Patents by Inventor Tim Späder

Tim Späder 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).

  • Publication number: 20230184183
    Abstract: A method for checking the association of structure-borne noise sensors of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, which internal combustion engine can be operated in diesel operation or with individualized gas injection and in the case of which internal combustion engine a structure-borne noise sensor is arranged in the region of each cylinder, wherein the output signals of the structure-borne noise sensors reflect a knock index and are captured by a computing unit, wherein the internal combustion engine is operated in order to perform the method. The output signals of all structure-borne noise sensors are determined during at least one working cycle, which is formed by two revolutions of a crankshaft, in the respective positions of the crankshaft. The output signal of a cylinder is compared with the average value or the median value of the output signals of other cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes BAUER, Stephan BRENDLER, Frederik HAHN, Christoph Georg HUND, Tim SPÄDER, Patrick SPENGLER
  • Patent number: 11319888
    Abstract: A method for regulation of an internal combustion engine with an SCR catalytic converter in which the operating point of the engine is predefined by an engine control unit and the operating point of the catalytic converter is predefined by an SCR control unit. An overall system quality measure is calculated by an optimizer in accordance with fed back values of the engine control unit and fed back values of the SCR control unit, by changing the default values for the engine control unit and the SCR control unit, the optimizer minimizes the overall system quality measure for a prediction horizon regarding operating costs. On the basis of the minimized overall system quality measure the optimizer sets the default values for the engine control unit and the default values for the SCR control unit as decisive for setting the operating point of the engine and the catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Knut Graichen, Daniel Bergmann, Roman Geiselhart, Jens Niemeyer, Jörg Remele, Karsten Harder, Tim Späder
  • Publication number: 20210231071
    Abstract: A method for regulation of an internal combustion engine with an SCR catalytic converter in which the operating point of the engine is predefined by an engine control unit and the operating point of the catalytic converter is predefined by an SCR control unit. An overall system quality measure is calculated by an optimizer in accordance with fed back values of the engine control unit and fed back values of the SCR control unit, by changing the default values for the engine control unit and the SCR control unit, the optimizer minimizes the overall system quality measure for a prediction horizon regarding operating costs. On the basis of the minimized overall system quality measure the optimizer sets the default values for the engine control unit and the default values for the SCR control unit as decisive for setting the operating point of the engine and the catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Knut Graichen, Daniel Bergmann, Roman Geiselhart, Jens Niemeyer, Jörg Remele, Karsten Harder, Tim Späder
  • Patent number: 10612437
    Abstract: A method for execution with an exhaust-gas particle filter which is operated with an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, wherein the exhaust-gas particle filter has a filter wall along which exhaust gas is conducted for filtering purposes; wherein the method includes a regeneration phase with the steps: a) setting a soot load on the exhaust-gas particle filter, wherein the set soot load effects the formation of a soot layer on ash deposited on the filter wall; and b) subsequently mobilising the deposited ash by burning off the formed soot layer during the course of an active regeneration of the exhaust-gas particle filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Rusch, Raphael-David Leopold, Hilmar Wolman, Günter Zitzler, Alexander Schneider, Tim Späder, Andrea Prospero, Norbert Markert, Michael Neuscheler, Viktor Mantaj, Michael Rauter, Boban Maletic, John Scholz, Daniel Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 10590822
    Abstract: A method for operating a system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust aftertreatment system having an SCR catalyst, wherein the internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of at least one process parameter that influences a nitrogen oxide raw emission, wherein aging detection is performed for the SCR catalyst, wherein in a first operating mode of the internal combustion engine, if aging of the SCR catalyst is detected, the at least one process parameter is changed in the direction of a reduced nitrogen oxide raw emission, wherein the internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of the changed at least one process parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Niemeyer, Tim Späder
  • Patent number: 10287959
    Abstract: A method for determining the aging of an oxidation catalyst in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: ascertaining a soot burn rate of a particle filter of the exhaust gas aftertreatment system; adapting a function having at least one adaptation parameter to the soot burn rate dependent on at least one variable, a value of the adaptation parameter depending on an aging of the oxidation catalyst; and determining the aging of the oxidation catalyst using the adaptation parameter value ascertained by adapting the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Boban Maletic, Gerald Fast, Jens Niemeyer, Tim Späder, Ralf Müller
