IP Library Granted Patent US 11,248,550
Granted Patent B2
US 11,248,550 · App. 16/497,028 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Internal combustion engine control device

Inventors: Ryo Sasaki (Tochigi, JP); Takahiro Kashima (Wako, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
F02D41/064F02D41/068F02M51/06F02D2041/2065F02D2200/021F02D2200/06F02D2200/70
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Patent No.
US 11,248,550
App. No.
16/497,028
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal combustion engine control device ( 1 ) includes an injector-temperature calculation unit ( 21 a ), an engine-temperature calculation unit ( 21 b ), an operating-state control unit ( 21 c ), a cold/warmed-up state determination unit ( 21 d ), an ambient-temperature calculation unit ( 21 e ), and a correction unit ( 21 f ). The correction unit ( 21 f ) corrects an engine temperature calculated based on an injector temperature, when it is determined that an engine is in a cold state and a difference between the injector temperature and an ambient temperature is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

Claims (13)

1. An internal combustion engine control device applied to an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine control device comprising:

an infector-temperature calculation unit that calculates an injector temperature based on a coil resistance value of an injector; an internal-combustion engine temperature calculation unit that calculates a temperature of the internal combustion engine based on the injector temperature; and an operating-state control unit that controls an operating state of the internal combustion engine based on the temperature of the internal combustion engine calculated by the internal-combustion-engine temperature calculation unit,

wherein the internal combustion engine control device further comprises:

a cold/warmed-up state determination unit that determines whether the internal combustion engine is in a cold state or a warmed-up state;

an ambient-temperature calculation unit that calculates an ambient temperature around the internal combustion engine control device; and

a correction unit that corrects the temperature of the internal combustion engine calculated based on the injector temperature, when it is determined that the internal combustion engine is in the cold state and a difference between the injector temperature and the ambient temperature is equal to or larger than a first predetermined value.

2. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the correction unit calculates an initial value of a correction amount for correcting the temperature of the internal combustion engine based on a relative relation with respect to the difference between the injector temperature and the ambient temperature, and decreases the correction amount with a passage of time since start-up of the internal combustion engine.

3. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the internal combustion engine control device further comprises a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor respectively placed correspondingly to a first position and a second position at which a temperature difference occurs therebetween when the internal combustion engine control device is driven, and

when a difference between a first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and a second temperature detected by the second temperature sensor is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value, the cold/warmed-up state determination unit determines that the internal combustion engine is in the cold state.

4. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the internal combustion engine control device further comprises a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor respectively placed correspondingly to a first position and a second position at which a temperature difference occurs therebetween when the internal combustion engine control device is driven, and

when a difference between a first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor and a second temperature detected by the second temperature sensor is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value, the cold/warmed-up state determination unit determines that the internal combustion engine is in the cold state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: SASAKI, RYO; KASHIMA, TAKAHIRO; KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050470/0810 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-060936 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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