Electric waste gate valve control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10174672-B2
Application number	US-201715440491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2017
Priority date	Mar 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

An electric waste gate valve control device controls a waste gate valve provided in a waste gate passage that bypasses a portion between an upstream and a downstream of a turbine driven by exhaust of an engine and opening/closing the waste gate passage by an electric actuator. The electric waste gate valve control device includes: a position sensor that detects a position of the waste gate valve; an actuator controller that controls the electric actuator such that an opening degree of the waste gate valve becomes a target opening degree; and a fully closed position learning unit that performs fully closed position learning to acquire the position of the waste gate valve at a time when the electric actuator is driven to bring the waste gate valve into a fully closed state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric waste gate valve control device that controls a waste gate valve, the waste gate valve being provided in a waste gate passage that bypasses a portion between an upstream and a downstream of a turbine driven by exhaust of an engine and opening/closing the waste gate passage by an electric actuator, the electric waste gate valve control device comprising:
a position sensor that detects a position of the waste gate valve;
an actuator controller that controls the electric actuator such that an opening degree of the waste gate valve becomes a target opening degree; and
a fully closed position learning unit that performs fully closed position learning and acquires the position of the waste gate valve at a time when the electric actuator is driven to bring the waste gate valve into a fully closed state, wherein
the fully closed position learning unit acquires a first fully closed position by performing the fully closed position learning during a stop of the engine, and acquires a second fully closed position by performing the fully closed position learning during an operation of the engine, and
the actuator controller controls the electric actuator on a basis of the first fully closed position in a case where a difference between the first fully closed position, which is acquired before a start of the engine, and the second fully closed position is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value when the engine is started, and controls the electric actuator on a basis of the second fully closed position in a case where the a difference between the first fully closed position and the second fully closed position is not equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value.

2. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 1 , wherein the fully closed position learning unit performs the fully closed position learning and acquires the first fully closed position at a time when the engine is stopped and leakage of an evaporated fuel gas processing device is checked.

3. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 1 further comprising:
a temperature correcting unit that performs predetermined temperature correction on the second fully closed position and estimates a current fully closed position in a case where the electric actuator is controlled on the basis of the second fully closed position.

4. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 2 further comprising:
a temperature correcting unit that performs predetermined temperature correction on the second fully closed position and estimates a current fully closed position in a case where the electric actuator is controlled on the basis of the second fully closed position.

5. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fully closed position learning unit performs the fully closed position learning for acquiring a third fully closed position in a period after an ignition-on operation and before the start of the engine, and
in a case where the third fully closed position is acquired in the period before the start of the engine, the actuator controller controls the electric actuator on a basis of the third fully closed position regardless of the first fully closed position or the second fully closed position.

6. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the fully closed position learning unit performs the fully closed position learning for acquiring a third fully closed position in a period after an ignition-on operation and before the start of the engine, and
in a case where the third fully closed position is acquired in the period before the start of the engine, the actuator controller controls the electric actuator on a basis of the third fully closed position regardless of the first fully closed position or the second fully closed position.

7. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the fully closed position learning unit performs the fully closed position learning for acquiring a third fully closed position in a period after an ignition-on operation and before the start of the engine, and
in a case where the third fully closed position is acquired in the period before the start of the engine, the actuator controller controls the electric actuator on a basis of the third fully closed position regardless of the first fully closed position or the second fully closed position.

8. The electric waste gate valve control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the fully closed position learning unit performs the fully closed position learning for acquiring a third fully closed position in a period after an ignition-on operation and before the start of the engine, and
in a case where the third fully closed position is acquired in the period before the start of the engine, the actuator controller controls the electric actuator on a basis of the third fully closed position regardless of the first fully closed position or the second fully closed position.

9. An electric waste gate valve control device configured to control a waste gate valve, the waste gate valve being provided in a waste gate passage that bypasses a portion between an upstream and a downstream of a turbine driven by exhaust of an engine and opening/closing the waste gate passage by an electric actuator, the electric waste gate valve control device comprising:
circuitry configured to
detect a position of the waste gate valve;

control the electric actuator such that an opening degree of the waste gate valve becomes a target opening degree; and
perform fully closed position learning and acquires the position of the waste gate valve at a time when the electric actuator is driven to bring the waste gate valve into a fully closed state,
the circuitry being configured to acquire a first fully closed position by performing the fully closed position learning during a stop of the engine, and acquires a second fully closed position by performing the fully closed position learning during an operation of the engine, and control the electric actuator on a basis of the first fully closed position in a first case where a difference between the first fully closed position, which is acquired before a start of the engine, and the second fully closed position is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value when the engine is started, and control the electric actuator on a basis of the second fully closed position in a case where the a difference between the first fully closed position and the second fully closed position is not equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value.

Assignees

• Fuji Heavy Ind Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Sakata Norihiko

Classifications

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02B37/18

  by bypassing exhaust {from the inlet to the outlet of turbine or to the atmosphere} · CPC title

• F16K31/02

  electric {(F16K31/004 takes precedence)}; magnetic · CPC title

• F02B37/183

  Arrangements of bypass valves or actuators therefor · CPC title

• F02B37/186 Primary

  Arrangements of actuators or linkage for bypass valves · CPC title