Control device for fuel injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10731594-B2
Application number	US-201716343632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2017
Priority date	Nov 14, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a control device of a fuel injection device which can stabilize a behavior of a valve even when a voltage of a voltage source varies, and can reduce a deviation of an injection amount. The fuel injection device includes a valve and a coil which generates a magnetic attraction force to attract a movable element which drives the valve. A control device applies a predetermined voltage to the coil on the basis of an injection pulse, causes a drive current to flow to the coil until the drive current reaches a maximum current, drives the valve by attracting the movable element, and injects fuel. The drive current flowing to the coil is lowered from the maximum current before the valve reaches a desired maximum lift position, and a constant voltage lower than a predetermined voltage or 0 V is continuously applied to the coil until the valve reaches the desired maximum lift position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device of a fuel injection device which includes a valve and a coil to generate a magnetic attraction force attracting a movable portion to drive the valve, wherein a predetermined voltage is applied to the coil on the basis of an injection pulse, a drive current flows to the coil until the drive current reaches a maximum current, and the movable portion is attracted to drive the valve to inject fuel,
the drive current flowing to the coil is lowered from the maximum current before the valve reaches a desired maximum lift position, and a constant voltage lower than the predetermined voltage or 0 V is continuously applied to the coil until the valve reaches the desired maximum lift position.

2. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where the desired maximum lift position is a position lower than a maximum height position which is a position where the valve moves farthest,
the injection pulse is blocked in a section where the constant voltage or 0 V is applied to the coil, the drive current flowing to the coil is lowered compared to a case where the injection pulse is not blocked, and an open period of the valve is controlled to open the valve up to a position lower than the maximum height position.

3. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the drive current flowing to the coil is lowered from the maximum current, and the drive current flowing to the coil is held within a range lower than the maximum current after the valve reaches the desired maximum lift position.

4. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 3 ,
wherein, after the drive current is held within the range lower that the maximum current, the injection pulse is blocked, the drive current flowing to the coil is set to 0 to control an open period of the valve after reaching the desired maximum lift position.

5. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the drive current flowing to the coil reaches the maximum current, the voltage to be applied to the coil is caused to vary to provide a holding period in which the drive current is held within a predetermined range having the maximum current as an upper limit.

6. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 5 , comprising:
a pressure detection unit which detects a pressure of the fuel to be supplied to the fuel injection device,
wherein, in a case where the voltage detected by the pressure detection unit is higher than a predetermined value, the holding period of the drive current is provided, and, in a case where the voltage is lower than the predetermined value, the drive current flowing to the coil is lowered from the maximum current without providing the holding period of the drive current.

7. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 5 ,
wherein each of a plurality of fuel injection devices is provided in a cylinder which performs a combustion cycle including an intake stroke, a compression stroke, a combustion stroke, and an exhaust stroke, and
in a case where fuel injection timings of one cylinder and another cylinder are overlapped, the holding period in which the drive current is held within a predetermined range having the maximum current as an upper limit is provided for the fuel injection devices corresponding to the one cylinder and the other cylinder.

8. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 5 , comprising:
a low-voltage source; and a high-voltage source which has a voltage higher than the low-voltage source,
wherein a voltage is applied from the high-voltage source to the coil until the drive current reaches the maximum current, and
in a case where the voltage applied to the coil is varied, the coil is alternately applied with a voltage from the high-voltage source or a voltage from the low-voltage source.

9. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a first switching element between the fuel injection device and a ground potential; and a second switching element between the fuel injection device and the low-voltage source,
wherein, when the drive current flowing to the coil is lowered from the maximum current, the first and second switching elements are blocked.

10. The control device of the fuel injection device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a pressure detection unit which detects a pressure of the fuel to be supplied to the fuel injection device,
wherein, in a case where a pressure detected by the pressure detection unit is higher than a predetermined value, the current of the maximum current is increased, or the holding period in which the drive current is held within a predetermined range the maximum current as an upper limit is increased.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Kusakabe Ryo
• Saruwatari Masayuki
• Maekawa Noriyuki

Classifications

• F02D41/20 Primary

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

• Y02T10/40

  Engine management systems · 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

• B05B12/085

  responsive to flow or pressure of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged (B05B1/3006, B05B1/323 take precedence; spray pistols designed to control volume of flow with the controlling means being fluid actuated B05B7/1254) · CPC title

• F02M61/10

  Other injectors with elongated valve bodies, i.e. of needle-valve type · CPC title