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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Jürgen Dingl, Regensburg, DE;
Markus Roth, Schwalbach, DE;
Jochen Schönhaar, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for identifying a defective control device in an internal combustion engine, especially a control element of an intake manifold with a variable length, a swirl flap, or a tumble flap, or generally a control element in the air path of the internal combustion engine, instead of using a return message acknowledging the position of the control device, a regulating signal is detected following the successful switching of the control device, in order to use any deviations of said regulating signal above a defined threshold value to identify a defective control device.