Patents by Inventor Robert Kuenne

Robert Kuenne 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: 8868318
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, in which a torque produced by the internal combustion engine is able to be influenced via at least one control variable. An impending shifting process of the manual transmission and/or another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required and/or desired, is detected, and, as a function of the detection, the torque is lowered by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Frauenkron, Robert Kuenne
  • Publication number: 20090157270
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, in which a torque produced by the internal combustion engine is able to be influenced via at least one control variable. An impending shifting process of the manual transmission and/or another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required and/or desired, is detected, and, as a function of the detection, the torque is lowered by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Helge FRAUENKRON, Robert Kuenne
  • Patent number: 7457700
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine provide that a value for a first performance quantity of the internal combustion engine is modeled as a function of at least one second performance quantity different from the first performance quantity, e.g., a charge of the internal combustion engine. This modeling is corrected as a function of a comparison of the modeled value for the first performance quantity with a measured value for the first performance quantity. The correction is performed differently for different operating points of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Frauenkron, Robert Kuenne
  • Publication number: 20060293827
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine provide that a value for a first performance quantity of the internal combustion engine is modeled as a function of at least one second performance quantity different from the first performance quantity, e.g., a charge of the internal combustion engine. This modeling is corrected as a function of a comparison of the modeled value for the first performance quantity with a measured value for the first performance quantity. The correction is performed differently for different operating points of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Helge Frauenkron, Robert Kuenne
  • Patent number: 7076955
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, which allows the synchronous operation of the two exhaust-gas turbochargers to be reliably set (adjusted). For each of the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, an actuator for controlling the boost pressure produced by the compressors of the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers is controlled by a separate control signal. At least one of the control signals is corrected in an open-loop-controlled manner for the purpose of synchronizing the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Herz, Helge Frauenkron, Robert Kuenne, Edgar Holl
  • Publication number: 20050188696
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, which allows the synchronous operation of the two exhaust-gas turbochargers to be reliably set (adjusted). For each of the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers, an actuator for controlling the boost pressure produced by the compressors of the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers is controlled by a separate control signal. At least one of the control signals is corrected in an open-loop-controlled manner for the purpose of synchronizing the at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Klaus Herz, Helge Frauenkron, Robert Kuenne, Edgar Holl