Robert Boschgmbh

Wilhelm Sorg

Georg Mallebrein

Gholamabas Esteghlal

Erwin Krimmer

Ulrich Steinbrenner

Siegfried Fehrenbach

Kurt Herbst

Eberhard Utz

Wolfgang Golderer

Paul Schmid

The invention is directed to an on-board diagnostic method wherein a fault is detected but is only registered as a fault when a delay time span has elapsed since its first-time occurrence in an operating phase of an internal combustion engine and when the fault then still continues to occur. The delay time span is measured on the consumption of the quantity of fuel which the vehicle can still consume for an almost empty tank. In this way, detected faults, which are attributable to an empty tank, are not registered.

Method of suppressing erroneous announcements in on-board diagnostic equipment of a motor vehicle resulting from a deficiency of fuel

A damper element is proposed which serves to damp a pulsating fluid flow, in particular to smooth out and reduce pressure fluctuations arising in fuel supply systems for internal combustion engines in motor vehicles. The damper element includes a base and a cap, which are welded to one another and a damper diaphragm is clamped between these elements. The damper diaphragm, in order to prevent diffusion of the fluid into a damper chamber of the cap, is embodied either as a polyimide diaphragm or as a combination of a fabric diaphragm and a polyimide diaphragm. The clamping area of the cap is embodied as inclined slightly toward the damper diaphragm by an angle .alpha., so that a long-term fastening and sealing of the damper diaphragm is assured.

Damper element

A method and a device for controlling fuel injection in multi-cylinder internal combustion engines, includes means for computing a time shift of a common time point for ignition start in respective cylinders to a new value at which pressure differentials in respective intake pipes are approximately equal and consequently .lambda.-dispersion is minimized.

Method of and device for controlling fuel injection in internal

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