Patent ID: 8322326

Claim:
A method for operating an internal combustion engine assembly including an internal combustion engine, an ignition system for controlling the ignition in said engine, a device for supplying fuel and a detecting unit for detecting the engine rpm (n) of said internal combustion engine; said engine defining a permissible limit engine rpm (n g ) and a control range (A) of said engine rpm (n) above said limit engine rpm (n g ); the method comprising the steps of: limiting said engine rpm (n) in said control range (A) by suppressing said ignition; limiting the ignition in said control range (A) by suppressing the ignition in individual engine cycles wherein said engine rpm (n) lies above a control engine rpm (n a ); forming a noncombustion engine cycle ratio (NECR) as the ratio of a number of engine cycles wherein the ignition is suppressed to the total number of the ignitions; and, shifting said noncombustion engine cycle ratio (NECR) in said control range (A).