Patents by Inventor Thomas Liebscher
Thomas Liebscher 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).
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Publication number: 20120303242Abstract: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising at least one a cylinder with a combustion chamber, wherein by means of at least one detection device assigned to the combustion chamber a first value characterizing the pressure in the combustion chamber is detected, wherein on the basis of the first value at least a second value characterizing a progression of the energy released during a combustion in the combustion chamber is determined, on the basis of the second value at least a third value is determined, by means of which the progression of the combustion is subdivided into at least two sub-curves and one of the sub-curves is assigned to a normal combustion for operation of the internal combustion engine and the other of the sub-curves is assigned to a special combustion differing from the normal combustion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Rüdiger Pfaff, Yuriy Bogachik, Werner Mayer, Thomas Liebscher, Stefan Dreymüller, Simon Binder, Otto Schmid, Alfred Frommelt, Josef Steuer, Johan Eldh, Christian Dengler, Horst Prilop, Michael Mladek
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Patent number: 7662197Abstract: In a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning unit of a diesel engine including a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide storage device arranged upstream of the particle filter, wherein sulfur regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage device is performed periodically at raised exhaust gas temperatures and, in certain phases, with a rich exhaust gas composition, and also soot regeneration of the particle filter is performed at raised exhaust gas temperatures with a lean exhaust gas composition, at least some of the sulfur regeneration and the soot regeneration phases are performed in a combined soot and sulfur regeneration phase, and for the sulfur regeneration, at least temporarily, a rich exhaust-gas composition with a temperature higher than the temperature of the lean exhaust gas composition is provided for the soot regeneration of the particle filter.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Frank Duvinags, Stefan Kurze, Thomas Liebscher, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule, Norbert Ruzicka, Joachim Schommers
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Publication number: 20080134648Abstract: In a method for operating an exhaust-gas cleaning unit of a diesel engine including a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide storage device arranged upstream of the particle filter, wherein sulfur regeneration of the nitrogen oxide storage device is performed periodically at raised exhaust gas temperatures and, in certain phases, with a rich exhaust gas composition, and also soot regeneration of the particle filter is performed at raised exhaust gas temperatures with a lean exhaust gas composition, at least some of the sulfur regeneration and the soot regeneration phases are performed in a combined soot and sulfur regeneration phase, and for the sulfur regeneration, at least temporarily, a rich exhaust-gas composition with a temperature higher than the temperature of the lean exhaust gas composition is provided for the soot regeneration of the particle filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Frank Duvinags, Stefan Kurze, Thomas Liebscher, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule, Norbert Ruzicka, Joachim Schommers
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Patent number: 7293407Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a diesel engine in which an air ratio (?) of the fuel which is to be burnt and of the combustion air supplied is set by a control unit (14) according to predetermined values. When a value (15) which is predetermined as a switching criterion is recorded, the control unit (14) switches to a special operating mode for regeneration of a catalytic converter (22) and sets the fuel/air ratio according to predetermined values for this operating mode. To achieve more effective regeneration of the catalytic converter, according to the invention it is provided that at least one afterinjection, which is separated in time from a main injection, of fuel which is also to be burnt takes place in the special operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2001Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Holger Adler, Klaus Allmendinger, Dirk Becker, Oliver Erlenmayer, Andreas Hasert, Hans-Hubert Hemberger, Anton Kerckhoff, Stefan Kurze, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten, Andreas Roll, Norbert Ruzicka
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Patent number: 6892529Abstract: An Exhaust-gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, which, as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, has a particle filter, apparatus for providing a reducing agent in the exhaust-gas flow, a catalytic converter for reducing nitrogen oxide which is present in the exhaust gas, and a downstream oxidation catalytic converter. An upstream oxidation catalytic converter is arranged upstream of the particle filter.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Frank Duvinage, Christian Goerigk, Thomas Liebscher, Dieter Mainka, Siegfried Mueller-Lunz, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule
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Patent number: 6857421Abstract: In a method for operating a diesel engine and a diesel engine, wherein engine emission control is provided by switching between a lean mode with superstoichiometric combustion air ratio ?>1 and a rich mode with substoichiometric combustion air ratio ?<1, the engine-torque fluctuations during the switching are determined and engine parameters which influence the engine torque, are adjusted so as to keep the engine torque constant during the switchover.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Holger Adler, Nicholas Fekete, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten, Sven Pfoertsch, Norbert Ruzicka
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Patent number: 6820415Abstract: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine using exhaust gas purification system, and internal combustion engine, the method for operating an internal combustion engine with exhaust gas purification system, in which a rich mode of the internal combustion engine with a rich exhaust gas composition and a lean mode of the internal combustion engine with a lean exhaust gas composition are set alternately, and by the exhaust gas purification system with a rich exhaust gas composition ammonia is synthesized and stored and with a lean exhaust gas composition nitrogen oxides are reduced to form nitrogen by means of the stored ammonia.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Oliver Abet, Holger Adler, Brigitte Konrad, Thomas Liebscher, Michel Weibel
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Publication number: 20030209011Abstract: An Exhaust-gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, which, as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, has a particle filter, apparatus for providing a reducing agent in the exhaust-gas flow, a catalytic converter for reducing nitrogen oxide which is present in the exhaust gas, and a downstream oxidation catalytic converter. An upstream oxidation catalytic converter is arranged upstream of the particle filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Inventors: Frank Duvinage, Christian Goerigk, Thomas Liebscher, Dieter Mainka, Siegfried Mueller-Lunz, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule
