Monitoring method for monitoring a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle

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PATENT NO 9650969
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14548555

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Disclosed is a method for monitoring a fuel injector, the injector including a piezoelectric actuator controlling a valve unit to open or close the injector, the fuel injector including an actuator play. The method includes: measuring a plurality of compensation times of the actuator play during a simulation step preceding an injection for a given plurality of fuel pressures; calculating a parameter representing the current actuator play per the measured compensation times; comparing the parameter representing the calculated current actuator play with a predetermined reference parameter of the actuator play; and transmitting a warning message if the reference parameter is exceeded; the parameter representative of the current actuator play being calculated on the basis of a polynomial function of the measured compensation times. The polynomial order of the polynomial function corresponding to the number of measured compensation times of the actuator play for different fuel pressures.

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VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHSIEMENSSTRASSE 12 REGENSBURG 93055

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Leblon, Michael Bressols, FR 7 27

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