IP Library Granted Patent US 11,448,143
Granted Patent B2
US 11,448,143 · App. 17/101,940 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Apparatus of controlling vehicle and method thereof

Inventors: Yeongseop Park (Seoul, KR); Dong Hee Han (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jong Il Park (Seoul, KR); Hyunjin Kang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Heechang Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); JaUn Ku (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seungwoo Hong (Seoul, KR); Jonghyeok Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kwanhee Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dongwon Jung (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jaeheun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
F02D35/027F02B37/12F02D13/0234F02D41/009F02P5/06F02P5/152
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Patent No.
US 11,448,143
App. No.
17/101,940
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus of controlling a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The operating region of an engine is operated with theoretical air-fuel ratio. The apparatus includes a supercharger that supplies compressed air to a the combustion chamber of the engine and a spark plug that ignites mixed air supplied to the combustion chamber. An intake valve selectively opens and closes the combustion chamber for inflowing the mixed air therein. A variable valve apparatus adjusts an opening timing and closing timing of the intake valve and a controller adjusts an ignition timing of the spark plug and the closing timing of the intake valve through the variable valve apparatus based on the operating region of the engine.

Claims (13)

1. An apparatus of controlling a vehicle in which all operating region of an engine are operated with theoretical air-fuel ratio, comprising:

a supercharger configured to supply compressed air to a combustion chamber of the engine;

an spark plug configured to ignite mixed air supplied to the combustion chamber;

an intake valve configured to selectively open and close the combustion chamber for inflowing the mixed air therein;

a variable valve apparatus configured to adjust an opening timing and closing timing of the intake valve; and

a controller configured to adjust an ignition timing of the spark plug and the closing timing of the intake valve through the variable valve apparatus based on the operating region of the engine;

wherein the operating region includes a first operating region having a low-load region and a middle-load region, and a second operating region having a high-load region;

wherein, when the knocking is generated in the second operating region, the controller is configured to retard the ignition timing compared to a normal ignition timing by a predetermined crank angle and to subsequently advance the closing timing of the intake valve by a predetermined crank angle from an initial closing timing; and

wherein, when the closing timing of the intake valve reaches a target closing timing, the controller is configured to restore the ignition timing to the normal ignition timing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when a knocking is generated in the first operating region, the controller is configured to retard the ignition timing compared to a normal ignition timing by a predetermined crank angle.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when the knocking is suppressed in the first operating region, the controller is configured to restore the ignition timing to the normal ignition timing.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the knocking is suppressed in the second region, after the ignition timing is restored to the normal ignition timing, the controller is configured to adjust the closing timing of the intake valve to the initial closing timing.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the knocking is generated in the second operating region, the controller is configured to increase a supercharging pressure of the compressed air through the supercharger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2020
From: PARK, YEONGSEOP; HAN, DONG HEE; PARK, JONG IL; KANG, HYUNJIN; OH, HEECHANG; KU, JAUN; HONG, SEUNGWOO; LEE, JONGHYEOK; LEE, KWANHEE; JUNG, DONGWON; KIM, JAEHEUN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054448/0775 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0068757 · Jun 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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