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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Gerhardt, Oberriexingen, DE;
Werner Hess, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123436 ; 123350 ; 123399 ; 180197 ; 477113 ;
Abstract
A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes evaluating a variable which represents the load of the engine. This variable is determined from a torque value measured at an output shaft of the engine. The invention is also directed to an arrangement for operating the engine.