IP Library Granted Patent US 10,267,215
Granted Patent B2
US 10,267,215 · App. 15/412,262 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,267,215
App. No.
15/412,262
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus includes a waste gate valve that opens and closes a passage bypassing a turbine in an exhaust passage of an engine, an air bypass valve that opens and closes a passage bypassing a compressor in an intake passage of the engine, a pressure measuring unit that measures a pressure at a downstream side of the compressor, an air-amount measuring unit that measures an amount of air flowing into the intake passage, an air-bypass-valve controller that opens the air bypass valve when a throttle valve in the intake passage is closed, a closed-state-malfunction diagnosing unit that diagnoses a closed-state malfunction of the air bypass valve based on a fluctuation in the measured amount of air when the throttle valve is closed, and a waste-gate-valve controller that closes the waste gate valve if the measured pressure is lower than a predetermined pressure when the throttle valve is closed.

Claims (19)

1. An engine comprising:

a waste gate valve that opens and closes a passage that bypasses a turbine provided in an exhaust passage of the engine;

a recirculation valve that opens and closes a recirculation passage connecting an inlet and an outlet for a compressor provided in an intake passage of the engine;

a pressure sensor that measures a pressure at a downstream side of the compressor in the intake passage;

an airflow sensor that measures an amount of air flowing into the intake passage; and

a processor programmed to:

open the recirculation valve when a throttle valve disposed in the intake passage is closed;

diagnose a closed-state malfunction of the recirculation valve based on a fluctuation in the amount of air measured by the airflow sensor when the throttle valve is closed; and

close the waste gate valve if the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is lower than a predetermined pressure when the throttle valve is closed.

2. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined pressure is set to a value that increases with increasing rotation speed of the engine.

3. An engine comprising:

a waste gate valve that opens and closes a passage that bypasses a turbine provided in an exhaust passage of the engine;

a recirculation valve that opens and closes a recirculation passage connecting an inlet and an outlet for a compressor provided in an intake passage of the engine;

a pressure sensor that measures a pressure at a downstream side of the compressor in the intake passage; and

a processor programmed to:

open the recirculation valve when a throttle valve disposed in the intake passage is closed;

diagnose a closed-state malfunction of the recirculation valve based on a fluctuation in the pressure measured by the pressure sensor when the throttle valve is closed; and

close the waste gate valve if the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is lower than a predetermined pressure when the throttle valve is closed.

4. The engine according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined pressure is set to a value that increases with increasing rotation speed of the engine.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2017
From: SHIWA, DAIKI
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041065/0714 →