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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Stéphane Eloy, Toulouse, FR;
Jérémie Memain, Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
Engine control method for protecting the engine during reverse rotation, and involving the following steps: when a first prediction of the engine speed at a next top dead center is below a predetermined lower threshold, inhibiting the next combustion for this cylinder of the engine, and when the first prediction of the engine speed is between the predetermined lower threshold and a predetermined upper threshold, and the engine reaches a second measurement predetermined angular position which is subsequent to the first measurement position, activating the prediction means again in order to obtain a second prediction of the engine speed at the next top dead center.