IP Library Granted Patent US 10,480,428
Granted Patent B2
US 10,480,428 · App. 15/560,352 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Valve control device

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Patent No.
US 10,480,428
App. No.
15/560,352
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve control device performs feedback control of a drive mechanism for a wastegate valve provided for a supercharger of an engine on the basis of a sensor signal indicating a real degree of opening of the wastegate valve and a target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, and includes a gain setting unit configured to set different control gains when the wastegate valve is closed and when the wastegate valve is opened.

Claims (10)

1. A valve control device configured to perform feedback control of a drive mechanism for a wastegate valve provided for a supercharger of an engine on the basis of a sensor signal indicating a real degree of opening of the wastegate valve and a target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, the valve control device comprising:

a gain setting unit configured to set different control gains when the wastegate valve is closed and when the wastegate valve is opened,

wherein the gain setting unit sets the control gain to be relatively large when the wastegate valve is closed, and sets the control gain to be relatively small when the wastegate valve is opened,

wherein the gain setting unit sets the control gain to be higher in a transitional section of the target degree of opening when the wastegate valve is closed than in a steady section of the target degree of opening,

wherein the gain setting unit determines the steady section and the transitional section in the target degree of opening on the basis of at least one of a deviation between the target degree of opening of the wastegate valve and the real degree of opening thereof and a differential value of the target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, and a differential value of the real degree of opening of the wastegate valve.

2. A valve control device configured to perform feedback control of a drive mechanism for a wastegate valve provided for a supercharger of an engine on the basis of a sensor signal indicating a real degree of opening of the wastegate valve and a target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, the valve control device comprising:

a gain setting unit configured to set different control gains when the wastegate valve is closed and when the wastegate valve is opened,

wherein the gain setting unit sets the control gain to be relatively large when the wastegate valve is closed, and sets the control gain to be relatively small when the wastegate valve is opened,

wherein the gain setting unit sets the control gain to be higher in a transitional section of the target degree of opening when the wastegate valve is opened than in a steady section of the target degree of opening,

wherein the gain setting unit determines the steady section and the transitional section in the target degree of opening on the basis of at least one of a deviation between the target degree of opening of the wastegate valve and the real degree of opening thereof and a differential value of the target degree of opening of the wastegate valve, and a differential value of the real degree of opening of the wastegate valve.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2017
From: HOJO, SACHIO; YOSHIDA, MASATOMO; SHIKINE, YOUICHIRO; YAMAMOTO, KENSUKE; INOUE, AKIHITO
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043655/0255 →