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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Hong Zhang, Tegernheim, DE;
Detlev Schoeppe, Wenzenbach, DE;
Assignee:
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 51/06 (2006.01); F02M 47/02 (2006.01); F02D 19/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/20 (2006.01); F02M 65/00 (2006.01); F02D 28/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 51/0603 (2013.01); F02D 19/027 (2013.01); F02D 28/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/2096 (2013.01); F02D 41/3809 (2013.01); F02M 47/027 (2013.01); F02M 65/00 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0602 (2013.01); F02D 2250/31 (2013.01); F02D 2400/08 (2013.01); F02M 2200/24 (2013.01); F02M 2200/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a fuel injection system includes detecting the pressure prevailing in a pressure accumulator using a fuel injection valve piezo actuator that includes, in addition to the active piezo region used to actuate the closing element, a passive piezo region that acts as a pressure sensor. Using this pressure sensor, the closing element force acting on the passive piezo region, and therefore the pressure prevailing in the pressure accumulator, can be determined.