IP Library Granted Patent US 10,221,802
Granted Patent B2
US 10,221,802 · App. 14/629,845 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Engine controlling apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,221,802
App. No.
14/629,845
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine controlling apparatus controls a cylinder injected volume of fuel injected from a cylinder injection valve of an engine into a cylinder, and a port injected volume of fuel injected from a port injection valve into an intake port. The engine controlling apparatus includes an adhesion volume calculator to calculate a cylinder adhesion volume of fuel adhering to the cylinder, the fuel being injected from the cylinder injection valve, and a port adhesion volume of fuel adhering to the intake port, the fuel being injected from the port injection valve. The engine controlling apparatus further includes a controller to control the cylinder injected volume and the port injected volume based on both the cylinder adhesion volume and the port adhesion volume.

Claims (27)

1. An engine controlling apparatus comprising:

a processor and a memory that stores a program that causes the processor to:

calculate, as an adhesion volume calculator, a cylinder adhesion volume (Rc) of fuel adhering to a cylinder, the fuel being injected from a cylinder injection valve of an engine, and a port adhesion volume (Rv+Rw) of fuel adhering to an intake port of the cylinder, the fuel being injected from a port injection valve of the engine;

calculate, as an evaporation volume calculator, a cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) of fuel evaporated from the fuel adhering to the cylinder and a port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) of fuel evaporated from the fuel adhering to the intake port;

calculate, as an injection volume calculator, a cylinder injected volume (F DI ) of the fuel injected from the cylinder injection valve into the cylinder and a port injected volume (F MPI ) of the fuel injected from the port injection valve into the intake port;

calculate, as a required volume calculator, a required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ) required to be injected from the cylinder injection valve and a required port-injected volume (QF MPI ) of fuel required to be injected from the port injection valve; and

control, as a controller, each of the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) and the port injected volume (F MPI ), based on both the cylinder adhesion volume (Rc) and the port adhesion volume (Rv+Rw), wherein

when the processor determines that the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from one combustion cycle before a current combustion cycle is larger than the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ) upon switching of injection mode to an MPI mode in which the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) drops to zero, the program causes the processor to control the port injected volume (F MPI ) based on a difference ((QF MPI )−(Z×Rc)) calculated through subtraction of the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from the required port-injected volume (QF MPI ), and

when the processor determines that the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from the one combustion cycle before the current combustion cycle is zero after switching of injection mode to the MPI mode, the program causes the processor to adjust the port injected volume (F MPI ) to a difference ((QF MPI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required port-injected volume (QF MPI ).

2. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) is larger than the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ), the program causes the processor to adjust the port injected volume (F MPI ) to a volume ((QF MPI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)−((QF DI )−(Z×Re))) calculated through subtraction of a difference ((QF DI )−(Z×Rc)) and the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required port-injected volume (QF MPI ), the difference ((QF DI )−(Z×Rc)) being calculated through subtraction of the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

3. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the program causes the processor to adjust the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) to the difference ((QF DI )−(Z×Re)) calculated through subtraction of the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Re) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

4. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the program causes the processor to control the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) based on a difference ((QF DI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw) calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

5. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the program causes the processor to control the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) based on a difference ((QF DI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

6. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the program further causes the processor to:

determine, as an injection ratio determiner, an injection ratio between the required cylinder-infected volume (QF DI ) and the port injection, required port-injected volume (QF MPI ), wherein

the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) and the port injected volume (F MPI ) are determined based on the injection ratio.

7. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the program causes the processor to adjust the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) to a difference ((QF DI )−(Z×Re)) calculated through subtraction of the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Re) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

8. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the program causes the processor to control the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) based on a difference ((QF DI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

9. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the program further causes the processor to:

determine, as an injection ratio determiner, an injection ratio between the required cylinder-infected volume (QF DI ) and the required ort-injected volume QF MPI ), wherein

the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) and the port injected volume (F MPI ) are determined based on the injection ratio.

10. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the program causes the processor to control the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) based on a difference ((QF D1 )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

11. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) is equal to or larger than the required port-injected volume (QF MPI ), the program causes the processor to adjust the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) to a volume ((QF DI )−(Z×Rc)−((QF MPI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw))) calculated through subtraction of a difference ((QF MPI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) and the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ), the difference ((QF MPI )−(X×Rv+Y×Rw)) being calculated through subtraction of the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) from the required port-injected volume (QF MPI ).

12. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the port evaporated volume (X×Rv+Y×Rw) is zero, the program causes the processor to adjust the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) to a difference ((QF DI )−(Z×Rc)) calculated through subtraction of the cylinder evaporated volume (Z×Rc) from the required cylinder-injected volume (QF DI ).

13. The engine controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the program further causes the processor to:

determine, as an injection ratio determiner, an injection ratio between the cylinder injection required cylinder-infected volume (QF DI and the port injection, required port-infected volume (QF MPI ) wherein

the cylinder injected volume (F DI ) and the port injected volume (F MPI ) are determined based on the injection ratio.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: TODA, HITOSHI; MIYATA, TOSHIYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 035029/0233 →