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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Peter Matthias Ruβe, Tegernheim, DE;
Robert Hoffman, Ruhstorf/Rott, DE;
Steffen Lehner, Eichstatt, DE;
Hans-jörg Wiehoff, Regensburg, DE;
Peter Matthias Ruβe, Tegernheim, DE;
Robert Hoffman, Ruhstorf/Rott, DE;
Steffen Lehner, Eichstatt, DE;
Hans-Jörg Wiehoff, Regensburg, DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining a position of a lock element of an injection valve for an internal combustion engine includes moving the lock element in the direction of a locked position in a closing movement in order to lock the injection valve, subsequently measuring a closure time at which the lock element arrives in the locked position, determining a time difference between the closure time and a preceding starting time of the closing movement, and determining, based on the time difference, a position which the lock element has assumed at the starting time of the closing movement.