Robert Boschgmbh

Seg Automotive Germany Gmbh

Stefan Tumback

Ewald Mauritz

Sven Hartmann

Markus Roessle

Matthias Cwik

Dieter Hoetzer

Juergen Gross

Harald Schueler

Martin-Peter Bolz

Eberhard Schnaibel

Martin Streib

Klaus Joos

Ferdinand Grob

Thomas Huber

Rene Schenk

Peter Baeuerle

Bernd Kesch

Martin Eisenhardt

Juergen Loeffler

Oliver Gerundt

Kersten Wehmeier

Karsten Mann

Ulrich Kappenstein

Karl-Otto Schmidt

Josef Weigt

Klaus-Peter Schnelle

Falco Sengebusch

Simon Rentschler

Apostolos Tsakiris

Nicole Weber

Uwe Bauer

Bernhard Schlagmueller

Yang Shen

Carolin Scholler

Roman Pirsch

Duraisamy Sakthivadivel

Birgit Kuettner

Martin Mezger

Balasubramaniam Venkatasubramaniam

The invention relates to a method for actuating a starter device (), wherein the starter device () comprises a starting pinion () which is to be meshed with a toothed ring () of an internal combustion engine (), the internal combustion engine () having a drive shaft (). The invention is characterized in that a) first a rotational speed (n, n, n, n) of the drive shaft () is determined, b) said rotational speed (n, n, n, n) is then compared to a predefined rotational speed value (nG), and c) in the case that the rotational speed (n, n, n, n) is less than or equal to the predefined rotational speed value (nG), the starting pinion () is toed in the direction of the toothed ring ().

Method for meshing a starting pinion with a toothed ring of an internal combustion engine

The invention relates to a starting method for internal combustion engines in motor vehicles, comprising a start-stop system, and to a starting device () for carrying out said method, said starting device comprising a starter motor () and an insertion device () which axially inserts a slip-on pinion () into a crown gear () of the internal combustion engine when a stop cycle begins. In order to minimize the period until the engine can be restarted, the pinion () is resiliently inserted into the still rotating crown gear () by means of a pressure spring () when the stop phase begins, once the internal combustion engine () is switched off but before it comes to a standstill and with the starter motor () switched off.

Method and device for start-stop systems of internal combustion engines in motor vehicles

A method for determining a future rotational speed of a rotating drive shaft of an internal combustion engine is described, in particular while the internal combustion engine coasts after being turned off, the future rotational speed being calculated from a course of measured rotational speeds. To predict a future rotational speed of the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine as accurately as possible, instantaneous rotational speeds measured at different rotational positions of drive shaft are evaluated.

Method and control unit for determining a future rotational speed

In a method for actuating a starting device for an internal combustion engine, for the case in which the rotational speed of the toothed ring is below a limit value, first a stroke armature in a starter relay is moved and an electric starter motor is switched on after the starter pinion has engaged. If the rotational speed of the toothed ring exceeds the limit value, the starter motor is switched on before the starter pinion contacts the toothed ring.

Method for actuating a starting device for an internal combustion engine

The invention relates to a method for meshing a starter pinion () of a starting device () into a ring gear () of an internal combustion engine (). The internal combustion engine () has a driveshaft (), and the starting device () has a starter motor (), said driveshaft () having a variable rotational speed (n). The internal combustion engine () is switched off in a method step (S1), and the starter pinion (), which is not being rotationally driven by the starter motor (), is then advanced in the direction of the ring gear () by a toe-in actuator () by means of a toe-in force (FV) in a method step (S2) until the starter pinion contacts the ring gear. A meshing force (FE) is then exerted onto the starter pinion () in a controlled manner in an additional method step (S3) in order to mesh the starter pinion () into a tooth gap () of the ring gear ().

