DEVICE FOR LIMITING OUTPUT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEN THE ENGINE HAS ABNORMALITY

• US 20100211286A1
• Filed: 07/13/2009
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Tahara, Jun, Kinuhata, Hiroki, Nada, Mitsuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,229,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/102
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/227 Limping Home, i.e. taking specific engine control measures at abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2250/26 by applying a torque limit
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 31/009 for maximum speed control
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/22 Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

An output restriction device for restricting engine output when a drive power output system for an internal combustion engine has an abnormality is provided. The output restriction device includes an abnormality detection unit, and initial restriction unit, and a secondary restriction unit. The abnormality restriction unit detects an abnormality in the drive power output system. The initial restriction unit restricts a tolerable range of the engine output to a first restriction region when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in the drive power output system. A secondary restriction unit shifts the tolerable range of the engine output to a second restriction region, which has an upper limit lower than that of the first restriction region, in accordance with an operation history of the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region.

Claims

1. An output restriction device for restricting engine output when a drive power output system for an internal combustion engine has an abnormality, the output restriction device comprising:

an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality in the drive power output system;

an initial restriction unit that restricts a tolerable range of the engine output to a first restriction region when the abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in the drive power output system; and

a secondary restriction unit that shifts the tolerable range of the engine output to a second restriction region, which has an upper limit lower than that of the first restriction region, in accordance with an operation history of the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region, wherein as the operation history of the engine, the secondary restriction unit uses a total workload of the engine in excess of the second restriction region after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region to shift the tolerable range of the engine output from the first restriction region to the second restriction region in accordance with an increase in the total workload.

2. The output restriction device according to claim 1, wherein the first restriction region is a region avoiding immediate disablement of operation of the engine when there is an abnormality in the drive power output system, and the second restriction region is a region enabling a vehicle evacuation travel for a long time even when there is an abnormality in the drive power output system.

3. The output restriction device according to claim 1, wherein the engine output is restricted based on an operation amount of an accelerator in a vehicle when there is an abnormality in the drive power output system;

and

the second restriction region is a region including an output region that is less than or equal to a predetermined equal output line.

5. The output restriction device according to claim 1, wherein the shifting of the tolerable range of the engine output from the first restriction region to the second restriction region is completed when the total workload of the engine reaches a predetermined reference total workload after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region.

7. The output restriction device according to claim 1, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

8. The output restriction device according to claim 2, wherein the engine output is restricted based on an operation amount of an accelerator in a vehicle when there is an abnormality in the drive power output system;

and

the second restriction region is a region including an output region that is less than or equal to a predetermined equal output line.

9. The output restriction device according to claim 8, wherein the shifting of the tolerable range of the engine output from the first restriction region to the second restriction region is completed when the total workload of the engine reaches a predetermined reference total workload after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region.

10. The output restriction device according to claim 9, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

11. The output restriction device according to claim 8, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

12. The output restriction device according to claim 2, wherein the shifting of the tolerable range of the engine output from the first restriction region to the second restriction region is completed when the total workload of the engine reaches a predetermined reference total workload after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region.

13. The output restriction device according to claim 12, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

14. The output restriction device according to claim 3, wherein the shifting of the tolerable range of the engine output from the first restriction region to the second restriction region is completed when the total workload of the engine reaches a predetermined reference total workload after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region.

15. The output restriction device according to claim 14, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

16. The output restriction device according to claim 2, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

17. The output restriction device according to claim 3, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

18. The output restriction device according to claim 5, wherein a total fuel amount supplied for combustion in the engine after the initial restriction unit restricts the tolerable range of the engine output to the first restriction region is used as a physical quantity corresponding to the total workload.

4. (canceled)

6. (canceled)