IP Library Granted Patent US 10,247,125
Granted Patent B2
US 10,247,125 · App. 15/534,084 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Fuel injection valve control device

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Patent No.
US 10,247,125
App. No.
15/534,084
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve control device with which variability in the injection amount with respect to drive pulse width can be kept to a satisfactory level in each of a plurality of fuel injection devices. The present invention provides a fuel injection valve control device for controlling a plurality of fuel injection devices each equipped with a valve body and a solenoid for opening the valve body, characterized in that the device is configured such that, a prescribed time after voltage has been applied to the solenoid, a holding current is applied, the prescribed time and the holding current being corrected for each of the fuel injection devices, on the basis of the operating characteristics of the fuel injection device.

Claims (13)

1. A fuel injection valve control device configured to control, by a drive pulse, a plurality of fuel injection devices, each comprising a valve body and a solenoid configured to open the valve body,

wherein the fuel injection valve control device applies a boosting voltage to the solenoid to stop the solenoid and, after a prescribed time, applies a holding current, and

the prescribed time and the holding current are corrected for each of the fuel injection devices so as to match ranges from a horizontal part of an injection amount characteristic indicating a relation between the drive pulse width and a flow rate to a timing when the flow rate increases again, based on a set spring force of the fuel injection device.

2. The fuel injection valve control device according to claim 1 , wherein an application time of an initial boosting voltage is corrected for each of the fuel injection devices, based on the set spring force of the fuel injection device.

3. The fuel injection valve control device according to claim 1 , wherein the set spring force of the fuel injection device is estimated based on, at least, either of an opening timing or a closing timing of the valve body.

4. The fuel injection valve control device according to claim 3 , wherein the operating characteristic of the fuel injection device is detected based on a change in voltage or current, at least, either at the time of valve opening or the time of valve closing of the fuel injection device.

5. A fuel injection valve control device configured to control, by a drive pulse, a plurality of fuel injection devices, each comprising a valve body and a solenoid configured to open the valve body,

wherein the fuel injection valve control device applies a boosting voltage to the solenoid to stop the solenoid and, after a prescribed time, applies a holding current, and

among the fuel injection devices, ranges from a horizontal part of an injection amount characteristic indicating a relation between the drive pulse width and a flow rate to a timing when the flow rate increases again are matched by controlling the fuel injection device in which a closing timing of the valve body is fast such that the prescribed time becomes shorter, and the holding current value becomes larger, than the prescribed time and the holding current value of the fuel injection device in which the closing timing is slow.

6. A fuel injection valve control device configured to control, by a drive pulse, a plurality of fuel injection devices, each comprising a valve body, an elastic body configured to press the valve body to a valve seat, and a solenoid configured to open the valve body against a pressing force of the elastic body,

wherein the fuel injection valve control device applies a boosting voltage to the solenoid to stop the solenoid and, after a prescribed time, applies a holding current, and

among the fuel injection devices, ranges from a horizontal part of an injection amount characteristic indicating a relation between the drive pulse width and a flow rate to a timing when the flow rate increases again are matched by controlling the fuel injection device in which elasticity of the elastic body is large such that the prescribed time becomes shorter, and the holding current value becomes larger, than the prescribed time and

the holding current value of the fuel injection device in which elasticity is small.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: AONO, TOSHIHIRO; ABE, MOTOYUKI; TOYOHARA, MASAHIRO; MUKAIHARA, OSAMU
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 042652/0991 →