  • Patent number: 10060318
    Abstract: A method for operating a driving system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas purifying device through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows in order to be purified. The exhaust gas purifying device has at least one catalyst element for catalytic conversion of nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide at a determined conversion rate. In order to compensate for an age related decrease in the conversion rate of the catalyst element the nitrogen monoxide emission from the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust gas temperature before the catalyst element are adjusted as a function of the current conversion rate and/or the age of the catalyst element so that the nitrogen dioxide concentration after the catalyst element is greater than or equal to a minimum concentration and/or that the molar ratio between nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide after the catalyst element corresponds to a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Guido Schäffner, Andrea Prospero, Günter Zitzler, Tim Späder
  • Publication number: 20180202339
    Abstract: A method for operating a system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust aftertreatment system having an SCR catalyst, wherein the internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of at least one process parameter that influences a nitrogen oxide raw emission, wherein aging detection is performed for the SCR catalyst, wherein in a first operating mode of the internal combustion engine, if aging of the SCR catalyst is detected, the at least one process parameter is changed in the direction of a reduced nitrogen oxide raw emission, wherein the internal combustion engine is controlled on the basis of the changed at least one process parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jens NIEMEYER, Tim SPÄDER
  • Publication number: 20180171844
    Abstract: A method for execution with an exhaust-gas particle filter which is operated with an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, wherein the exhaust-gas particle filter has a filter wall along which exhaust gas is conducted for filtering purposes; wherein the method includes a regeneration phase with the steps: a) setting a soot load on the exhaust-gas particle filter, wherein the set soot load effects the formation of a soot layer on ash deposited on the filter wall; and b) subsequently mobilising the deposited ash by burning off the formed soot layer during the course of an active regeneration of the exhaust-gas particle filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Klaus RUSCH, Raphael-David LEOPOLD, Hilmar WOLMAN, Günter ZITZLER, Alexander SCHNEIDER, Tim SPÄDER, Andrea PROSPERO, Norbert MARKERT, Michael NEUSCHELER, Viktor MANTAJ, Michael RAUTER, Boban MALETIC, John SCHOLZ, Daniel CHATTERJEE
  • Patent number: 9890684
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an exhaust gas aftertreatment, wherein a diesel particulate filter is regenerated during the operation, in particular passively regenerated, wherein a corrected differential pressure is calculated from a current differential pressure across the diesel particulate filter at a current exhaust gas volumetric flow rate and with a current correction factor. The current correction factor is determined by determining a lower differential pressure in a predetermined time interval at a defined exhaust gas volumetric flow rate, in particular in a specified exhaust gas volumetric flow rate interval around the defined exhaust gas volumetric flow rate, and comparing the lower differential pressure with a specified current reference value and, depending thereon, calculating a new correction factor or retaining the previous correction factor as the current correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Prospero, Tim Späder, Stefan Merk
  • Publication number: 20170370316
    Abstract: A method for carrying out the operation of an internal combustion engine, wherein liquid fuel injection amounts are injected at cylinders of a group of cylinders of the internal combustion engine in the context of injection events, wherein in a first step, a first cylinder of the group with the strongest knocking tendency over a time period is determined, and in a second step an injection correction occurs such that the injection events at the first determined cylinder can be sequentially reduced in their injection duration or injection amount by a first correction value, while the injection duration or injection amount of the injection events at the other cylinders of the group are sequentially increased by a second correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Johannes BAUER, Tim SPÄDER
  • Patent number: 9779218
    Abstract: In a method for a model-based determination of a temperature distribution of an exhaust gas post-treatment unit, a differentiation is made between steady operating states and non-steady operating states by taking into account the axial and the radial temperature distribution, and, on the basis of virtual segmentation of the post-treatment unit, in particular the radial heat transfer to the surroundings is taken into account in the model-based determination for steady operating states, and for non-steady operating states the heat transfer from the exhaust gas which flows axially through the post-treatment unit to the segments is taken into account by a heat transfer coefficient k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Hehle, Ralf Müller, Jens Niemeyer, Jörg Remele, Guido Schäffner, Holger Sinzenich, Tim Späder
  • Publication number: 20170074146
