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Adaptive acceleration knock control
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1988-12-24
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Granted: 1993-11-30
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Expires: 2008-12-24
Abstract
Abstract For eliminating acceleration knocking in spark ignition engines, the ignition is retarded when the engine is in dynamic operation by an amount which is optimized for the ambient conditions present at the start of each dynamic operation. The occurrence of knocking of the engine during acceleration is detected, and the amount of change of an engine operation parameter for a next acceleration is adjusted depending on whether or not the knocking during acceleration is occurring.
Inventors
- 👤 Matthias Philipp
- 👤 Stefan Unland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:51
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02P; F02P5/00; F02P5/04; F02P5/145; F02P5/15; F02P5/152; F02P5/1521; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A method of mitigating acceleration knocking in internal combustion engines comprising the steps of sensing acceleration of an internal combustion engine; detecting occurrence of a knocking during the acceleration; and adjusting an amount of change of an engine operation parameter for a next acceleration depending on whether or not the knocking during acceleration is occurring.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
55 words
A method of mitigating acceleration knocking in internal combustion engines comprising the steps of sensing acceleration of an internal combustion engine; detecting occurrence of a knocking during the acceleration; and adjusting an amount of change of an engine operation parameter for a next acceleration depending on whether or not the knocking during acceleration is occurring.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said adjusting step includes adjusting an ignition timing which is retarded in response to the sensing of acceleration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as defined in claim 2, wherein said adjusting step includes increasing an amount of retardation when a knock intensity exceeds an upper predetermined value, and decreasing the amount of retardation when the knock intensity is below a lower predetermined value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said detecting step includes examining an intensity of the knocking during acceleration, said adjusting step including adjusting the amount of change of said engine operation parameter in dependence on the detected intensity of the knocking during acceleration.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said examining step includes examining the intensity of the knocking during acceleration at regular intervals during a predetermined time after the sensing of acceleration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as defined in claim 4, wherein said adjusting step includes adjusting the amount of change of the engine operation parameter when the intensity of the knocking during acceleration is outside a predetermined range.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as defined in claim 6, wherein the predetermined range has a lower limit selected such that only the knocking which does not require corrective action has an intensity below the lower limit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as defined in claim 6, wherein the predetermined range has an upper limit selected such that only knocking caused by the effects of the acceleration has an intensity exceeding said upper limit.
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