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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Christian Karbacher, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Andreas Thoelke, Nuremberg, DE;
Gerulf Pedersen, Fürth, DE;
Ikechukwu Martins Onwuegbulam, Nuremberg, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an internal combustion engine having multiple camshaft control units which are connected to one another in a line by a first network topology and via which a crankshaft signal can be transmitted in unprocessed, amplified or conditioned form. The camshaft control units are designed to suppress forwarding of the crankshaft signal in a first state and to forward or to replicate the crankshaft signal and to send an additional signal in a second state. The disclosure also relates to a method for logically assigning the camshaft control units to the camshafts to be adjusted by them.