Drive unit of fuel injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10280862-B2
Application number	US-201715430757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2010
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

In a drive unit of a fuel injection device, an electric current is supplied to the fuel injection device by applying a high voltage to the fuel injection device from a high voltage source whose voltage is boosted to a voltage higher than a battery voltage at the time of opening a valve of the fuel injection device. Thereafter, the electric current supplied to the fuel injection device is lowered to a current value at which a valve element cannot be held in a valve open state by stopping the applying of the high voltage from the high voltage source. Thereafter, in a stage where a supply current is switched to a hold current, another high voltage is applied to the fuel injection device from the high voltage source.

First claim

We claim:

1. A control unit of a fuel injection device which has a valve, comprising:
a controller configured to supply maximum electric current by a high voltage source which voltage is larger than a battery voltage to the fuel injection device, thereby open the valve, and then reduce electric current to a set current value at which the valve cannot be held in a valve open state from the maximum electric current before the valve reaches a target lift.

2. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fuel injection device has a fixed core and an anchor which drives the valve toward opening direction when the anchor moves toward the fixed core by a magnetic attraction force, and
the controller is configured to supply the maximum electric current to the fuel injection device, thereby open the valve, and then reduce electric current to the set current value at which the valve cannot be held in a valve open state from the maximum electric current before the anchor impinges the fixed core.

3. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 2 , wherein the valve is formed separately from the anchor, and the controller is configured to cause the valve to continue to move toward the opening direction after the valve reaches the target lift.

4. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to supply the maximum electric current to the fuel injection device, thereby open the valve, and then reduce electric current to the set current value from the maximum electric current by applying a voltage below 0V to the fuel injection device before the valve reaches a target lift.

5. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to supply the maximum electric current to the fuel injection device, thereby open the valve, and then reduce electric current to the set current value from the maximum electric current by applying a voltage below 0V the fuel injection device before the anchor impinges the fixed core.

6. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to then increase electric current to a hold electric current value at which the valve can be held in a valve open state from the set current value.

7. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to reduce electric current to the set current value at a timing between a timing at which the valve starts opening of the valve and a timing at which the valve starts decelerating.

8. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to apply the voltage below 0V to the fuel injection device at a timing between a timing at which the valve starts opening of the valve and a timing at which the valve starts decelerating.

9. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 1 , wherein a period of time for applying the voltage of the high voltage source to the fuel injection device in order to open the valve is longer than a period of time for applying the voltage below 0V to the fuel injection device.

10. The control unit of a fuel injection device according to claim 4 , wherein the set current value is set as 0A.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Kusakabe Ryo
• Abe Motoyuki
• Ehara Hideharu
• Ishikawa Tohru
• Mayuzumi Takuya
• Hiraku Kenji

Classifications

• F02M51/061

  using electromagnetic operating means · CPC title

• F02D2041/2037

  for preventing bouncing of the valve needle · CPC title

• F02D41/20 Primary

  Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils · CPC title

• F02D2041/2013

  by using a boost voltage source · CPC title

• F02D2041/2003

  using means for creating a boost voltage, i.e. generation or use of a voltage higher than the battery voltage, e.g. to speed up injector opening · CPC title