IP Library Granted Patent US 10,113,454
Granted Patent B2
US 10,113,454 · App. 15/337,363 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Control device of engine

Inventors: Kensuke Yanagawa (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Kawabe (Tokyo, JP); Koji Hata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F01M1/16F01M1/08F02D35/028F01M2250/60F01M2250/62
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Patent No.
US 10,113,454
App. No.
15/337,363
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of an engine, the engine including: a piston contained in a cylinder; an intake passage communicated to a combustion chamber of the cylinder; an exhaust passage led from the combustion chamber; a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel to the combustion chamber or the intake passage; and an ignition unit provided in the combustion chamber, includes: a low speed pre-ignition predicting unit configured to perform prediction of occurrence of low speed pre-ignition, based on operation condition of the engine; and a lubricating oil injection controlling unit configured to control a lubricating oil injecting device to inject lubricating oil to the piston or a member located around the piston, based on the prediction of the occurrence of the low speed pre-ignition performed by the low speed pre-ignition predicting unit.

Claims (24)

1. A control device of an engine, the engine including: a piston which is contained in a cylinder; an intake passage which is communicated to a combustion chamber of the cylinder; an exhaust passage which is led from the combustion chamber; a fuel injection valve which is configured to inject fuel to the combustion chamber or the intake passage; and an ignition unit which is provided in the combustion chamber, the control device comprising:

a low speed pre-ignition predicting unit which is configured to perform prediction of occurrence of low speed pre-ignition, based on operation condition of the engine;

a lubricating oil injection controlling unit which is configured to control a lubricating oil injecting device to inject lubricating oil to the piston or a member located around the piston, based on the prediction of the occurrence of the low speed pre-ignition performed by the low speed pre-ignition predicting unit;

a self ignition index calculating unit which is configured to calculate self ignition index which indicates possibility of occurring self ignition of the fuel at a crank angle before an ignition time during a compression stroke, based on temperature and pressure inside the combustion chamber; and

a first correction coefficient calculating unit which is configured to calculate a wall face adhered fuel correction coefficient for correcting the self ignition index, based on an amount of fuel that is adhered to a wall face inside the combustion chamber at the crank angle, wherein

the low speed pre-ignition predicting unit is configured to perform the prediction of the occurrence of the low speed pre-ignition, based on the self ignition index calculated by the self ignition index calculating unit and the wall face adhered fuel correction coefficient.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lubricating oil injection controlling unit is configured to adjust an injecting amount of the lubricating oil, based on the self ignition index.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

an injecting direction of the lubricating oil based on the self ignition index is different from an injecting direction of lubricating oil based on other control index.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the amount of the fuel adhered to the wall face is conjectured from an injecting time of the fuel and temperature of a cooling medium of the engine or temperature of an intake air.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lubricating oil injection controlling unit is configured to adjust an injecting amount of the lubricating oil, based on the index.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein

an injecting direction of the lubricating oil based on the index is different from an injecting direction of lubricating oil based on other control index.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the engine further includes an exhaust gas recirculation device which is configured to introduce a part of exhaust gas in the exhaust passage into an intake air as recirculated gas,

the control device is further comprises a second correction coefficient calculating unit which is configured to calculate an intake oxygen concentration correction coefficient for correcting the self ignition index, based on a ratio of the recirculated gas in the intake air into the combustion chamber, and

the low speed pre-ignition predicting unit is configured to perform the prediction of the occurrence of the low speed pre-ignition, based on an index the is calculated by the self ignition index, the wall face adhered fuel correction coefficient, and the intake oxygen concentration correction coefficient.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein

the lubricating oil injection controlling unit is configured to adjust an injecting amount of the lubricating oil, based on the index.

9. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein

an injecting direction of the lubricating oil based on the index is different from an injecting direction of lubricating oil based on other control index.

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 Oct 28, 2016
From: YANAGAWA, KENSUKE; KAWABE, TAKASHI; HATA, KOJI
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040511/0883 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-214119 · Oct 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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