Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling a vehicle drive unit. According to said method the control functions for the power of the drive unit and the monitoring of said control functions are carried out by a single microcomputer. A monitoring module separated from the microcomputer is provided to check the monitoring functions and send test signals to the microcomputer at a given time. Said microcomputer subsequently calculates the monitoring function of interest on the basis of test data. The result of the calculation is transmitted to the monitoring module which checks the operation capacity of the function monitoring system in the microcomputer by comparing it with stored values.
Abstract:
Proposed is an ignition system for a spark-ignition four-stroke internal-combustion engine with constant spark distribution, in which a spark plug (12), an ignition coil (8) and the output stage (20) of a control circuit are associated, for single-spark operation, with each cylinder, the control circuit serving the purpose of function monitoring and phase determination. The function-monitoring component in the control circuit measures the change with time of the primary-coil voltage (Up), analysing the results by comparing them with stored values.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an induction igniting system for combustion engines provided with a measuring device enabling the ion current to be determined at the spark plug of each cylinder and, at each spark plug the secondary winding of which is crossed by a ion current, with ignition coils providing the striking voltage and working on the same principle as a transformer and comprising primary and secondary windings. The invention provides a switch (S1) for short-circuiting the primary winding during the ion current measurement.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for transmitting data in data processing systems having distributed signal processing machines that intercommunicate via a serial data bus and that exchange messages with each other. In order to avoid execution delays of urgent functions, each message is composed of an identifier component (1), a command (X) and an event (Y) that conditions the execution of the command (X). At a given moment, in particular before the event (Y) occurs, at least one of the components is transmitted via the data bus to the signal processing machine that executes the function. The identifier (I) is linked to a control algorithm that checks whether the event (Y) has occurred. When the event occurs, the command is executed.
Abstract:
The proposal is for a device for controlling the output torque (Mab) of an automatic gearbox (10) during a gear changing process in a motor-driven vehicle at a value preset by the driver, in which the gearbox (10) has at least two gear ratios (11, 12) alternatively engageable via clutches (16, 17). When changing up, the clutch (17) allocated to the higher ratio is first continuously engaged in a time-controlled manner, at the same time the engine torque being correspondingly increased to keep the output torque (Mab) constant. When the first clutch (16) allocated to the lower ratio no longer transmits any torque, it is disengaged. Thereupon the second clutch (17) is taken to its synchronous rotation speed by reducing the engine torque (Mm) and driven further with no slip. Changing down takes place in the reverse order. In such changing processes, greater changing convenience is achieved without any jerking.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of controlling the operation of a propulsion unit consisting of an internal-combustion engine and an automatic gearbox, intended in particular for a motor vehicle. The method enables an output torque depending on several parameters to be generated, at the gearbox output, from the torque produced by the engine and as a function of the gear selected, the output torque (t out) being pre-determined, independently of the gear selected (g sel), as a function of the accelerator-pedal position (y) representing one parameter.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an electronic counting device with a counting circuit connected in series with a frequency divider (4). It is characterized by the fact that the adjustable frequency divider (4) rates a preferably constant frequency (fo) fed to the first of its inputs with a factor (T) whose size is freely defined by an operating-speed signal (n) fed at any intervals to the second input of the frequency divider (4). The factor (T) which determines the division ratio stays at the same value until a change occurs due to an operating-speed signal being fed in which differs from the previous operating-speed signal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pump, especially a high pressure pump for use in a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, provided with a pump casing (10) with, on the one hand, at least one working space located between an inlet area (15) and a feeding area (20) operatively linked inside the pump casing (24), an actuating element (16) being mounted in said working space and, on the other hand, at least one pump shaft (14) inside the pump casing (10), which enables the actuating element (16) to be operated. In order to reduce the length of the construction and extend the service life of the pump, it is provided that the pump casing (10) be secured to a wall (45) of the motor crankcase (45'), with the possibility for the pump shaft (14, 14') of being radially laid onto a shaft (46) mounted inside the motor crankcase (45').
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel-injection valve which has an axially moving valve needle (12), said valve needle comprising at least at least one closing element support (17) and one spherical valve-closing element (18). The closing element support (17) accommodates the valve-closing element (18) in a lower recess (38), an end area (37) of said closing element support (17) encompassing the valve-closing element (18) in the downstream direction beyond an equator (52) of said valve-closing element (18). The fixed connection between the valve-closing element (18) and the closing element support (17) is achieved by means of bordering. The fuel-injection valve is particularly suitable for use in fuel-injection systems of mixture-compression internal combustion engines with externally supplied ignition.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a detector, specially one determining the oxygen content in exhaust gases of internal combustion motors, wherein a wafer-shaped sensor element (26) is inserted in a ceramic molded part (20), arranged in a metal casing (12) by means of a gastight seal (31). The seal (31) consists of a tightly packed powder (32) and a glass seal (33) placed thereon. Said seal (31) enables gastight and gasoline-resistant fixing of the sensor element (26) in the ceramic molded part (20).