CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

• US 20160061138A1
• Filed: 08/27/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Morihiro, Kinji
• Granted Patent: US 9,664,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 11/007 the diagnostic devices measuring oxygen or air concentration downstream of the exhaust apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/101 Three-way catalysts
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/147 the characteristics being a hydrogen content or concentration of the exhaust gases
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/1441 Plural sensors
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/1456 with sensor output signal being linear or quasi-linear with the concentration of oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2461 by learning a value and then controlling another value
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/3094 the fuel injection being effected by at least two different injectors, e.g. one in the intake manifold and one in the cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit corrects a target air-fuel ratio in an air-fuel ratio control with a first correction value set based on a degree of variation among cylinders in terms of a fuel amount to be injected from the port injector, and a second correction value set based on a degree of variation among the cylinders in terms of a fuel amount to be injected from the in-cylinder injector. A first correction amount of the target air-fuel ratio by the first correction value is set to be larger as an injection amount ratio of the intake-port fuel injection valve is larger, and a second correction amount of the target air-fuel ratio by the second correction value is set to be larger as an injection amount ratio of the in-cylinder fuel injection valve is larger.

Claims

1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the control apparatus comprising:

an intake-port fuel injection valve provided in each of a plurality of cylinders, the intake-port fuel injection valve being configured to inject fuel into an intake port of the internal combustion engine;

an in-cylinder fuel injection valve provided in each of the plurality of cylinders of the internal combustion engine, the in-cylinder fuel injection valve being configured to inject fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine;

a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, the catalyst being configured to purify gas exhausted from the internal combustion engine;

an upstream-side sensor configured to output an output value corresponding to an actual air-fuel ratio on an upstream side relative to the catalyst; and

an electronic control unit configured to;

(i) change, according to an engine operation state, injection amount ratios of the fuel to be injected from the intake-port fuel injection valve and the fuel to be injected from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve, relative to a total fuel amount to be injected from the intake-port fuel injection valve and the in-cylinder fuel injection valve,

(ii) execute an air-fuel ratio control of controlling the actual air-fuel ratio to a target air-fuel ratio by correcting the total fuel amount such that the output value of the upstream-side sensor achieves an output value corresponding to the target air-fuel ratio,

(iii) detect a first variation degree indicative of a degree of variation among the cylinders in terms of a fuel amount to be injected from the intake-port fuel injection valve,

(iv) detect a second variation degree indicative of a degree of variation among the cylinders in terms of a fuel amount to be injected from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve,

(v) set a first correction value based on the first variation degree such that a first correction amount of the target air-fuel ratio by the first correction value is set to be larger as the injection amount ratio of the intake-port fuel injection valve is larger,

(vi) set a second correction value based on the second variation degree such that a second correction amount of the target air-fuel ratio by the second correction value is set to be larger as the injection amount ratio of the in-cylinder fuel injection valve is larger, and

(vii) correct the target air-fuel ratio with the first correction value and the second correction value.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to set the first correction value based on the first variation degree, an engine load, and an engine rotation speed.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to obtain the first correction value from a map that uses variables including the first variation degree, the engine load, and the engine rotation speed.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to obtain the first correction value from a function formula that uses variables including the first variation degree, the engine load, and the engine rotation speed.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to set the second correction value based on the second variation degree, an engine load, and an engine rotation speed.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to obtain the second correction value from a map that uses variables including the second variation degree, the engine load, and the engine rotation speed.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to obtain the second correction value from a function formula that uses variables including the second variation degree, the engine load, and the engine rotation speed.