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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Jens Pache, Kaufungen, DE;
Gerd Rösel, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Jens Pache, Kaufungen, DE;
Gerd Rösel, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/12 (2006.01); F02B 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for operating an internal combustion engine with a crankcase breather venting into an intake tract, operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are measured. A mass flow of fuel from the crankcase into the intake tract is determined as a function of the operating parameters measured. The internal combustion engine is controlledor monitoredas a function of the mass flow of fuel from the crankcase into the intake tract.