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Granted Patent B2
US 11,326,538 · App. 17/375,918 · Granted May 10, 2022

Injection control device

Inventors: Kosuke Kato (Kariya, JP); Hiroyuki Fukuda (Kariya, JP); Yasumasa Ishikawa (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
F02D41/20F02D41/2467F02D41/26F02D2041/2034F02D2041/2058F02D2041/2065
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Patent No.
US 11,326,538
App. No.
17/375,918
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection control device for a fuel injection valve includes: a current detection unit of the fuel injection valve; a current area correction control unit that performs current area correction for an area correction amount of an energization time to equalize the integrated current value of the energization current profile and an integrated current value of the detected current; and an information correction unit that learns and stores a reference attainment time, from a start of energization to an attainment of each of the plurality of reference currents, in a storage unit, and corrects information related to the current area correction based on a difference between the reference attainment time and an actual attainment time from the start of energization to the attainment of each reference current.

Claims (10)

1. An injection control device for controlling fuel injection by driving a fuel injection valve with a current to supply a fuel to an internal combustion engine, the injection control device comprising:

a current detection unit that detects the current flowing through the fuel injection valve;

a current area correction control unit that performs current area correction for correcting and calculating, based on an energization current profile showing a relationship between an energization time and an energization current to obtain an integrated energization current value corresponding to a fuel injection amount command value, an area correction amount of an energization time to equalize the integrated current value of the energization current profile and an integrated current value of the current detected by the current detection unit according to a difference between the integrated current value of the energization current profile and the integrated current value of the current; and

an information correction unit that learns and stores a reference attainment time, from a start of energization to an attainment of each of the plurality of reference currents when the fuel injection valve is driven under a predetermined voltage and temperature condition, in a storage unit, and corrects information related to the current area correction based on a difference between the reference attainment time and an actual attainment time from the start of energization to the attainment of each reference current when the fuel injection valve is driven after learning and storing.

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

a sensor that detects temperature information correlated with a temperature of the fuel injection valve, wherein:

the information correction unit learns and stores the reference attainment time in the storage unit using a correction coefficient for converting a detection value of the sensor into a value at a predetermined temperature condition.

3. The injection control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to provide at least: the current area correction control unit and the information correction unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: KATO, KOSUKE; FUKUDA, HIROYUKI; ISHIKAWA, YASUMASA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057083/0350 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-122093 · Jul 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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