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Granted Patent B2
US 11,105,290 · App. 16/614,767 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Electronic control device

Inventor: Koichi Tsukio (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
F02D41/20F02M51/06F02D2041/2003F02D2041/2051
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Patent No.
US 11,105,290
App. No.
16/614,767
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic control device capable of always achieving a desired injector injection amount by preventing a change in injector opening time regardless of a change (a decrease) of a power supply voltage for opening a valve of an injector. A precharge current amount at the time of precharge control is changed in a stepwise manner based on a voltage of the injector valve open power supply device 10 at the time of the precharge control.

Claims (19)

1. An electronic control device powered by a voltage that supplies, to a fuel injection valve, a current for opening the fuel injection valve based on the voltage, comprising a precharge control configured to supply a precharge current to the fuel injection valve before the current supply is performed,

wherein a precharge current amount is based on the voltage; and

wherein

when the voltage is equal to or more than a predetermined precharge preventing threshold value, the precharge control is prevented.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a comparator having a plurality of predetermined comparison voltage values, wherein the precharge current amount is based on a comparison of said plurality of predetermined comparison voltage values and the voltage and a set value of the precharge current amount is selected from a plurality of set values of predetermined precharge current amount and corresponding to the comparison voltage value.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of comparison voltage values can be set individually.

4. The electronic control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of set values of the precharge current amount can be set individually.

5. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the precharge preventing threshold value may be set as a variable.

6. An electronic control device powered by a voltage that supplies, to a fuel injection valve, a current for opening the fuel injection valve based on the voltage comprising a precharge control configured to supply a precharge current to the fuel injection valve before the current supply is performed,

wherein

a valve open detection current amount when the fuel injection valve is detected to be opened is held, and

in a next and subsequent precharge control, precharge control at a precharge current amount equal to or larger than the valve open detection current amount is prevented.

7. An electronic control device powered by a voltage that supplies, to a fuel injection valve, a current for opening the fuel injection valve based on the voltage comprising a precharge control configured to supply a precharge current to the fuel injection valve before the current supply is performed,

wherein

when the fuel injection valve is detected to be opened by the precharge control, a precharge current amount when the valve is opened is held, and in a next and subsequent precharge control, precharge control at a precharge current amount equal to or larger than the precharge current amount when the valve is opened is prevented.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058598/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: TSUKIO, KOICHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051059/0536 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-128763 · Jun 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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