Apparatus of controlling vehicle and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11536207-B2
Application number	US-202117517725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2021
Priority date	Jun 8, 2020
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

An apparatus of controlling a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The operating region of an engine is operated with theoretical air-fuel ratio. The apparatus includes a supercharger that supplies compressed air to a the combustion chamber of the engine and a spark plug that ignites mixed air supplied to the combustion chamber. An intake valve selectively opens and closes the combustion chamber for inflowing the mixed air therein. A variable valve apparatus adjusts an opening timing and closing timing of the intake valve and a controller adjusts an ignition timing of the spark plug and the closing timing of the intake valve through the variable valve apparatus based on the operating region of the engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a vehicle in which all operating region of an engine are operated with theoretical air-fuel ratio, comprising:
detecting, by a vibration sensor, whether a knocking is generated in a combustion chamber of the engine;
when the knocking is generated in the combustion chamber, adjusting by a controller, an ignition timing by a spark plug based on operating regions of the engine; and
adjusting, by the controller, a closing timing of an intake valve by a variable valve apparatus;
wherein the operating region includes a first operating region having a low-load region and a middle-load region and a second operating region having a high-load region;
wherein when the knocking is generated in the second operating region, by the controller, advancing the closing timing of the intake valve by a predetermined crank angle from an initial closing timing, and retarding the ignition timing by a predetermined crank angle compared to a normal ignition timing; and
wherein when the closing timing of the intake valve reaches a target closing timing, by the controller, restoring the ignition timing to the normal ignition timing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a knocking is generated in the first operating region, by the controller, the ignition timing by the spark plug is retarded compared to a normal ignition timing by a predetermined crank angle.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the knocking is not generated in the first operating region, by the controller, the ignition timing by the spark plug is restored to the normal ignition timing.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the knocking is not generated after the ignition timing is restored to the normal ignition timing, by the controller, the closing timing of the intake valve is restored to the initial closing timing.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising when the knocking is generated in the second operating region increasing, by the controller, a supercharging pressure of the compressed air through the supercharger.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Park Yeongseop
• Han Dong Hee
• Park Jong Il
• Kang Hyunjin
• Oh Heechang
• Ku Jaun
• Hong Seungwoo
• Lee Jonghyeok
• Lee Kwanhee
• Jung Dongwon
• Kim Jaeheun

Classifications

• F02D35/027 Primary

  using knock sensors · CPC title

• F02D37/02 Primary

  one of the functions being ignition · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02D41/009

  using means for generating position or synchronisation signals · CPC title

• F02D41/1454

  the characteristics being an oxygen content or concentration or the air-fuel ratio · CPC title