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Granted Patent B2
US 12,553,400 · App. 18/836,144 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Electromagnetic valve driving device

Inventors: Daichi Kawakami (Hitachinaka, JP); Noriaki Sumisha (Hitachinaka, JP); Junpei Kogawa (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
F02D41/2467F02M51/061F02D2041/2003F02D2041/2055
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Patent No.
US 12,553,400
App. No.
18/836,144
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic valve driving device that controls an energization period to a solenoid coil provided in a fuel injection valve and causes the fuel injection valve to inject fuel a plurality of times during one combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine, the electromagnetic valve driving device includes: a storage that stores a correction amount map indicating a relationship between an energization pause period from a completion time of a first-half energization period, which is the energization period for a first fuel injection in the one combustion cycle, to a start time of a later-half energization period, which is the energization period for next fuel injection, and a correction amount for the later-half energization period; an energization period correction unit that obtains the correction amount from a command value of the energization pause period based on the correction amount map and corrects the later-half energization period based on the obtained correction amount; and an energization controller that energizes the solenoid coil based on a later-half correction energization period that is the later-half energization period corrected by the energization period correction unit.

Claims (30)

1 . An electromagnetic valve driving device that controls an energization period to a solenoid coil provided in a fuel injection valve and causes the fuel injection valve to inject fuel a plurality of times during one combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine, the electromagnetic valve driving device comprising:

a storage that stores a correction amount map indicating a relationship between an energization pause period from a completion time of a first-half energization period, which is the energization period for a first fuel injection in the one combustion cycle, to a start time of a later-half energization period, which is the energization period for next fuel injection, and a correction amount for the later-half energization period;

an energization period correction unit that obtains the correction amount from a command value of the energization pause period based on the correction amount map and corrects the later-half energization period based on the obtained correction amount; and

an energization controller that energizes the solenoid coil based on a later-half correction energization period that is the later-half energization period corrected by the energization period correction unit,

wherein the energization pause period and the correction amount are associated with each other such that valve closing timing in the next fuel injection is set earlier according to valve opening timing in the next fuel injection being set earlier caused by at least one of residual magnetic force due to an influence of the first fuel injection and an increase in an execution boosting voltage.

2 . The electromagnetic valve driving device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fuel injection valve includes a movable core that is moved by energization to the solenoid coil and a fixed core that abuts on the movable core at a maximum movement position of the movable core,

the storage stores, as the correction amount map, a maximum drive correction amount map indicating a relationship between the energization pause period and the correction amount when maximum drive in which the movable core abuts on the fixed core is performed in one fuel injection and an intermediate drive correction amount map indicating the relationship between the energization pause period and the correction amount when intermediate drive in which the movable core is not moved until abutting on the fixed core is performed in one fuel injection, and

the energization period correction unit determines whether the fuel injection is the maximum drive or the intermediate drive, obtains the correction amount from the command value of the energization pause period based on the maximum drive correction amount map when the fuel injection based on the first-half energization period and the fuel injection based on the later-half energization period are the maximum drive, and obtains the correction amount from the command value of the energization pause period based on the intermediate drive correction amount map when the fuel injection based on the first-half energization period and the fuel injection based on the later-half energization period are the intermediate drive.

3 . The electromagnetic valve driving device according to claim 1 , further comprising a valve closing detector that detects valve closing of the fuel injection valve,

wherein the energization period correction unit calculates a difference between an estimated valve closing time obtained from the later-half correction energization period and a valve closing detection time obtained by the valve closing detector, and further corrects the later-half correction energization period after the calculation of the difference.

4 . An electromagnetic valve driving device that controls an energization period to a solenoid coil provided in a fuel injection valve and causes the fuel injection valve to inject fuel a plurality of times during one combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine, the electromagnetic valve driving device comprising:

a storage that stores a correction amount map indicating a relationship between an energization pause period from a completion time of a first-half energization period, which is the energization period for a first fuel injection in the one combustion cycle, to a start time of a later-half energization period, which is the energization period for next fuel injection, and a correction amount for the later-half energization period;

an energization period correction unit that obtains the correction amount from a command value of the energization pause period based on the correction amount map and corrects the later-half energization period based on the obtained correction amount; and

an energization controller that energizes the solenoid coil based on a later-half correction energization period that is the later-half energization period corrected by the energization period correction unit,

wherein

the fuel injection valve includes the movable core that is moved by the energization to the solenoid coil and the fixed core that abuts on the movable core at the maximum movement position of the movable core,

the storage stores, as the correction amount map, an intermediate drive correction amount map indicating the relationship between the energization pause period and the correction amount when intermediate drive in which the movable core is not moved until abutting on the fixed core is performed in one fuel injection, and

the energization period correction unit obtains the correction amount from the command value of the energization pause period based on the intermediate drive correction amount map when the fuel injection based on the first-half energization period and the fuel injection based on the later-half energization period are the intermediate drive.

5 . The electromagnetic valve driving device according to claim 4 , wherein

the intermediate drive correction amount map indicates a relationship between the energization pause period and the correction amount according to the first-half energization period, and

the energization period correction unit obtains the correction amount from the command value of the first-half energization period and the command value of the energization pause period.

6 . An electromagnetic valve driving device that controls an energization period to a solenoid coil provided in a fuel injection valve and causes the fuel injection valve to inject fuel a plurality of times during one combustion cycle of an internal combustion engine, the electromagnetic valve driving device comprising:

a storage that stores a correction amount map indicating a relationship between an energization pause period from a completion time of a first-half energization period, which is the energization period for a first fuel injection in the one combustion cycle, to a start time of a later-half energization period, which is the energization period for next fuel injection, and a correction amount for the later-half energization period;

an energization period correction unit that obtains the correction amount from a command value of the energization pause period based on the correction amount map and corrects the later-half energization period based on the obtained correction amount; and

an energization controller that energizes the solenoid coil based on a later-half correction energization period that is the later-half energization period corrected by the energization period correction unit,

wherein

the fuel injection valve includes a movable core that is moved by energization to the solenoid coil and a fixed core that abuts on the movable core at a maximum movement position of the movable core,

the storage stores, as the correction amount map, a maximum drive correction amount map indicating a relationship between the energization pause period and the correction amount when maximum drive in which the movable core abuts on the fixed core is performed in one fuel injection, and

the energization period correction unit obtains the correction amount from the command value of the energization pause period based on the maximum drive correction amount map when the fuel injection based on the first-half energization period and the fuel injection based on the later-half energization period are the maximum drive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: KAWAKAMI, DAICHI; SUMISHA, NORIAKI; KOGAWA, JUNPEI
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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