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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Matthias Delp, Bad Abbach, DE;
Jürgen Dingl, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Delp, Bad Abbach, DE;
Jürgen Dingl, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for adapting a preset value for a minimum valve stroke in an internal combustion engine, has the following steps: Replace the previous value for the minimum valve stroke with a new value; Determine an operating parameter of the internal combustion engine; Restore the previous value for the minimum valve stroke if the operating parameter is outside of a defined value range; otherwise retain the new value.