IP Library Granted Patent US 11,319,912
Granted Patent B2
US 11,319,912 · App. 17/110,852 · Granted May 3, 2022

Electromagnetic valve driver

Inventors: Atsushi Ogawa (Shioya-gun, JP); Motoaki Kato (Shioya-gun, JP); Kengo Nomura (Shioya-gun, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
F02M51/061B60R16/033
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Patent No.
US 11,319,912
App. No.
17/110,852
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic valve driver includes: an electric power feeder configured to apply a power voltage obtained by switching a battery voltage to one end of an electromagnetic coil of an electromagnetic valve; a detector configured to detect a drive current flowing through the electromagnetic coil; and a power supply configured to supply power to the detector. The electric power feeder adjusts the drive current by operating in a state in which the power voltage is applied to the electromagnetic coil on the basis of a detection value of the detector. The power supply supplies the power obtained by sampling and holding a reference power in a period excluding a switching period of the battery voltage in the electric power feeder to the detector.

Claims (11)

1. An electromagnetic valve driver, comprising:

an electric power feeder configured to apply a power voltage obtained by switching a battery voltage to one end of an electromagnetic coil of an electromagnetic valve;

a detector configured to detect a drive current flowing through the electromagnetic coil; and

a power supply configured to supply power to the detector,

wherein the electric power feeder adjusts the drive current by operating in a state in which the power voltage is applied to the electromagnetic coil on the basis of a detection value of the detector,

wherein the power supply includes a sample and hold circuit configured to sample and hold a reference power in a period excluding a switching period of the battery voltage, and

wherein the power supply supplies the power obtained by sampling and holding the reference power in the period excluding the switching period of the battery voltage in the electric power feeder to the detector.

2. The electromagnetic valve driver according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power feeder includes a booster circuit configured to boost the battery voltage by switching the battery voltage to generate the power voltage,

wherein the power supply samples and holds the reference power in the period excluding the switching period of the battery voltage in the booster circuit.

3. The electromagnetic valve driver according to claim 2 , wherein the electric power feeder selectively selects the power voltage obtained using the booster circuit and the battery voltage, and applies the selected power voltage to the electromagnetic coil.

4. The electromagnetic valve driver according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic valve is a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject a fuel to a cylinder in a direct injection engine.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058109/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: OGAWA, ATSUSHI; KATO, MOTOAKI; NOMURA, KENGO
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054537/0157 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-007025 · Jan 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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