Control device for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9297322-B2
Application number	US-201114364151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2011
Priority date	Dec 14, 2011
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A control device of an internal combustion engine performs an air-fuel ratio feedback control to set an air-fuel ratio to a target air-fuel ratio, and determines abnormality of a fuel system based on a feedback correction amount by the air-fuel ratio feedback control. The control device of an internal combustion engine includes: a double tank type oil pan including: an inner tank and an outer tank for storing oil; and a mechanism which switches between connection and disconnection of the inner tank and the outer tank; and a controller configured to control the mechanism to connect the inner tank and the outer tank in a case where the feedback correction amount is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value. Thus, it is possible to prevent the air-fuel ratio from getting rich, and it is possible to appropriately prevent the erroneous determination of abnormality of the fuel system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, which performs air-fuel ratio feedback control to set an air-fuel ratio to a target air-fuel ratio, and which determines abnormality of a fuel system based on a feedback correction amount by the air-fuel ratio feedback control, comprising:
a double tank type oil pan including: an inner tank and an outer tank for storing oil; and a mechanism which switches between connection and disconnection of the inner tank and the outer tank; and
a controller configured to control the mechanism to connect the inner tank and the outer tank in a case where the feedback correction amount is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

2. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller connects the inner tank and the outer tank in a case where a dilution amount indicating a fuel amount mixed in the oil in a current trip is larger than a dilution amount in a last trip preceding a starting time of the internal combustion engine of the current trip, if the feedback correction amount is equal to or larger than the first predetermined value.

3. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller decreases a dilution ratio, which is a ratio of fuel mixed in the oil to an amount of the oil, by connecting the inner tank and the outer tank.

4. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the mechanism to connect the inner tank and the outer tank in a case where a temperature of the oil in the double tank type oil pan is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.

5. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller starts the control of the mechanism to connect the inner tank and the outer tank in a case where the feedback correction amount is equal to or larger than the first predetermined value, and continues the control of the mechanism until a sum of the feedback correction amount and a learning value corresponding to the feedback correction amount becomes smaller than a second predetermined value.

Assignees

• Hokuto Hiroyuki
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hokuto Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F01M2011/0045

  for controlling the oil temperature · CPC title

• F02D41/22

  Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions {(in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809)} · CPC title

• Y02T10/40

  Engine management systems · CPC title

• F01M11/0004 Primary

  Oilsumps · CPC title

• F02D2041/224

  Diagnosis of the fuel system · CPC title