IP Library Granted Patent US 10,683,821
Granted Patent B2
US 10,683,821 · App. 16/274,443 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Engine control device

Inventors: Naoki Hayashima (Toyota, JP); Masatomo Yoshihara (Toyota, JP); Koji Murakami (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02D41/042F02D41/009F02P3/0556F02P5/1502F02P5/1504F02P11/025F02D2200/101F02D2250/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,683,821
App. No.
16/274,443
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine, to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped, and to control an ignition plug so as to stop the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug from a cylinder after a rotation speed of a crankshaft decreases gradually and the rotation speed of the crankshaft reaches a preset threshold value or less, after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine.

Claims (7)

1. An engine control device comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to

perform a spark discharge with an ignition plug for each cylinder by cutting off energization after elapse of a predetermined period from start of energization to an ignition coil for each cylinder of the engine,

continue the spark discharge caused by the ignition plug for each cylinder of the engine after supply of fuel to the engine is stopped when operation of the engine is stopped and a rotation speed of a crankshaft is greater than a preset threshold value, and

retard an energization start timing to the ignition coil when the rotation speed of the crankshaft is less than or equal to the preset threshold value after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to retard the energization start timing to the ignition coil until after a compression top dead center of a cylinder when the rotation speed of the crankshaft becomes equal to or lower than the preset threshold value.

2. The engine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to retard the energization start timing after the stop of the supply of fuel to the engine and the rotation speed of the crankshaft is greater than the preset threshold value.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-026602 · Feb 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15895110 · Feb 13, 2018
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