FUEL INJECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

• US 20060266334A1
• Filed: 05/31/2006
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: TAKAHASHI, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,320,312 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/458
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2441 characterised by the learning conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2464 Characteristics of actuators
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/248 using a plurality of learned values
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/3845 by controlling the flow into the common rail, e.g. the amount of fuel pumped
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/40 with means for controlling injection timing or duration
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 37/04 Feeding by means of driven pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 59/366 Valves being actuated electrically
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 63/0225 Fuel-injection apparatus having a common rail feeding several injectors F02M63/0003 takes precedence; Means for varying pressure in common rails; Pumps feeding common rails
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 65/00 Testing fuel-injection apparatus, e.g. testing injection timing testing of ignition F02P17/00; measuring fuel consumption G01F9/00; Cleaning of fuel-injection apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine executes tentative learning repeatedly while engine cooling water temperature increases. An actual learning value is renewed with the newest instrumental error learning value so that accuracy of the actual learning value is improved gradually. Thus, a variation of characteristics due to an instrumental error of a supply pump is absorbed as early as possible. In addition, accuracy of a tentative learning value obtained through the tentative learning is quickly brought close to the accuracy of the actual learning value obtained through main learning. As a result, a learning period at vehicle factory shipment is shortened and productivity at a vehicle factory is improved.

Claims

1. A fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine the fuel injection device comprising:

a fuel supply pump for pressure-feeding high-pressure fuel to a fuel injection valve mounted in a cylinder of the engine; and

a learning controller for executing main learning for learning and correcting a variation of an instrumental error of the fuel supply pump when a learning execution condition is satisfied, wherein

the learning controller includes a tentative learning execution device that executes tentative learning for learning and correcting the variation of the instrumental error of the fuel supply pump before the learning execution condition is satisfied, and

the tentative learning execution device executes the tentative learning at least once after initial tentative learning is executed before a transition to the main learning is made.

2. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the tentative learning execution device executes the tentative learning repeatedly at least twice after the initial tentative learning is executed before the transition to the main learning is made.

3. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the learning execution condition is satisfied when warm-up of the engine is completed after the engine is started.

4. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the learning controller has a learning value storing device that renews and stores a tentative learning value obtained through the tentative learning every time the tentative learning is executed.

5. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the learning controller has a learning value storing device that stores the last tentative learning value out of the tentative learning values obtained through the tentative learning as a final tentative learning value.

6. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the learning controller has a learning value storing device that stores an averaged value of the last multiple tentative learning values out of the tentative learning values obtained through the tentative learning as a final tentative learning value.

7. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the fuel supply pump pressurizes the fuel suctioned into a pressurization chamber and has an electromagnetic valve that meters a fuel suction amount suctioned into the pressurization chamber, the fuel supply pump structured so that a fuel discharge amount discharged by the fuel supply pump is changed in accordance with drive current supplied to the electromagnetic valve.

8. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, further comprising:

a common rail that accumulates fuel at high pressure corresponding to fuel injection pressure, wherein

the fuel supply pump pressurizes the fuel suctioned into a pressurization chamber and pressure-feeds the fuel to the common rail.

9. The fuel injection device as in claim 1, wherein

the fuel supply pump pressurizes the fuel suctioned into a pressurization chamber and has an electromagnetic valve that meters a fuel suction amount suctioned into the pressurization chamber,

the learning controller is incorporated in an engine control unit that controls a fuel discharge amount discharged from the fuel supply pump by regulating drive current supplied to the electromagnetic valve, and

the tentative learning is executed when a tentative learning execution condition is satisfied when the engine control unit is in an initial state.

10. A control method of a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine, the control method comprising:

a tentative learning step of executing tentative learning for learning and correcting a variation of an instrumental error of a fuel supply pump that pressure-feeds high-pressure fuel to a fuel injection valve mounted in a cylinder of the engine before a learning execution condition is satisfied, and

a main learning step of executing main learning for learning and correcting the variation of the instrumental error of the fuel supply pump when the learning execution condition is satisfied, wherein

the tentative learning step executes the tentative learning at least twice before a transition to the main learning is made.

11. The control method as in claim 10, wherein

the tentative learning step executes the tentative learning at least three times before the transition to the main learning is made.

12. The control method as in claim 10, wherein the learning execution condition is satisfied when warm-up of the engine is completed after the engine is started.

13. The control method as in claim 10, further comprising:

a storing step of storing a tentative learning value obtained through the tentative learning as a renewed tentative learning value every time the tentative learning is executed.

14. The control method as in claim 10, further comprising:

a storing step of storing the last tentative learning value out of the tentative learning values obtained through the tentative learning as a final tentative learning value.

15. The control method as in claim 10, further comprising.

a storing step of storing an averaged value of the last multiple tentative learning values out of the tentative learning values obtained through the tentative learning as a final tentative learning value.