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Granted Patent B2
US 10,408,153 · App. 16/013,873 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Engine control device

Inventors: Makoto Ito (Tokyo, JP); Ryotaro Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
F02D41/22F02B37/16F02B37/18F02D41/0007F02M65/003F02D2041/224F02D2200/0602F02D2200/0618
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Patent No.
US 10,408,153
App. No.
16/013,873
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine control device controls an engine including a turbo-supercharger, a waste gate valve, an air-bypass valve, and a high-pressure fuel system. The engine control device includes: an air-bypass valve control unit and an abnormality detection unit. The air-bypass valve control unit controls the air-bypass valve. The abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in the high-pressure fuel system. The air-bypass valve control unit increases an opening degree of the air-bypass valve in accordance with detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection unit.

Claims (31)

1. An engine control device configured to control an engine,

the engine comprising

a turbo-supercharger that has a turbine to be driven by exhaust gas and a compressor to be driven by the turbine,

a waste gate valve provided in a waste gate passage that allows the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine,

an air-bypass valve provided in an air-bypass passage that allows fresh air to bypass the compressor, and

a high-pressure fuel system that has a high-pressure fuel pump configured to boost a pressure of fuel supplied from a feed pump and an injector configured to inject the fuel discharged by the high-pressure fuel pump,

the engine control device comprising:

an air-bypass valve control unit configured to control the air-bypass valve;

an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality in the high-pressure fuel system; and

a waste gate valve control unit configured to control the waste gate valve,

wherein the air-bypass valve control unit is configured to increase an opening degree of the air-bypass valve in accordance with detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection unit,

the abnormality detection unit performs first diagnosis and second diagnosis that needs a time longer than the first diagnosis,

the waste gate valve control unit increases an opening degree of the waste gate valve and the air-bypass valve control unit maintains the opening degree of the air-bypass valve when the abnormality is detected in the first diagnosis, and

the waste gate valve control unit increases the opening degree of the waste gate valve and the air-bypass valve control unit increases the opening degree of the air-bypass valve when the abnormality is detected in the second diagnosis.

2. The engine control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first diagnosis is performed on a basis of an energization characteristic of the injector, and

the second diagnosis is performed on a basis of history of a pressure of the fuel.

3. An engine control device configured to control an engine,

the engine comprising

a turbo-supercharger that has a turbine to be driven by exhaust gas and a compressor to be driven by the turbine,

a waste gate valve provided in a waste gate passage that allows the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine,

an air-bypass valve provided in an air-bypass passage that allows fresh air to bypass the compressor, and

a high-pressure fuel system that has a high-pressure fuel pump configured to boost a pressure of fuel supplied from a feed pump and an injector configured to inject the fuel discharged by the high-pressure fuel pump,

the engine control device comprising circuitry configured to

control the air-bypass valve,

detect an abnormality in the high-pressure fuel system, and

control the waste gate valve wherein,

the circuitry is configured to increase an opening degree of the air-bypass valve in accordance with detection of the abnormality,

the circuitry is configured to perform first diagnosis and second diagnosis that needs a time longer than the first diagnosis,

the circuitry is configured to increase an opening degree of the waste gate valve and maintain the opening degree of the air-bypass valve when the abnormality is detected in the first diagnosis, and

the circuitry is configured to increase the opening degree of the waste gate valve and increase the opening degree of the air-bypass valve when the abnormality is detected in the second diagnosis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2018
From: ITO, MAKOTO; YAMAGUCHI, RYOTARO
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046152/0038 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-187760 · Sep 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190093586A1 · Mar 28, 2019