Oil jet system for internal combustion engine, and control method for oil jet system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9885274-B2
Application number	US-201415025369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 4, 2013
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

In an oil jet system that directs an oil jet toward a back face of a piston, when a coolant temperature of an engine has increased to a predetermined temperature in a stopped state of the oil jet, the piston is cooled by starting the oil jet. When a lubricating oil temperature of the engine has decreased to a predetermined temperature in an operated state of the oil jet, a delay time is determined based on a variation amount in engine rotation speed and a variation amount in intake air filling factor during a predetermined period, and the oil jet is stopped after a lapse of the delay time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oil jet system for an internal combustion engine, the oil jet system comprising:
an oil jet mechanism that directs an oil jet toward a piston of the internal combustion engine; and
an ECU that:
controls the oil jet between an operated state and a stopped state;
in the stopped state of the oil jet, controls timing of an oil jet start operation based on a coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine and determines a delay time of oil jet stop timing in response to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and an intake air filling factor; and
in the operated state of the oil jet, controls timing of an oil jet stop operation based on a lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine.

2. The oil jet system according to claim 1 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, in the stopped state of the oil jet, execute the oil jet start operation at the time when the coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine has increased to a first predetermined temperature, and
the ECU is configured to, in the operated state of the oil jet, execute the oil jet stop operation at the time when the lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine has decreased to a second predetermined temperature.

3. The oil jet system according to claim 1 , wherein
the ECU is configured to set oil jet stop timing in executing the oil jet stop operation in accordance with an estimated temperature of the piston.

4. The oil jet system according to claim 2 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, when the lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine has decreased to the second predetermined temperature, set the delay time of the oil jet stop timing such that the delay time of the oil jet stop timing extends as at least one of a variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine during a predetermined period or a variation amount in the intake air filling factor during the predetermined period increases.

5. The oil jet system according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of temperatures are set as the lubricating oil temperature for starting the oil jet stop operation,
the delay time of the oil jet stop timing is defined in response to a variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a variation amount in the intake air filling factor for each temperature,
the ECU is configured to, when the lubricating oil temperature has decreased and reached any one of a plurality of set temperatures, set the delay time of the oil jet stop timing in response to all of the reached temperature, the variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and the variation amount in the intake air filling factor, and
for a same variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a same variation amount in the intake air filling factor, a relationship between the plurality of set temperatures and the delay time of the oil jet stop timing is set such that the delay time of the oil jet stop timing extends as the temperature increases.

6. The oil jet system according to claim 1 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, in the oil jet start operation, determine a delay time of the oil jet start timing in response to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and an intake air filling factor.

7. The oil jet system according to claim 6 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, when the coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine has increased to a first predetermined temperature, set the delay time of the oil jet start timing such that the delay time of the oil jet start timing extends as at least one of a variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine during a predetermined period or a variation amount in the intake air filling factor during the predetermined period increases.

8. The oil jet system according to claim 6 , wherein
a plurality of temperatures are set as the coolant temperature for starting the oil jet start operation,
the delay time of the oil jet start timing is defined in response to a variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a variation amount in the intake air filling factor for each temperature,
the ECU is configured to, when the coolant temperature has increased and reached any one of a plurality of set temperatures, set the delay time of the oil jet start timing in response to all of the reached temperature, the variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and the variation amount in the intake air filling factor, and
for a same variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a same variation amount in the intake air filling factor, a relationship between the plurality of set temperatures and the delay time of the oil jet start timing is set such that the delay time of the oil jet start timing extends as the temperature decreases.

9. A control method for an oil jet system for an internal combustion engine, the oil jet system including an oil jet mechanism and an ECU, the oil jet mechanism being configured to direct an oil jet toward a piston of the internal combustion engine, the control method comprising:
controlling, by the ECU, the oil jet between an operated state and a stopped state;
in the stopped state of the oil jet, controlling, by the ECU, timing of an oil jet start operation based on a coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine and determine a delay time of oil jet stop timing in response to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and an intake air filling factor; and
in the operated state of the oil jet, controlling, by the ECU, timing of an oil jet stop operation based on a lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine.

10. An oil jet system for an internal combustion engine, the oil jet system comprising:
an oil jet mechanism that directs an oil jet toward a piston of the internal combustion engine; and
an ECU that:
controls the oil jet between an operated state and a stopped state;
in the stopped state of the oil jet, controls timing of an oil jet start operation based on a coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine; and
in the operated state of the oil jet, controls timing of an oil jet stop operation based on a lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine and determine a delay time of the oil jet start timing in response to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and an intake air filling factor.

11. The oil jet system according to claim 10 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, in the stopped state of the oil jet, execute the oil jet start operation at the time when the coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine has increased to a first predetermined temperature, and
the ECU is configured to, in the operated state of the oil jet, execute the oil jet stop operation at the time when the lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine has decreased to a second predetermined temperature.

12. The oil jet system according to claim 11 , wherein
the ECU is configured to, in the oil jet stop operation, determine a delay time of oil jet stop timing in response to a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and an intake air filling factor; and
the ECU is configured to, when the lubricating oil temperature of the internal combustion engine has decreased to the second predetermined temperature, set the delay time of the oil jet stop timing such that the delay time of the oil jet stop timing extends as at least one of a variation amount in the rotation speed of the internal combust

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Akihiro

Classifications

• F01M1/16

  Controlling lubricant pressure or quantity (rendering machines or engines inoperative or idling on lubricant pressure failure F01M1/22) · CPC title

• F01P7/16

  by thermostatic control · CPC title

• F01P3/08 Primary

  Cooling of piston exterior only, e.g. by jets · CPC title

• F01M1/08

  Lubricating systems characterised by the provision therein of lubricant jetting means · CPC title