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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Volker Eichenseher, Beratzhausen, DE;
Andreas Hartke, München, DE;
Thomas Vogt, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 9/04 ;
Abstract
In order to avoid an undesired and damaging ignition in the case of the failure of a valve in an internal combustion engine with electromechanical valve drive, a control device interrupts the injection and/or the ignition for at least the cylinder in question when such a failure of a valve is detected by the control device.