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Method for starting an internal combustion engine

  • US 6,216,664 B1
  • Filed: 06/18/1999
  • Issued: 04/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of:

  • injecting a fuel directly into a combustion chamber which is delimited by a piston, the fuel being injected in one of;

    a first operating mode which is during a compression phase, and a second operating mode which is during an intake phase;

    igniting the injected fuel;

    measuring a first pressure exerted on the injected fuel;

    determining a second pressure in the combustion chamber; and

    before the igniting step, terminating an injection of the fuel into the combustion chamber no later than when the second pressure becomes greater than the first pressure.

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