IP Library Granted Patent US 11,486,287
Granted Patent B2
US 11,486,287 · App. 17/556,360 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Control device of internal combustion engine

Inventor: Hitoki Sugimoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
F01N3/22F01N2900/08
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Patent No.
US 11,486,287
App. No.
17/556,360
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device is configured to execute a process of calculating an increase amount of deterioration obtained by subtracting from a first degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the three-way catalyst during execution of the oxygen supply process a second degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of a three-way catalyst in a case where an oxygen supply process of supplying oxygen to an exhaust passage is assumed not to be executed, a process of calculating an integrated value of the increase amount of deterioration, and a process of executing a deterioration reduction process of reducing a rate of deterioration of the three-way catalyst in a case where the calculated integrated value is equal to or larger than a first determination value.

Claims (22)

1. A control device applied to an internal combustion engine including a catalyst that cleans an exhaust gas in an exhaust passage and having a plurality of cylinders, wherein the control device is configured to execute

an oxygen supply process of supplying oxygen to the exhaust passage,

a deterioration reduction process of reducing a rate of deterioration of the catalyst,

a process of calculating an increase amount of deterioration obtained by subtracting from a first degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the catalyst during execution of the oxygen supply process a second degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the catalyst in a case where the oxygen supply process is assumed not to be executed,

a process of calculating an integrated value of the increase amount of deterioration, and

a process of executing the deterioration reduction process in a case where the integrated value is equal to or larger than a predetermined first determination value.

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

a relationship between engine operation information when the oxygen supply process is executed and the first degree of deterioration is predetermined; and

the first degree of deterioration is calculated based on the engine operation information acquired when the oxygen supply process is executed.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

a relationship between engine operation information when the oxygen supply process is not executed and the second degree of deterioration is predetermined; and

the second degree of deterioration is calculated based on engine operation information acquired when the oxygen supply process is executed.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to execute

a process of calculating a reduction amount of deterioration obtained by subtracting a third degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the catalyst during execution of the deterioration reduction process from a fourth degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the catalyst in a case where the deterioration reduction process is assumed not to be executed,

a process of updating the integrated value by subtracting the reduction amount of deterioration from the integrated value, and

a process of terminating the deterioration reduction process in a case where the integrated value updated in the process of updating is equal to or smaller than a predetermined second determination value that is set to a value smaller than the first determination value.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein:

a relationship between engine operation information when the deterioration reduction process is executed and the third degree of deterioration is predetermined; and

the third degree of deterioration is calculated based on the engine operation information acquired when the deterioration reduction process is executed.

6. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein:

a relationship between engine operation information when the deterioration reduction process is not executed and the fourth degree of deterioration is predetermined; and

the fourth degree of deterioration is calculated based on engine operation information acquired when the deterioration reduction process is executed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: SUGIMOTO, HITOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058434/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-021278 · Feb 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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