IP Library Granted Patent US 8,720,415
Granted Patent B2
US 8,720,415 · App. 13/153,839 · Granted May 13, 2014

Output control device of vehicle

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Patent No.
US 8,720,415
App. No.
13/153,839
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An output control device of a vehicle is provided. A flow speed ratio calculator obtains a flow speed ratio which is a ratio between a flow speed of an intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing a current base request torque which is currently calculated and a flow speed of the intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing a previous request torque which is previously calculated. A base request torque corrector corrects the base request torque based on the flow speed ratio. A controller controls a driving parameter of the internal combustion engine according to the current request torque which is currently calculated based on the current base request torque corrected by the base request torque corrector.

Claims (25)

1. An output control device of a vehicle in which an internal combustion engine is mounted, the output control device comprising:

an accelerator manipulation degree detector that detects an operation degree of an accelerator installed in the vehicle;

a base request torque calculator that calculates a base request torque based on the operation degree of the accelerator;

a request torque calculator that calculates a request torque based on the base request torque;

a flow speed ratio calculator that obtains a flow speed ratio which is a ratio between a flow speed of an intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing a current base request torque which is currently calculated by the base request torque calculator and a flow speed of the intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing a previous request torque which is previously calculated by the request torque calculator;

a base request torque corrector that corrects the base request torque based on the flow speed ratio; and

a controller that controls a driving parameter of the internal combustion engine according to the current request torque which is currently calculated by the request torque calculator based on the current base request torque corrected by the base request torque corrector.

2. The output control device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a maximum torque setting unit that sets a maximum torque which is the maximum value of the output torque of the internal combustion engine which is realizable as the request torque,

wherein the flow speed ratio calculator calculates the flow speed of the intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing the current base request torque based on a ratio between the current base request torque and the maximum torque which is set by the maximum torque setting unit, and

the flow speed ratio calculator calculates the flow speed of the intake air of the internal combustion engine realizing the previous request torque based on a ratio between the previous request torque and the maximum torque which is set by the maximum torque setting unit.

3. The output control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the request torque includes an indicated mean effective pressure corresponding to the request torque as an index of the request torque,

the base request torque includes an indicated mean effective pressure corresponding to the base request torque as an index of the base request torque and

the maximum torque includes an indicated mean effective pressure corresponding to the maximum torque as an index of the maximum torque.

4. The output control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the request torque includes a filling efficiency corresponding to the request torque as an index of the request torque,

the base request torque includes a filling efficiency corresponding to the base request torque as an index of the base request torque, and

the maximum torque includes a filling efficiency corresponding to the maximum torque as an index of the maximum torque.

5. The output control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the request torque includes a volumetric efficiency corresponding to the request torque as an index of the request torque,

the base request torque includes a volumetric efficiency corresponding to the base request torque as an index of the base request torque, and

the maximum torque includes a volumetric efficiency corresponding to the maximum torque as an index of the maximum torque.

6. The output control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the request torque calculator sets the request torque to be restricted to the base request torque when the request torque calculated by the request torque calculator is larger than the base request torque.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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