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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Simon Petrovic, Aachen, DE;
Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Henri-Chapelle, BE;
Arno Bartsch, Maastricht, NL;
Inventors:
Simon Petrovic, Aachen, DE;
Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Henri-Chapelle, BE;
Arno Bartsch, Maastricht, NL;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02B 37/013 (2006.01); F02B 37/16 (2006.01); F02B 39/16 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/013 (2013.01); F02B 37/002 (2013.01); F02B 37/16 (2013.01); F02B 37/18 (2013.01); F02B 39/16 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02B 2039/164 (2013.01); F02B 2039/166 (2013.01); F02B 2039/168 (2013.01); F02D 41/18 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0406 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0414 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a turbocharger arrangement of an internal combustion engine, the turbocharger arrangement comprising a low-pressure and a high-pressure turbocharging stage arranged sequentially, the high-pressure turbocharging stage comprising a high-pressure compressor with a sensorless compressor bypass valve, comprises evaluating at least one sensor signal of the turbocharger arrangement for detecting a failure mode of the compressor bypass valve.