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Publication number: 20030182934Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a diesel engine in which an air ratio (&lgr;) of the fuel which is to be burnt and of the combustion air supplied is set by a control unit (14) according to predetermined values. When a value (15) which is predetermined as a switching criterion is recorded, the control unit (14) switches to a special operating mode for regeneration of a catalytic converter (22) and sets the fuel/air ratio according to predetermined values for this operating mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Holger Adler, Klaus Allmendinger, Dirk Becker, Oliver Erlenmayer, Andreas Hasert, Hans-Hubert Hemberger, Anton Kerckhoff, Stefan Kurze, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten, Andreas Roll, Norbert Ruzicka
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Patent number: 6619033Abstract: In a method for operating a combustion engine having an exhaust-gas turbocharger, it is possible to switch over between a normal operation and a special operation. In the special operation, at least one main fuel injection and at least one secondary fuel injection are provided. In response to a positive load jump, a switch-over between the normal operation and the special operation provided for increasing the exhaust gas enthalpy is performed, the secondary fuel injection in the special operation being adjusted so that it substantially burns in the combustion chamber and causes an increase in the exhaust gas enthalpy as well as an adjustment of a rich or a lean exhaust gas composition. The method according to the present invention may be used, for example, in a motor vehicle having a diesel engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Holger Adler, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten
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Publication number: 20030150425Abstract: In a method for operating a diesel engine and a diesel engine, wherein engine emission control is provided by switching between a lean mode with superstoichiometric combustion air ratio &lgr;>1 and a rich mode with substoichiometric combustion air ratio &lgr;<1, the engine-torque fluctuations during the switching are determined and engine parameters which influence the engine torque, are adjusted so as to keep the engine torque constant during the switchover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Holger Adler, Nicholas Fekete, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten, Sven Pfoertsch, Norbert Ruzicka
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Publication number: 20030136115Abstract: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine using exhaust gas purification system, and internal combustion engine, the method for operating an internal combustion engine with exhaust gas purification system, in which a rich mode of the internal combustion engine with a rich exhaust gas composition and a lean mode of the internal combustion engine with a lean exhaust gas composition are set alternately, and by the exhaust gas purification system with a rich exhaust gas composition ammonia is synthesized and stored and with a lean exhaust gas composition nitrogen oxides are reduced to form nitrogen by means of the stored ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2003Publication date: July 24, 2003Inventors: Oliver Abet, Holger Adler, Brigitte Konrad, Thomas Liebscher, Michel Weibel
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Publication number: 20020081238Abstract: An exhaust-gas cleaning unit includes a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide store disposed upstream of the particle filter. A method for operating the exhaust-gas cleaning unit includes a nitrogen oxide regeneration phase and a sulphur regeneration phase for the nitrogen oxide store and a soot regeneration phase for the particle filter. A longer period is selected for the sulphur regeneration phase than for the nitrogen oxide regeneration phase. At least part of the sulphur regeneration phase and at least part of the soot regeneration phase are performed as a combined regeneration phase, in which the regeneration phases are performed in immediate succession or one regeneration phase is performed intermittently at a number of intervals during the other regeneration phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Frank Duvinage, Stefan Kurze, Thomas Liebscher, Arno Nolte, Markus Paule, Norbert Ruzicka, Joachim Schommers
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Publication number: 20020002969Abstract: In a method for operating a combustion engine having an exhaust-gas turbocharger, it is possible to switch over between a normal operation and a special operation. In the special operation, at least one main fuel injection and at least one secondary fuel injection are provided. In response to a positive load jump, a switch-over between the normal operation and the special operation provided for increasing the exhaust gas enthalpy is performed, the secondary fuel injection in the special operation being adjusted so that it substantially burns in the combustion chamber and causes an increase in the exhaust gas enthalpy as well as an adjustment of a rich or a lean exhaust gas composition. The method according to the present invention may be used, for example, in a motor vehicle having a diesel engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: Holger Adler, Michael Lenz, Thomas Liebscher, Ulrich Merten
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Patent number: 6209316Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a diesel engine having an engine controller which controls the operation of the diesel engine as a function of characteristic maps and permits rich/lean control of the diesel engine. The engine controller includes a computer which effects a changeover to rich or lean operation of the diesel engine as a function of predetermined changeover criteria, a sensor system which communicates with the computer and monitors parameters needed for changeover criteria, and a memory which communicates with the computer and in which the characteristic maps for operating the diesel engine are stored. The computer effects a changeover from lean to rich operation when all the changeover criteria in this respect are satisfied, and effects a change back from rich to lean operation when at least one of the changeover criteria in this respect is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Frank Duvinage, Hans Fausten, Nicholas Fekete, Anton Kerckhoff, Bernd Krutzsch, Thomas Liebscher, Stefan Pischinger, Michel Weibel
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Patent number: 6082325Abstract: A system and a process for operating a diesel engine using an automatic engine control which, as a function of characteristic diagrams, automatically controls the operation of the diesel engine and permits an automatic rich/lean controlling of the diesel engine. The automatic engine control includes a computer which, as a function of predetermined change-over criteria, causes a change-over to the rich or the lean operation of the diesel engine. A sensor system communicates with the computer and monitors the parameters necessary for change-over criteria. A memory communicates with the computer, the memory storing separate characteristic diagrams for the operation of the diesel engine for the lean operation and for the rich operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: July 4, 2000Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Steffen Digeser, Frank Duvinage, Hans Fausten, Walter Friess, Anton Kerckhoff, Thomas Liebscher, Stefan Pischinger, Marco Stotz