Control device of direct injection engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9371813-B2
Application number	US-201213536219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a control device of a direct injection engine, the control device that can prevent the amount of emission of soot from increasing and the exhaust performance from worsening when a restart request is made before an engine is stopped after an idle stop condition is satisfied. When a restart request is made before an engine is stopped after an idle stop condition is satisfied, at least one of the number of fuel injections in one combustion cycle and the air/fuel ratio of an air fuel mixture used for combustion is changed for each cylinder according to a piston position at that time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system of a direct injection engine, the control system comprising:
an injector directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber; and
a control device that is configured to perform an idle stop that temporarily reduces a speed of an engine when the engine and a vehicle equipped with the engine are in a state in which the engine and the vehicle satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein
when a restart request is made after a decision to stop of the direct injection engine is made and before the engine stops rotating, at least the number of fuel injections in one combustion cycle is changed for each cylinder according to a piston position at that time.

2. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 1 , wherein
when the piston position is in a second specific period of a compression stroke, fuel injection is performed more than once in one combustion cycle.

3. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 1 , wherein
initial fuel injection is started immediately when the restart request is made.

4. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 1 , wherein
a target fuel pressure of fuel to be supplied to the injector is increased while the decision to stop the engine is made.

5. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 4 , comprising:
a fuel pump pressure-feeding the fuel to the injector; and
a common rail storing the fuel to be supplied to the injector,
wherein
the fuel pressure inside the common rail is increased by bringing the fuel pump into a full discharge state so that the pressure of the fuel supplied to the injector becomes the target fuel pressure.

6. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 4 , wherein
the target fuel pressure is varied according to a minimum injection pulse width of the injector.

7. A control system of a direct injection engine, the control system comprising:
an injector directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber; and
a control device that is configured to perform an idle stop that temporarily reduces a speed of an engine when the engine and a vehicle equipped with the engine are in a state in which the engine and the vehicle satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein
when a restart request is made after a decision to stop the direct injection engine is made and before the engine stops rotating, at least one engine operating parameter is changed for each cylinder according to a piston position at that time.

8. The control system according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one engine operating parameter is a number of fuel injections in one combustion cycle.

9. The control system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one engine operating parameter also is an air/fuel ratio of an air fuel mixture used for combustion.

10. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 9 , wherein
when the piston position is in a first specific period of a compression stroke, the fuel injection quantity is set so that the air/fuel ratio of the air fuel mixture used for combustion is leaner than the stoichiometric mixture ratio.

11. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 7 , wherein
when the piston position is in a second specific period of a compression stroke, fuel injection is performed more than once in one combustion cycle.

12. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 7 , wherein
initial fuel injection is started immediately when the restart request is made.

13. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 7 , wherein
a target fuel pressure of fuel to be supplied to the injector is increased while the decision to stop the direct injection engine is made.

14. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 13 , comprising:
a fuel pump pressure-feeding the fuel to the injector; and
a common rail storing the fuel to be supplied to the injector,
wherein
the fuel pressure inside the common rail is increased by bringing the fuel pump into a full discharge state so that the pressure of the fuel supplied to the injector becomes the target fuel pressure.

15. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 13 , wherein
the target fuel pressure is varied according to a minimum injection pulse width of the injector.

16. The control system of a direct injection engine according to claim 14 , wherein
the target fuel pressure is varied according to a minimum injection pulse width of the injector.

17. A control device for a direct injection engine comprising:
an injector driving circuit which drives the injector directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber; and
a processing unit that is configured to perform an idle stop that temporarily reduces a speed of an engine when the engine and a vehicle equipped with the engine are in a state in which the engine and the vehicle satisfy a predetermined condition, wherein
when a restart request is made after a decision to stop the direct injection engine is made and before the engine speed becomes zero, at least the number of fuel injections in one combustion cycle is changed for each cylinder according to a piston position at that time.

Assignees

• Okamoto Takashi
• Arihara Yoshinobu
• Miyake Takao
• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Okamoto Takashi
• Arihara Yoshinobu
• Miyake Takao

Classifications

• F02D2250/31

  Control of the fuel pressure · CPC title

• F02N99/006

  Providing a combustible mixture inside the cylinder · CPC title

• F02D41/3845

  by controlling the flow into the common rail, e.g. the amount of fuel pumped · CPC title

• F02D41/065

  at hot start or restart (F02D41/067 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D41/3029

  further comprising a homogeneous charge spark-ignited mode · CPC title