is disposed so that in an approximately unpressurized state of the pressure reservoir, its piston at least indirectly locks the valve element of the gas exchange valve in an essentially closed position.

Abstract: A pressure-supply device for an electrohydraulic valve control of gas-exchange valves in internal combustion engines which has a fluid reservoir, a fluid output for the connection of the valve control, and a high-pressure pump which removes fluid from the fluid reservoir and delivers it under high pressure to the fluid output. To attain high pump efficiency and high system dynamics, the high-pressure pump is constructed as constant-displacement pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, and the pump outlet is connectible by a switchover valve alternately to the fluid output and, accompanied by blocking of the fluid output, to the fluid reservoir.