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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Georg Louven, Neuwied, DE;
Jens Wojahn, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Klemens Grieser, Langenfeld, DE;
Marco Marceno, Hagen, DE;
Helmut Hans Ruhland, Eschweiler, DE;
Thomas Lorenz, Cologne, DE;
Moritz Klaus Springer, Hagen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, the method comprising, during one working cycle, distributing fuel for each cylinder of the plurality of cylinders among a plurality of injection processes according to settable split factors which respectively define a setpoint fuel mass and/or injection duration and time setting of each respective injection process for the plurality of individual injection processes, wherein random variation is carried out for at least one injection process.