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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Peter Klee, Knittlingen, DE;
Gholamabas Esteghlal, Darmstadt, DE;
Gudrun Menrad, Stuttgart, DE;
Andreas Pfender, Abstatt, DE;
Hans Hillner, Karlsruhe, DE;
Georg Mallebrein, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
Method and arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine ( ) which is operable in several operating modes, especially an internal combustion engine ( ) having direct injection or intake manifold injection and having a control apparatus ( ). The control apparatus ( ), that is, its software has a plurality of functions ( ) and a scheduler ( ) for activating the functions ( ). The executability of the functions ( ) is determined in dependence upon the operating-mode dependent and operating-mode independent conditions and, with the aid of a bridging signal, the determination of the operating-mode dependent conditions can be disabled.