Method for meshing a starter pinion of a starting device into a ring gear of an internal combustion engine

In a method for operating a temperature-limiting device of an electrical unit activatable for a limited time period by way of an activation signal, the temperature-limiting device permits activation of the electrical unit upon occurrence of the activation signal only if a counter value is greater than or less than a reference value, the counter value being incremented or decremented by a determined temperature equivalence value upon each activation of the electrical unit.

Method for operating a temperature-limiting device, temperature-limiting device and electrical apparatus

The invention relates to a toothing, in particular between a starting pinion () and a ring gear () of an internal combustion engine. The toothing is designed as straight or oblique toothing and comprises a number of individual teeth () that mesh with one another. The thicknesses of the individual teeth () are asymmetrical, in particular in reduced or widened form on one or both sides.

Asymmetric toothing

A starter relay for a starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a reciprocating armature and a pull-in winding, to which current can be applied, and also a switch-on device for an electric starter motor. The switch-on device is operated by means of a switching element which is adjusted by an additional winding.

Starter relay for a starting apparatus

A method determines a rotational speed of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine. The rotating driveshaft assumes different rotary positions at different times. An average gradient of rotary speed for the driveshaft is determined at at least two rotary positions. Subsequently, an average rotational speed for the driveshaft is obtained from a past average gradient of rotary speed at at least one later point in time.

Method for determining a rotational speed of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine

The invention relates to a dual clutch for a dual clutch transmission for transmitting a torque from a drive shaft to at least one drive shaft, which comprises a first clutch, a second clutch, and an electrical actuating device. The actuating device comprises a coupling slide, wherein a first slide of the coupling slide acts on the first clutch, and a second slide of the coupling slide acts on the second clutch, and the two slides are movable in such a way that by displacing the slides a recoupling process is controlled.

Dual clutch for a dual clutch transmission

A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device.

Circuit configuration for a starting device

A switching device has an electromagnetic switching element and a controller, the switching element including two coils on one core which act on a shared armature. In order to implement an operation of the armature to be activatable as rapidly and simply as possible with low power consumption, the controller is designed to have a switch in the current path of the coil in each case to activate each coil.

Switching device, starting device, and method for an electromagnetic switching device

The invention relates to a method for predetermining a motion state (BZn+1) of a drive shaft () of an internal combustion engine () on the basis of previous motion states (BZn, BZn&#x2212;2) of the drive shaft (), wherein properties (tn&#x2212;2, &#x3c9;n&#x2212;2) allocated to a first previous motion state (BZn&#x2212;2) and properties (tn, &#x3c9;n) allocated to a second previous motion state (BZn) are used and the drive shaft () assumes periodically recurring angular positions (&#x3c6;n&#x2212;2, &#x3c6;n, &#x3c6;n+2; &#x3c6;n&#x2212;1, &#x3c6;n+1). The invention is characterized in that a future motion state (BZn+1) and the properties (tn&#x2212;1, &#x3c6;n+1) allocated thereto of the drive shaft () are determined in an angular position on the basis of the first evaluated previous motion state (BZn&#x2212;2) and the second evaluated previous motion state (BZn), wherein the angular position (&#x3c6;n+1) of the determined future motion state (BZn+1)of the drive shaft () is not equal to an angular position (&#x3c6;n&#x2212;2, &#x3c6;n) of the first and second previous motion state (BZn, BZn&#x2212;2).

Method for predetermining a motion state of a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine

An electrical component having a primary winding, a first field-effect transistor, configured as a switch of the primary winding, for switching the primary winding, a quench winding for quenching the inductive load of the primary winding when switching off the primary winding, and a second field-effect transistor, configured as a switch of the quench winding, for switching the quench winding. In the process, the first field-effect transistor is operated in linear operation and the second field-effect transistor is operated in linear operation or in a clock-pulsed operation between the linear operation and a switched-off state during a switching-off process of the quench winding.

Method and control unit for controlling an electrical component

An electrical component having a core and a first and second coil positioned around the core is controlled in such a manner, that in response to the second coil being switched off, the first coil is short-circuited via a quenching circuit to quench the inductive load of the second coil.

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