Abstract:
A circuit arrangement and a method for operating an adjusting device (10, 11, 12) are proposed which ascertain a characteristic variable (38, 42) of the adjusting device (10, 11, 12) as a standard for the adjusting force or adjusting torque and if a limit value is exceeded furnish an overload signal (41, 45). According to the invention, the definition of the electrical power for the electric motor (10) is contemplated to a value that makes it possible to adhere to a specified spring rate in the event something becomes caught, which rate indicates the change in force referred to a change in travel distance. The adjustment travel of the part (12) to be adjusted is subdivided into travel intervals (I) which are considerably shorter than the total adjustment travel. The method evaluates a continuous change in the detected characteristic variable in a predetermined number of successive travel intervals (I) in order to ascertain an overload signal (41, 45). A preferred application of the circuit arrangement according to the invention and of the method according to the invention for operating an adjusting device (10, 11, 12) exists in a motor vehicle.
Abstract:
An electric motor drive having a first section and a second section offset with respect to the first section. A control arrangement and an evaluation arrangement are arranged in the first section, and an electric motor and a sensor arrangement are arranged in the second section. The control arrangement is connected to the electric motor via two connecting lines. A signal is transmitted from the sensor arrangement to the evaluation arrangement via a third line. The electric energy for the sensor arrangement is transmitted via at least one of the two connecting lines and via the third line, or only via the two lines. The electric motor drive according to the invention is suitable for use in actuators which may be arranged in a motor vehicle.
Abstract:
A network interface, in particular for motor vehicles having at least two computers and having at least two bus lines ("0") includes by a monitoring circuit (100), which cooperates with an evaluation circuit to detect the operativeness of the bus lines and identify a faulty bus line and an emergency circuit (210,215) controlled by the monitoring circuit to connect the faulty bus line to an emergency potential. Even in the event of a short circuit, to the supply voltage U.sub.B or earth, of one of the bus lines connected to a terminating unit (OP1,R3; OP2,R4) or in the event of a defective driver stage (T10,T20) of a network substation connected to the bus lines, it is still possible to operate the comparator (K) of a receiver or signal evaluation circuit even with only one operational bus line. In this way, a particularly high operational reliability of the network interface is obtained.
Abstract:
A monitoring device for an electronic control system in a motor vehicle is advantageously integrated with a digital signal processing device (43) of the system. Economy in terms of components and greater operational reliability safety are attained in that the monitoring of a circuit arrangement of the system is performed sequential plausibility tests of signals that are retrievable at various times from fixed points of one and the same circuit arrangement, which is alternated by the digital signal processing device between an operating state and a test state.
Abstract:
An apparatus which serves to actuate the throttle valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The actuating device includes a reversible electric drive motor, the output shaft of which is operatively connected to the throttle valve, which is pivotable via a throttle valve shaft. The set-point pivoted position of the throttle valve can be predetermined by means of a gas pedal. A simple, economical design of such an actuating device is attained by coupling the throttle valve to a stop such that they rotate together; associated with the stop is a counterpart stop that is spring-loaded in the closing direction of the throttle valve by a restoring spring. The counterpart stop is coupled with the gas pedal in such a way that it is moved by the drive lever counter to the force of the restoring spring.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring the flow rate of a medium flowing through a pipe. The invention is particularly for measuring the rate of air flow in the intake pipe of an internal combustion engine by means of a throughput sensor which is insensitive to the direction of flow. The throughput sensor can be a constant-temperature anemometer. The analog output signals of the sensor are converted into a sequence of discrete numerical values with an adjustable sampling rate, wherein the periodic output signal characteristic of the flow meter is weighted for determining the occurrence of changes in the direction of flow, and wherein the duration of time in which the direction of flow is changed is considered in the determination of the flow rate via corresponding correction factors. In the method and apparatus of the invention, the points in time at which changes in the direction of flow occur are determined according to the following steps: (a) comparing the differential values of successive numerical values of the number sequence with a first threshold value particularly dependent on the sampling rate; (b) determining the characteristic time points at which the first threshold value is exceeded or drops below; and, (c) recognizing the change of flow direction with the occurrence of more than two characteristic instants per period of the output signal.
Abstract:
To control the pressure p of an operating fluid in an automatic transmission (12), the input speed and output speed (n.sub.T, n.sub.out) of the transmission is sensed, and the pressure (p) is so controlled by a control unit (21) that the transmission ratio which is actually coupled by the transmission, in view of the pressure set by the friction bands, is carried out in accordance with a predetermined timing function (i.sub.com), for example as stored in a read-only memory (ROM, 24). Change in shifting characteristics can be obtained, for example, by operator-selected different time-engagement relationships to obtain maximum passenger comfort or maximum acceleration, or intermediate relationships.
Abstract:
A system for increasing the fuel feed in internal combustion engines during acceleration in order to ensure better performance comprising an acceleration detector, an enrichment stage, a proportionating member associated with a differentiating member, all connected to be responsive to at least one sensing member whose output signal is variable according to the engine operating conditions. The operating parameters sensed may be, for example, speed, air flow rate in the intake manifold, starting conditions, as well as the temperature of the internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
A flow rate meter for measuring the flow rate of a fluid medium, especially that of the air aspirated by an internal combustion engine. A hot wire or film is placed in the air stream and is made part of an electrical circuit powered by the output of a differential amplifier. The voltage drop across the resistor is monitored at the input of the differential amplifier where it is compared with fixed or compensated values. In order to reduce the effect that airborne particles, which are deposited on the hot wire or film, have on the measuring characteristics of the apparatus, the wire or film are shaped so that their leading edge constitutes an area much smaller than the surfaces which are substantially parallel to the stream lines.
Abstract:
A flow rate measuring device, especially for measuring the flow rate of incoming fresh air in the induction tube of an internal combustion engine in which a temperature-dependent sensor, e.g. a resistor, is exposed to the air flow while the current through the sensor is controlled and monitored to obtain a signal related to the air flow rate. In order to prevent damage to the sensor from high-temperature flame fronts due to backfiring and also from inadvertent mechanical contact with tools, etc., there is provided at least one protective element downstream of the sensor and possibly another element upstream. The protective element is a plate-like barrier permitting essentially unimpeded air flow. The pattern of the element may be a grid or sieve, a honeycomb pattern or a plurality of parallel tubes.