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Method of operating a drive unit
Assignee: Linde GmbH
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Filing: 1990-03-23
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Granted: 1992-06-02
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Expires: 2010-03-23
Abstract
Abstract In a method for operating a drive unit comprised of an internal combustion engine and a hydraulic aggregate group, the amount of fuel supplied to the engine is limited by a proportionally acting RPM regulator. When the engine is overloaded the power absorption of the hydraulic aggregate group is reduced by an electronic maximum load regulator and under no-load operation the engine is shifted from an automatic idling circuit to the idling speed after a specified time and the power absorption of the aggregate group is reduced to a minimum. For partial-load operation, the power absorption of the aggregate group can be limited selectably to a power below the maximum power put out by the engine. In order to render such a process more economical, the engine is operated in the range of the idling control characteristic during partial-load operation. The output power of the hydraulic aggregate group and the output power of the engine is thus reduced, by which the hydraulic aggregate group can continue to operate with an approximately constant speed in spite of the reduced power.
Inventors
- 👤 Hilmar Strenzke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 06:32
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D29/00; F02D29/04; E; E02; E02F; E02F9/00; E02F9/20; E02F9/22; E02F9/2246
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A method of operating a drive unit including an internal combustion engine, a fuel injector for said engine, and a hydraulic aggregate group including a hydrostatic motor and a variable displacement pump supplying said motor, said method including controlling the power output of said engine by selecting the amount of fuel supplied to said engine from said fuel injector according to proportional RPM regulation, reducing the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group during overloading of said engine by an electronic maximum load regulator, automatically adjusting said engine idling speed under no-load operation to the upper idling speed after a selectively prescribed time, reducing the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group to a minimum wherein the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group is selectively limited to a power level below the maximum power output and at the nominal speed of said engine, characterized by operating said engine in the region of the idling control characteristic during partial-load operation which region is between the selected amount of fuel supplied to said engine and the upper idling speed of said engine.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
181 words
A method of operating a drive unit including an internal combustion engine, a fuel injector for said engine, and a hydraulic aggregate group including a hydrostatic motor and a variable displacement pump supplying said motor, said method including controlling the power output of said engine by selecting the amount of fuel supplied to said engine from said fuel injector according to proportional RPM regulation, reducing the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group during overloading of said engine by an electronic maximum load regulator, automatically adjusting said engine idling speed under no-load operation to the upper idling speed after a selectively prescribed time, reducing the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group to a minimum wherein the power consumption of said hydraulic aggregate group is selectively limited to a power level below the maximum power output and at the nominal speed of said engine, characterized by operating said engine in the region of the idling control characteristic during partial-load operation which region is between the selected amount of fuel supplied to said engine and the upper idling speed of said engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method according to claim 1, including setting the working RPM of said maximum load regulator at a value corresponding to a desired power output of said engine between the nominal speed and the upper idling speed during partial-load operation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 2, including selecting the amount of fuel supplied to said engine by said injector by a final RPM control element and electrically controlling said final RPM control element by an automatic idling circuit and by the maximum load regulation and a power limitation provided by the drive unit operator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, including automatic idling circuit switching as a function of the fluctuation spread of the actual RPM of said engine and setting the idling speed in a time-delay manner for a small fluctuation spread.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 2, including automatic idling circuit switching as a function of the fluctuation spread of the actual RPM of said engine and setting the idling speed in a time-delay manner for a small fluctuation spread.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 3, including automatic idling circuit switching as a function of the fluctuation spread of the actual RPM of said engine and setting the idling speed in a time-delay manner for a small fluctuation spread.
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