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Fuel injection controller for use in an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-02
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Granted: 1998-12-15
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Expires: 2015-06-02
Abstract
Abstract A diesel engine has a fuel injection nozzle to which pressurized fuel is supplied from a pump. The nozzle has a pressure sensor detecting the fuel pressure and a lift sensor sensing a lift magnitude of a needle valve. An electronic control unit (ECU) computes a variation ratio of the fuel pressure value which is measured by the pressure sensor. The ECU computes a non-increasing point in an increasing part of variation ratio and judges the point to be a timing for starting the fuel injection of the nozzle. The EPU also computes the actual fuel injection amount in accordance with the fuel injection timing as well as the fuel pressure and the lift amount of the needle valve both at the various points. The EPU controls the actual injection amount to be identical to a target fuel injection amount.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuhiko Hirose
- 👤 Takao Tate
- 👤 Norihiko Nakamura
- 👤 Takeshi Sato
- 👤 Kazuhiro Iwahashi
- 👤 Shinji Kamoshita
- 👤 Akihiro Yamanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-06 11:55
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/008; F02D35/00; F02D35/0007; F02D41/30; F02D41/38; F02D41/40; F02D41/406; F02D41/408; F02B; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/14; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02D41/0002; F02D2041/0022; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/04; F02D2200/0406; F02D2200/06; F02D2200/0602; F02D2200/0606; F02D2200/063; F02D2250/00; F02D2250/32; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A fuel injection control apparatus for a combustion engine comprising: a) a nozzle for injecting fuel into the engine, said nozzle having a valve opened in response to a fuel pressure which is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure; b) a pump for supplying the fuel to the nozzle; c) means for detecting actual fuel pressure by measuring an opening valve pressure when the nozzle is opened; d) means for computing an opening valve pressure deviation between said actual opening valve pressure and reference opening valve pressure; and e) means for computing a remaining fuel amount change value between the pump and the nozzle using said opening valve pressure deviation; f) means for setting a target fuel amount for a next injection of said nozzle in accordance with said remaining fuel amount change value; and g) means for controlling the pump operation based on said target fuel amount.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A fuel injection control apparatus for a combustion engine comprising: a) a nozzle for injecting fuel into the engine, said nozzle having a valve opened in response to a fuel pressure which is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure; b) a pump for supplying the fuel to the nozzle; c) means for detecting actual fuel pressure by measuring an opening valve pressure when the nozzle is opened; d) means for computing an opening valve pressure deviation between said actual opening valve pressure and reference opening valve pressure; and e) means for computing a remaining fuel amount change value between the pump and the nozzle using said opening valve pressure deviation; f) means for setting a target fuel amount for a next injection of said nozzle in accordance with said remaining fuel amount change value; and g) means for controlling the pump operation based on said target fuel amount.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said combustion engine is a diesel engine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pressure detecting means includes a pressure sensor deposed within the nozzle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pressure detecting means includes a pressure sensor disposed within a fuel passage communicating with the nozzle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pressure detecting means includes a pressure sensor disposed in a high pressure chamber of the pump.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pump control means includes: means for correcting various control factor values corresponding to the fuel injection; and means for controlling the pump in accordance with the corrected values.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
81 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pump control means further includes: means for computing a variation in the amount of the fuel remaining in a fuel passage between the pump and the nozzle in accordance with the computed deviation; means for correcting a target amount of the successive fuel injection cycle in accordance with the computed variation of the remaining fuel amount; and means for actuating the pump in accordance with the corrected target amount of the fuel injection.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pump control means further includes: second correcting means for correcting a target timing of the successive fuel injection cycle in accordance with the operated variation of the remaining fuel amount; and means for controlling the pump actuating means in accordance with the corrected target timing point of the fuel injection.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the combustion engine has a successive number of injection cycles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for computing an amount of fuel remaining in a fuel passage between the pump and the nozzle.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first value is a computed remaining fuel amount.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined reference value is a predetermined reference remaining fuel amount.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
11 words
The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the valve is closed.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the means for computing an amount of fuel remaining in a fuel passage corrects data selected from the group consisting of an injection amount data and an injection timing data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fuel pressure is detected based on pressure for opening the nozzle and the deviation of the opening pressure.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for controlling the pump operation controls the pump operation in accordance with the corrected data.
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