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Granted Patent B2
US 12,196,150 · App. 18/360,399 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Injection control device

Inventor: Daiki Mori (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
F02D41/402F02D41/008
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Patent No.
US 12,196,150
App. No.
18/360,399
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection control device includes an injection controller that is configured to control a fuel injection valve, which is current-driven by a charging voltage obtained by boosting a battery voltage, to perform fuel injection a plurality of times for each cylinder. The injection controller is configured to prohibit learning or adjust an injection when the charging voltage does not reach a predetermined determination voltage.

Claims (37)

1. An injection control device comprising:

an injection controller configured to control a fuel injection valve, which is current-driven by a charging voltage obtained by boosting a battery voltage by charging a capacitor, to perform fuel injection a plurality of times for each cylinder, wherein

the injection controller is configured to

detect a boosting time required for the charging voltage to reach a target voltage,

calculate a boosting capability, which indicates an amount of energy stored in the capacitor per unit time, using the boosting time,

learn the boosting capability by storing the boosting capability, and

prohibit learning of the boosting capability when the charging voltage does not reach a predetermined determination voltage.

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

the injection controller is configured to

set a standard voltage and the target voltage as the determination voltage and

prohibit the learning when the charging voltage at the time of issuing an injection instruction is lower than the standard voltage or when the charging voltage at a predetermined voltage detection timing does not reach the target voltage.

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

the injection controller is configured to

set a standard voltage and the target voltage as the determination voltage,

prohibit the learning when the charging voltage at the time of issuing an injection instruction is lower than the standard voltage or when the charging voltage at a predetermined voltage detection timing does not reach the target voltage, and

permit the learning when the charging voltage becomes equal to or higher than the standard voltage.

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

a determiner configured to determine whether the charging voltage does not reach the predetermined determination voltage, wherein

the injection controller is configured to prohibit the learning in response to a determination of the determiner that the charging voltage does not reach the predetermined determination voltage.

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

the injection controller is configured to

compare the boosting capability with a predetermined reference boosting capability,

when the boosting capability is higher than the reference boosting capability, calculate an injection correction time such that an injection set time becomes shorter so that an injection amount is the same as the injection amount corresponding to the reference boosting capability,

when the boosting capability is lower than the reference boosting capability, calculate the injection correction time such that the injection set time becomes longer so that the injection amount is the same as the injection amount corresponding to the reference boosting capability,

correct a fuel injection time with the injection correction time to generate an injection command, and

output the injection command to the fuel injection valve.

6. The injection control device according to claim 5 , wherein

the injection controller is configured not to calculate the boosting capability in a period in which at least one of a condition where the capacitor is discharged or a condition where the charging voltage exceeds the battery voltage is established.

7. The injection control device according to claim 5 , wherein

the injection set time corresponds to a time period in which the fuel injection is performed.

8. An injection control device comprising:

a processor configured to

control a fuel injection valve, which is current-driven by a charging voltage obtained by boosting a battery voltage by charging a capacitor, to perform fuel injection a plurality of times for each cylinder,

detect a boosting time required for the charging voltage to reach a target voltage,

calculate a boosting capability, which indicates an amount of energy stored in the capacitor per unit time, using the boosting time,

learn the boosting capability by storing the boosting capability, and

prohibit learning of the boosting capability when the charging voltage does not reach a predetermined determination voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: MORI, DAIKI
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064406/0394 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-125584 · Aug 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240044303A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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