Control method for internal combustion engine and control device for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10837347-B2
Application number	US-201716609499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2017
Priority date	May 1, 2017
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A control method and a control device are provided for an internal combustion engine structured to vary a mechanical compression ratio by varying a range of slide of a piston with respect to a cylinder bore, and structured to control a flow of cooling water in a water jacket formed around the cylinder bore, wherein variation of the mechanical compression ratio causes the piston to slide on a corroded portion formed in the cylinder bore. A control process includes: acquiring a temperature correlating with a cylinder bore wall temperature; and stopping the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature is lower than a preset temperature point.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method for an internal combustion engine structured to vary a mechanical compression ratio by varying a range of slide of a piston with respect to a cylinder bore, and structured to control a flow of cooling water in a water jacket formed around the cylinder bore, wherein variation of the mechanical compression ratio causes the piston to slide on a corroded portion formed in the cylinder bore, the control method comprising:
acquiring a temperature correlating with a cylinder bore wall temperature; and
stopping the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature is lower than a preset temperature point.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
setting the preset temperature point higher than a point corresponding to a point of the cylinder bore wall temperature at which condensed water occurs in the cylinder bore.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
acquiring a temperature correlating with an intake air temperature; and
setting the preset temperature point in accordance with the acquired temperature correlating with the intake air temperature.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 3 , comprising:
setting the preset temperature point such that the preset temperature point increases as the acquired temperature correlating with the intake air temperature increases.

5. The control method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
allowing the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature correlating with the cylinder bore wall temperature is higher than or equal to the preset temperature point; and
setting the preset temperature point so as to prevent the cylinder bore wall temperature from being caused by the flow of cooling water in the water jacket to be lower than the point at which condensed water occurs.

6. A control device for an internal combustion engine structured to vary a mechanical compression ratio by varying a range of slide of a piston with respect to a cylinder bore, and structured to control a flow of cooling water in a water jacket formed around the cylinder bore, wherein variation of the mechanical compression ratio causes the piston to slide on a corroded portion formed in the cylinder bore, the control device comprising:
a wall temperature acquiring section structured to acquire a temperature correlating with a cylinder bore wall temperature; and
a cooling water control section configured to stop the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature is lower than a preset temperature point.

7. The control method as claimed in claim 2 , comprising:
acquiring a temperature correlating with an intake air temperature; and
setting the preset temperature point in accordance with the acquired temperature correlating with the intake air temperature.

8. The control method as claimed in claim 2 , comprising:
allowing the flow of cooling water in the water jacket, in response to a condition that the acquired temperature correlating with the cylinder bore wall temperature is higher than or equal to the preset temperature point; and
setting the preset temperature point so as to prevent the cylinder bore wall temperature from being caused by the flow of cooling water in the water jacket to be lower than the point at which condensed water occurs.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Hoshikawa Hiroaki
• Kaneko Kakuzou
• Kawata Tomohiro
• Ichihara Takayoshi
• Muraki Kazuo

Classifications

• F01P7/16 Primary

  by thermostatic control · CPC title

• F01P2007/146

  using valves · CPC title

• F01P2025/31

  Cylinder temperature · CPC title

• F02B75/048

  by means of a variable crank stroke length · CPC title

• G01N25/66

  by investigating dew-point · CPC title