Ignition device of internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11067051-B2
Application number	US-202017102982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	May 25, 2018
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

An ignition control device is provided with an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil, a main ignition circuit performing a main ignition operation, an energy input circuit that performs an energy input operation for superposing a current having the same polarity to a secondary current, in which a signal generation circuit is provided to generate, based on a main ignition signal that controls the main ignition operation, at least one of an energy input signal controlling the energy input operation and a target secondary current command signal commanding a target secondary current value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ignition device of an internal combustion engine comprising:
an ignition coil that generates a discharge energy at a secondary coil connected to an ignition plug, the discharge energy being generated in response to a change in a primary current flowing through a primary coil;
a main ignition circuit that controls an energization of the primary coil so as to produce a spark discharge at the ignition coil;
an energy input circuit that performs an energy input operation for superposing a current having the same polarity to a secondary current flowing through the secondary coil; and
a signal generation circuit that generates, based on a main ignition signal that controls the main ignition operation, at least one of an energy input signal controlling the energy input operation and a target secondary current command signal commanding a target secondary current value, wherein
the signal generation circuit includes an operation region determination unit that determines an operation region of an internal combustion engine; and
the ignition device determines whether an energy input operation is performed in accordance with a determination result of the operation region determination unit.

2. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal generation circuit generates both the energy input signal and the target secondary current command signal.

3. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation region determination unit determines the operation region of the internal combustion engine as a speed region based on a signal period of the main ignition signal.

4. The ignition device according to claim 3 , wherein
the operation region determination unit determines the speed region based on a result of measuring the signal period starting from an output of the main ignition signal.

5. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal generation circuit includes at least one of an IGW generation unit and an IGA generation unit,
the IGW generation unit and the IGA generation unit generating, based on waveform information of the main ignition signal and a determination result of the operation region determination unit, the energy input signal IGW commanding an energy input period and the target secondary current command signal, respectively.

6. The ignition device according to claim 5 , wherein
the IGW generation unit generates, based on the determination result of the operation region determination unit, the energy input signal commanding one of a plurality of energy input periods.

7. The ignition device according to claim 5 , wherein
the IGA generation unit generates, based on the determination result of the operation region determination unit, the target secondary current command signal commanding one of a plurality of target secondary current values.

8. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the ignition device includes a feedback control unit that performs a feedback control of the secondary current based on the target secondary current command signal.

9. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the primary coil includes a main primary coil and a sub primary coil;
the energy input circuit controls energization of the sub primary coil, thereby controlling the energy input operation.

10. The ignition device according to claim 1 , wherein
the energy input circuit stops the energy input operation when the target secondary current command signal is zero.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Terada Kanechiyo

Classifications

• Y02T10/40

  Engine management systems · CPC title

• F02P9/007

  by supplementary electrical discharge in the pre-ionised electrode interspace of the sparking plug, e.g. plasma jet ignition · CPC title

• F02P3/0453

  Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices · CPC title

• F02P5/1502

  using one central computing unit · CPC title

• F02P5/145

  using electrical means · CPC title