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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steffen Franke, Brentwood, GB;
Axel Heinstein, Wimsheim, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 5/00 ;
Abstract
The method and the device are used for cylinder shut-off in an internal combustion engine ( ), in particular of a vehicle, using a control unit ( ) in effective operational contact with the cylinders ( ) of the internal combustion engine ( ), which has a monitoring unit ( ), a knock regulating unit ( ) and a fuel injector shut-off unit ( ). At the same time the provision is made that the fuel injector shut-off unit ( ) is operationally linked to the knock regulating unit ( ) to achieve coordinated cylinder shut-off. The fuel injector shut-off unit ( ) is provided with a memory medium ( ) for storing a cylinder shut-off program.