Engine start control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9347417-B2
Application number	US-201313846022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

In the process of starting by a recoil starter, a maximum value detection section of an ECM detects a maximum value of pressure (basic atmospheric pressure) in an intake pipe detected by a pressure sensor, within a predetermined range of crank angle after activation of the ECM. An idling control unit gives feedback control on an ISC valve based on engine speed detected by an engine speed sensor, to thereby keep idling engine speed at a specified value. A correction unit corrects a basic atmospheric pressure detected by the maximum value detection section based on the duty ratio of the ISC valve in idling, and uses the result as the atmospheric pressure. A storage unit 9 d stores a map in which the duty ratio of the ISC valve in idling is correlated with the amount of correction to be made on the basic atmospheric pressure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine start control system comprising:
a manual starter inducing manual rotation of a crankshaft of an engine;
a generator driven by the rotation of the crankshaft associated with the manual starter:
an electronic fuel injector feeding a fuel to the engine according to a driving signal received from an engine control device:
an the engine control device activated by electric power generated by the generator;
a pressure detection section in the engine control device, detecting a maximum pressure in an intake pipe on the downstream side of a throttle valve of the engine;
a throttle aperture detection section detecting aperture of the throttle valve; and
an air regulator feeding air to the intake pipe on the downstream side of the throttle valve, the engine control device comprising:
a maximum value detection section configured to detect, in the process of starting by the manual starter, a maximum value of pressure in the intake pipe detected by the pressure detection section, within a predetermined range of crank angle after activation of the engine control device, wherein the predetermined range is between after activation of the engine control device and until start of rotation of the engine under its own power:
an idling control section configured to control the air regulator to thereby keep an idling engine speed at a specified value; and
a correction section configured to correct the maximum value of pressure in the intake pipe detected by the maximum value detection section to the atmospheric pressure, based on a control volume of the air regulator made by the idling control section, and not correcting the maximum value of pressure if the aperture of the throttle valve detected by the throttle aperture detection section is not smaller than the specified value, within a predetermined range of crank angle after activation of the engine control device.

2. The engine start control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control volume of the air regulator by the idling control section is preliminarily correlated with the amount of correction made on the maximum value of pressure in the intake pipe, and
the correction section performs the correction using the amount of correction.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Shomura Nobuyuki
• Kataoka Tatsunori
• Yamazaki Akinori

Classifications

• F02N11/0848

  with means for detecting successful engine start, e.g. to stop starter actuation · CPC title

• F02D2200/704

  Estimation of atmospheric pressure · CPC title

• F02N11/04

  the motors being associated with current generators · CPC title

• F02N2200/02

  said parameters being related to the engine · CPC title

• F02N3/00 Primary

  Other muscle-operated starting apparatus (with intermediate power storage F02N5/00 - F02N15/00) · CPC title