Global Patent Index - EP 1301705 B1

EP 1301705 B1 20071003 - METHOD FOR STARTING A MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Title (en)

METHOD FOR STARTING A MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM STARTEN EINER MEHRZYLINDRIGEN BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE POUR DEMARRER UN MOTEUR A COMBUSTION INTERNE A PLUSIEURS CYLINDRES

Publication

EP 1301705 B1 20071003 (DE)

Application

EP 01913583 A 20010207

Priority

  • DE 0100467 W 20010207
  • DE 10020325 A 20000426

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0181759A1] The invention relates to a method for starting a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (1), especially of a motor vehicle in a forward direction, whereby the position of a piston (2) in a cylinder (3) of the internal combustion engine (1) is determined and fuel is injected into a combustion chamber (4) of the cylinder (3) whose piston (2) is located in a working phase. In order to be able to reliably start the internal combustion engine before the starting process (14), without the use of an electric starter and irrespective of the position of the pistons (2) in the cylinders (3), the invention provides that the internal combustion engine (1) is firstly moved in a reverse direction by injecting fuel into a combustion chamber (4) of at least one cylinder (3) whose piston, when viewed in a forward direction, is located in a compression phase, and the fuel compressed in the combustion chamber (4) of the at least one cylinder (3) is ignited, whereby the rotating motion in the reverse direction is stopped before reaching the lower dead center (UT) of the piston (2) of the at least one cylinder (3), and the internal combustion engine is then started in a forward direction.

IPC 8 full level

F02D 13/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 45/00 (2006.01); F02M 59/40 (2006.01); F02M 59/42 (2006.01); F02N 9/02 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 17/00 (2006.01); F02N 17/08 (2006.01); F02N 19/00 (2010.01); F02N 99/00 (2010.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F02N 9/02 (2013.01 - EP US); F02N 19/005 (2013.01 - EP US); F02N 99/006 (2013.01 - EP US); F02N 2019/007 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0181759 A1 20011101; AU 3915801 A 20011107; DE 10020325 A1 20011108; DE 50113088 D1 20071115; EP 1301705 A1 20030416; EP 1301705 B1 20071003; JP 2003532005 A 20031028; JP 4456792 B2 20100428; US 2003101956 A1 20030605; US 6799547 B2 20041005

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0100467 W 20010207; AU 3915801 A 20010207; DE 10020325 A 20000426; DE 50113088 T 20010207; EP 01913583 A 20010207; JP 2001578816 A 20010207; US 25869402 A 20021025