Patent ID: 7092812

Claim:
A control method for an internal combustion engine, which internal combustion engine (M) comprises at least one component, each component moving between two end positions and transmitting vibrations at the location of at least one of its end positions during the operation of the internal combustion engine (M), the method providing for the acquisition of a signal (S v ; S c ; S) correlated with these vibrations and correlated with the impact energy determined by the impact of the each moving components against an abutment disposed in at least one of these end positions; the moving components comprising a valve of the internal combustion engine (M) and the abutment being the seat of the valve; and a slide of a hydraulic slide distributor valve controlling the valve, the slide being adapted to assume two stable positions against two opposing abutments, wherein the positions of the slide are interpolated between the end positions as a function of the signal (S c ).