Patent ID: 7946269
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: F02B,F02D

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing the engine brake power of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with at least one inlet valve and a brake valve in each case, comprising the acts of: compressing air from at least one of an engine charge air line and a second air inlet by an air compressor; storing of the air compressed by the air compressor in at least one storage device, and injecting during an engine braking process at least one of compressed air stored in the at least one storage device and compressed air delivered from the air compressor into the at least one cylinder in a timed manner to increase an amount of air filling the at least one cylinder during a cylinder intake event and thereby to increase a compression work in the at least one cylinder during the cylinder compression event, wherein the compressed air is first fed to a first storage device and stored therein, and the air stored in the first storage device is fed to a second storage device via a feed valve for storage in the second storage device when air at a predetermined pressure is present in the first storage device.