Control device for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10309337-B2
Application number	US-201515531490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control device for an internal combustion engine with which it is possible to favorably control an engine even if there could occur a difference in temperatures of fuel injected into respective cylinders. The present invention is a control device for an internal combustion engine, for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with fuel injection valves for directly injecting fuel respectively to a plurality of cylinders, wherein: the control device is provided with a fuel temperature acquiring means for acquiring respective temperatures of fuel injected to each of the cylinders; and at least one of a fuel injection valve control amount, ignition control amount, and intake and exhaust valve control amount of each of the cylinders is set in accordance with the respective temperatures of fuel acquired by the fuel temperature acquiring means. Alternatively, the present invention is a control device for an internal combustion engine, for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with fuel injection valves for directly injecting fuel respectively to a plurality of cylinders, wherein the control device is provided with a valve-closing time detecting means for detecting a valve-closing time of a valve body of each of the fuel injection valves, and a fuel temperature estimating means for estimating the temperature of fuel on the basis of the valve-closing duration of the valves detected by the valve-closing time detecting means.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, that controls an internal combustion engine provided with fuel injection valves for directly injecting fuel respectively into a plurality of cylinders, the control device comprising
a fuel temperature acquiring unit that acquires respective temperatures of fuel injected into the cylinders respectively, wherein at least one of a fuel injection valve control amount, ignition control amount, and intake and exhaust valve control amount of each of the cylinders is set in accordance with the respective temperatures of fuel acquired by the fuel temperature acquiring unit; and
a valve-closing time detecting unit that detects a valve-closing time of a valve body of each of the fuel injection valves: and a fuel temperature estimating unit that estimates the respective temperatures of fuel on the basis of the valve-closing duration of the valves detected by the valve-closing time detecting unit.

2. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein in an operation state in which an ignition delay angle control for avoiding knocking is performed, the ignition timing of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is long is set to be advanced with respect to the ignition timing of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is short.

3. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein immediately after engine cold starting of the internal combustion engine, the injection timing of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is short is set to be advanced with respect to the injection timing of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration is long.

4. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein an injection-duration instruction value of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is short is made shorter than an injection-duration instruction value of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is long.

5. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , comprising: fuel heating units that heats the fuel injection valves respectively; and a heating control unit that controls a heat supply state in which heat is supplied to each of the fuel heating units,
wherein the quantity of heat supplied to a fuel heating unit of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is long when the quantity of heat supplied to the fuel heating unit is made zero or minute is made larger than the quantity of heat supplied to a fuel heating unit of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is short when the quantity of heat supplied to the fuel heating unit is made zero or minute.

6. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein in a state in which the engine is operated with an air-fuel ratio in which a ratio of fuel is lower than a theoretical air-fuel ratio, a negative valve overlap period of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is short is made shorter than a negative valve overlap period of a cylinder in which the valve-closing duration of the fuel injection valve is long.

7. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 6 , comprising a second fuel temperature estimating unit that, by using fuel temperatures of at least two different cylinders estimated by the fuel temperature estimating unit, estimates fuel temperatures of the other cylinders.

8. A control device for an internal combustion engine, that controls an internal combustion engine provided with fuel injection valves for directly injecting fuel respectively into a plurality of cylinders, the control device comprising:
a valve-closing time detecting unit that detects a valve-closing time of a valve body of each of the fuel injection valves; and a fuel temperature estimating unit that estimates the temperature of fuel on the basis of the valve-closing duration of the valves detected by the valve operation detecting unit.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Sukegawa Yoshihiro
• Okamoto Takashi

Classifications

• F02D2041/389

  for injecting directly into the cylinder · CPC title

• F02D41/34

  with means for controlling injection timing or duration · CPC title

• F02D2041/2055

  with means for determining actual opening or closing time · CPC title

• F02D41/401 Primary

  Controlling injection timing (F02D41/402 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02M53/06

  with fuel-heating means, e.g. for vaporising · CPC title