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US 9,057,331 · App. 13/498,494 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Control device for internal combustion engine

Inventors: Koichi Hoshi (Susono, JP); Takashi Watanabe (Gotemba, JP); Yoshihisa Shinoda (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 9,057,331
App. No.
13/498,494
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used.

Claims (8)

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine which is configured to use gas fuel and liquid fuel as a fuel source, the gas fuel and the liquid fuel provided to the internal combustion engine via a gas fuel injection valve and a liquid fuel injection valve, comprising:

a catalyst which cleans up exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; and

an electronic control unit programmed to control the gas fuel injection valve and the liquid fuel injection value to increase a proportion of the gas fuel to the liquid fuel while increasing a fuel injection quantity when a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit valve at a time when the liquid fuel is used for the internal combustion engine,

wherein the electronic control unit is programmed to control the gas fuel injection valve and the liquid fuel injection valve to return the proportion of the gas fuel to the liquid fuel at a time of a return from a fuel cut.

2. A control device for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle which is configured to use gas fuel and liquid fuel as a fuel source, the gas fuel and the liquid fuel provided to the internal combustion engine via a gas fuel injection valve and a liquid fuel injection valve, comprising:

a catalyst which cleans up exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; and

an electronic control unit programmed to control the gas fuel injection valve and the liquid fuel injection valve to increase a proportion of the gas fuel to the liquid fuel while increasing a fuel injection quantity when a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used for the internal combustion engine,

wherein the electronic control unit is programmed to control the gas fuel injection valve and the liquid fuel injection valve to increase the proportion while increasing the fuel injection quantity at a time of acceleration and/or at a time of shifting gears of a transmission of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2012
From: HOSHI, KOICHI; WATANABE, TAKASHI; SHINODA, YOSHIHISA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 027942/0323 →
Continuity (1)
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