Stop control apparatus for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9421970-B2
Application number	US-201114363348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2011
Priority date	Dec 14, 2011
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

A stop control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided with: a motor (MG 1 ) configured to output torque to a crankshaft ( 205 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 200 ); a number-of-revolutions detecting device ( 110 ) configured to detect the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine; a crank angle detecting device ( 120 ) configured to detect a crank angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a motor controlling device ( 150 ) configured to control the motor to output adjusting torque which adjusts the crank angle when the internal combustion engine stops to have a desired value, when the internal combustion engine stops; a throttle valve controlling device ( 160 ) configured to control an opening degree of a throttle valve ( 208 ) to be a predetermined opening degree in an intake stroke immediately before the internal combustion engine stops; and an adjusting torque determining device ( 140 ) configured, to determine the adjusting torque on the basis of the predetermined opening degree and the crank angle when the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine has a predetermined value. This makes it possible to preferably control the crank angle when the internal combustion engine stops.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stop control apparatus for an internal combustion engine configured to control operation of a three-or-less cylinder internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine stops, said stop control apparatus comprising:
a motor configured to output torque to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;
a number-of-revolutions detecting processor programmed to detect the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine;
a crank angle detecting processor programmed to detect a crank angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine;
a motor controlling processor programmed to control the motor to output adjusting torque which adjusts the crank angle when the internal combustion engine stops to have a desired value, when the internal combustion engine stops;
a throttle valve controlling processor programmed to control an opening degree of a throttle valve to be a predetermined opening degree in an intake stroke immediately before the internal combustion engine stops;
an adjusting torque determining processor programmed to determine the adjusting torque on the basis of the crank angle when the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine has a predetermined value;
a power division mechanism having a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element which can mutually perform differential rotation, the first rotating element being connected to the internal combustion engine, the second rotating element being connected to the motor, and the third rotating element being connected to a drive shaft; and
a motor number of revolutions detecting processor programmed to detect the number of revolutions of the motor,
wherein:
the adjusting torque determining processor is further programmed to increase the adjusting torque with increasing number of revolutions of the motor at a start of stop control of the internal combustion engine, and reduces the adjusting torque with the reducing number of revolutions of the motor, and
the motor controlling processor is further programmed to output the adjusting torque for a predetermined time.

2. The stop control apparatus for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined opening degree is set as a value that allows intake negative pressure to be reduced to zero, in the intake stroke immediately before the internal combustion engine stops.

3. The stop control apparatus for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined opening degree is fully open.

4. The stop control apparatus for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjusting torque determining processor is further programmed to reduce the adjusting torque if a gearshift of a transmission connected to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is in a D range for driving, in comparison with in a P range for stopping.

Assignees

• Tsukada Yuta
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsukada Yuta

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60K6/445

  Differential gearing distribution type · CPC title

• F02N11/0833

  Vehicle conditions (F02N11/0822, F02N11/0825 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60W2510/0685

  Engine crank angle · CPC title

• B60W20/40 Primary

  Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers {(power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192)} · CPC title