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Method and apparatus for controlling the torque of an engine
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1988-12-06
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Granted: 1993-05-11
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Expires: 2008-12-06
Abstract
Abstract The torque of an internal combustion engine is controlled during acceleration by monitoring differences between engine and wheel speed in order to provide a measure of phase differences in the event of the engine torque oscillating. The difference between the engine and wheel signals is integrated and fed to an ignition angle correction circuit in order to damp out the torque oscillations which would otherwise result.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Kaltenbrunn
- 👤 Karl Ott
- 👤 Bernhard Schray
- 👤 Ernst Wild
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:24
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02P; F02P5/00; F02P5/04; F02P5/145; F02P5/15; F02P5/1502; F02P5/1504; F02P5/1455; G; G05; G05D; G05D17/00; G05D17/02; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of controlling a torque of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising the steps of deriving a signal indicative of a speed of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; deriving a further signal indicative of a wheel speed of the vehicle; determining a difference signal between said signal indicative of the speed of the engine and said signal indicative of the wheel speed of the vehicle; and varying an ignition angle of an internal combustion engine in response to the determined difference signal to counteract variations in the torque of the internal combustion engine.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of controlling a torque of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising the steps of deriving a signal indicative of a speed of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; deriving a further signal indicative of a wheel speed of the vehicle; determining a difference signal between said signal indicative of the speed of the engine and said signal indicative of the wheel speed of the vehicle; and varying an ignition angle of an internal combustion engine in response to the determined difference signal to counteract variations in the torque of the internal combustion engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as defined in claim 1; and further comprising the step of integrating the difference signal; and using the integrating difference signal as an input to a load/speed dependent engine ignition map to vary the ignition angle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as defined in claim 2, wherein said integrating includes establishing an integration by means of a feed back loop.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
92 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising means for deriving a signal indicative of a speed of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; means for deriving a further signal indicative of a wheel speed of the vehicle; means for determining a difference signal between the signal indicative of the speed of the engine and the signal indicative of the wheel speed of the vehicle; and means for varying an ignition angle of the internal combustion engine in response to the determined difference signal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
92 words
An apparatus for controlling a torque of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising means for deriving a signal indicative of a speed of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; means for deriving a further signal indicative of a wheel speed of the vehicle; means for determining a difference signal between the signal indicative of the speed of the engine and the signal indicative of the wheel speed of the vehicle; and means for varying an ignition angle of the internal combustion engine in response to the determined difference signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said means for determining is formed as means for subtracting the signal indicative of the speed of the engine and the signal indicative of the wheel speed of the vehicle to produce the difference signal as a resultant signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said means for varying is formed as means for deriving ignition angle correction signals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 4; and further comprising an integrator connected with said determining means for integrating a difference signal to produce an integrated difference signal and also connected to said varying means for supplying the integrated difference signal to said varying means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein said integrator or includes a feed back loop.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein said integrator has a time constant which is a function of an elasticity of a transmission.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein said integrator has a time constant which is a function of an elasticity of a transmission.
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