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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Michael Oder, Illingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine , particularly for a motor vehicle, which is provided with an injector (,) with the assistance of which fuel can be injected directly into a combustion chamber either in a first operating mode, during an induction period, or in a second operating mode, during a compression period. Furthermore, a control unit is provided for determining the air mass supplied to the combustion chamber , and for differently controlling and/or regulating the fuel mass injected into the combustion chamber in both operating modes. The control unit switches over between the first operating mode and the second operating mode as a function of the air mass supplied to the combustion chamber.