Method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsHelge FRAUENKRON, Robert Kuenne
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Abstract
A method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, in which a torque produced by the internal combustion engine is able to be influenced via at least one control variable. An impending shifting process of the manual transmission and/or another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required and/or desired, is detected, and, as a function of the detection, the torque is lowered by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
Claims9
A method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, the method comprising:
- influencing a torque produced by the internal combustion engine via at least one control variable;
- detecting at least one of (a) an impending shifting process of the manual transmission and (b) another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required or desired;
- and
- lowering, as a function of the detection, the torque by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
A computer-readable medium containing a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the following method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission:
- influencing a torque produced by the internal combustion engine via at least one control variable;
- detecting at least one of (a) an impending shifting process of the manual transmission and (b) another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required or desired;
- and
- lowering, as a function of the detection, the torque by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
A control device for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, the control device comprising:
- an arrangement for influencing a torque produced by the internal combustion engine via at least one control variable;
- an arrangement for detecting at least one of (a) an impending shifting process of the manual transmission and (b) another operating situation of the internal combustion engine, during which a temporary lowering of the torque produced by the internal combustion engine is required or desired;
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- an arrangement for lowering, as a function of the detection, the torque by changing at least one control variable of a fuel path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.