Control device for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9982618-B2
Application number	US-201514849873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2015
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

An engine includes a low-pressure delivery pipe that stores fuel to be injected from port injection valves, a feed pump that supplies the fuel to the low-pressure delivery pipe, a high-pressure delivery pipe that stores the fuel to be injected from in-cylinder injection valves, a high-pressure pump driven in response to rotation of the engine, and a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the fuel stored in the low-pressure delivery pipe. An engine ECU controls the feed pump based on a detection value from a fuel pressure sensor, and when the engine ECU executes an abnormality diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor, the engine ECU increases a rotational speed of the engine to be higher than a rotational speed when the engine ECU does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of the fuel pressure sensor. This improves the accuracy of an abnormality determination of the fuel pressure sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine,
said internal combustion engine comprising:
a storage section that stores fuel to be injected into an intake passage;
a feed pump that pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said storage section;
a high-pressure storage section that stores the fuel to be injected into a cylinder;
a high-pressure pump that is driven in response to rotation of said internal combustion engine, and pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said high-pressure storage section; and
a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the fuel stored in said storage section,
a pressure in said storage section being set to be lower than a pressure in said high-pressure storage section, and
said control device is programmed to control said feed pump based on a detection value from said fuel pressure sensor, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is programmed to increase a rotational speed of said internal combustion engine to be higher than a rotational speed when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor to avoid resonance phenomenon.

2. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein said control device is further programmed to determine a target rotational speed and a target torque of said internal combustion engine based on an operation line defined by torque, rotational speed, and power required for said internal combustion engine, and when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine to achieve said target rotational speed and said target torque, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine such that the rotational speed thereof becomes higher than said target rotational speed.

3. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein
said feed pump is an electric pump whose rotational speed is variable based on a command from said control device,
said high-pressure pump is a mechanical pump configured to be driven by a cam that rotates in response to rotation of said internal combustion engine, and
said control device further programmed to reduce a pulsation component due to operation of said high-pressure pump detected in said fuel pressure sensor, by increasing the rotational speed of said internal combustion engine to be higher than said target rotational speed.

4. A control device for an internal combustion engine,
said internal combustion engine comprising:
a storage section that stores fuel to be injected into an intake passage;
a feed pump that pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said storage section;
a high-pressure storage section that stores the fuel to be injected into a cylinder;
a high-pressure pump that is driven in response to rotation of said internal combustion engine, and pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said high-pressure storage section; and
a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the fuel stored in said storage section,
a pressure in said storage section being set to be lower than a pressure in said high-pressure storage section, and
said control device is programmed to control said feed pump based on a detection value from said fuel pressure sensor, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is programmed to increase a rotational speed of said internal combustion engine to be higher than a rotational speed when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor,
said control device is further programmed to determine a target rotational speed and a target torque of said internal combustion engine based on an operation line defined by torque and rotational speed, as well as power required for said internal combustion engine, and
when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine to achieve said target rotational speed and said target torque, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine such that the rotational speed thereof becomes higher than said target rotational speed.

5. A control device for an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising:
a storage section that stores fuel to be injected into an intake passage; a feed pump that pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said storage section; a high-pressure storage section that stores the fuel to be injected into a cylinder; a high-pressure pump that is driven in response to rotation of said internal combustion engine, and pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said high-pressure storage section; and
a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the fuel stored in said storage section, a pressure in said storage section being set to be lower than a pressure in said high-pressure storage section, and
said control device is programmed to control said feed pump based on a detection value from said fuel pressure sensor, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is programmed to increase a rotational speed of said internal combustion engine to be higher than a rotational speed when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor,
said control device is further programmed to determine a target rotational speed and a target torque of said internal combustion engine based on an operation line defined by torque, rotational speed, and power required for said internal combustion engine, and
when said control device does not execute an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine to achieve said target rotational speed and said target torque, and when said control device executes an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor, said control device is further programmed to control said internal combustion engine such that the rotational speed thereof becomes higher than said target rotational speed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Takashi
• Suzuki Tomoya
• Nagakura Keisuke

Classifications

• F02D2041/3881

  with multiple common rails, e.g. one rail per cylinder bank, or a high pressure rail and a low pressure rail · CPC title

• F02D41/061

  the corrections being time dependent · CPC title

• F02D2250/04

  Fuel pressure pulsation in common rails · CPC title

• F02D2250/31

  Control of the fuel pressure · CPC title

• F02D41/222 Primary

  relating to the failure of sensors or parameter detection devices · CPC title