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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vitesco Technologies GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/20 (2006.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/20 (2013.01); F02D 41/3005 (2013.01); F02D 2041/143 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1437 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2055 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2062 (2013.01); F02D 2200/063 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining an injection quantity of a fuel injector determines a first time at which an injection process of the fuel injector starts, a second time at which the injection process of the fuel injector ends, calculates a model on the basis of the first time and the second time, which model represents the position of a nozzle needle of the fuel injector as a function of the time, and calculates the quantity of fuel to inject.