    Abstract: A method for determining the aging of an oxidation catalyst in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: ascertaining a soot burn rate of a particle filter of the exhaust gas aftertreatment system; adapting a function having at least one adaptation parameter to the soot burn rate dependent on at least one variable, a value of the adaptation parameter depending on an aging of the oxidation catalyst; and determining the aging of the oxidation catalyst using the adaptation parameter value ascertained by adapting the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Boban MALETIC, Gerald FAST, Jens NIEMEYER, Tim SPÄDER, Ralf MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 9574508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine. In the method a first distribution of values for at least one variable is used, the variable describing a physical property of the internal combustion engine, and over a second time period values for this variable are recorded and classified, such that a second distribution is determined. The first distribution is then compared with the second distribution such that the behavior of the internal combustion engine can be adapted on the basis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Tim Späder
  • Patent number: 9416715
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for monitoring an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. Temperature profiles upstream and downstream of an installation location of a catalytic converter are measured in order to determine whether or not a catalytic converter is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Niemeyer, Aron Toth, Tim Spaeder
  • Publication number: 20160131012
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an exhaust gas aftertreatment, wherein a diesel particulate filter is regenerated during the operation, in particular passively regenerated, wherein a corrected differential pressure is calculated from a current differential pressure across the diesel particulate filter at a current exhaust gas volumetric flow rate and with a current correction factor. The current correction factor is determined by determining a lower differential pressure in a predetermined time interval at a defined exhaust gas volumetric flow rate, in particular in a specified exhaust gas volumetric flow rate interval around the defined exhaust gas volumetric flow rate, and comparing the lower differential pressure with a specified current reference value and, depending thereon, calculating a new correction factor or retaining the previous correction factor as the current correction factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Andrea PROSPERO, Tim SPÄDER, Stefan MERK
  • Publication number: 20160123259
    Abstract: A method for an exhaust-gas treatment system having a diesel particle filter, in particular for the operation of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas treatment system, in particular an internal combustion engine including a motor. The method includes the steps of: operating the diesel particle filter, in particular with regular regeneration; and determining a present soot loading of the diesel particle filter. Provision is made for a comparison of the present soot loading with a predetermined soot loading reference value to be performed and, if the soot loading reference value is undershot, for the soot particle loading in the diesel particle filter to be increased in order to adhere to the demanded emission limit value for the number of soot particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Guido SCHÄFFNER, Tim SPÄDER
  • Publication number: 20160123205
    Abstract: A method for operating a driving system having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas purifying device through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows in order to be purified. The exhaust gas purifying device has at least one catalyst element for catalytic conversion of nitrogen monoxide into nitrogen dioxide at a determined conversion rate. In order to compensate for an agerelated decrease in the conversion rate of the catalyst element the nitrogen monoxide emission from the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust gas temperature before the catalyst element are adjusted as a function of the current conversion rate and/or the age of the catalyst element so that the nitrogen dioxide concentration after the catalyst element is greater than or equal to a minimum concentration and/or that the molar ratio between nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide after the catalyst element corresponds to a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Guido SCHÄFFNER, Andrea PROSPERO, Günter ZITZLER, Tim SPÄDER
  • Publication number: 20150101314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine. In the method a first distribution of values for at least one variable is used, the variable describing a physical property of the internal combustion engine, and over a second time period values for this variable are recorded and classified, such that a second distribution is determined. The first distribution is then compared with the second distribution such that the behavior of the internal combustion engine can be adapted on the basis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventor: Tim Späder
  • Publication number: 20150033837
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for monitoring an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. Temperature profiles upstream and downstream of an installation location of a catalytic converter are measured in order to determine whether or not a catalytic converter is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Niemeyer, Aron Toth, Tim Spaeder