Internal combustion engine with turbo-charger and knocking control system

• US 4,825,836 A
• Filed: 11/23/1987
• Issued: 05/02/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 1 Toyota-Cho Toyota-Shi Aichi-Ken Japan
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirose, Kiyoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dolinar, Andrew M.
• Application Number:
  US07/124,762
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 123/425, 123/435, 123/478, 123/480, 123/492, 123/421, 123/489
• US Class Current: 123/406.29
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/027 using knock sensors
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 37/02 one of the functions being ignition
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 5/1528 for turbocompressed engine
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine provided with a turbo-charger and an ignition retard control system responsive to a signal from knocking sensor for controlling knocking. A system is provided for attaining a fuel enrichment correction at a predetermined range of engine conditions for preventing an increase in a temperature of the exhaust gas. The enrichment is delayed for a predetermined period after moving into that range, to obtain a high fuel economy. A system is further provided for cancelling the enrichment delay when the engine is under a particular condition where the exhaust gas temperature is very apt to be increased. Such a condition is detected by an enrichment correction value or ignition retard correction value which is larger than a threshold value.

Claims

1. An internal combustion engine comprising:

an engine body;

an intake line for introducing air into the engine body;

an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the engine body;

means for supplying an amount of fuel into the engine so as to provide an air-fuel mixture;

means for calculating said amount of fuel to be supplied, from the supply means to the engine, which is determined in accordance with basic engine operating conditions including engine speed and load;

means for modifying said amount of fuel to be supplied by incorporating an enrichment correction value when the engine conditions are such that the temperature of the exhaust gas is increased;

delay means for delaying said modification for a predetermined period after enrichment is required within a time range where the increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas is small;

detecting means for issuing a signal indicating of a particular condition of the engine where the temperature of the exhaust gas is greatly increased when the enrichment is delayed, said detecting means including;

means for setting a threshold value to the enrichment correction value, and

means for judging if the actual enrichment correction value is larger than the threshold value for issuing said signal indicating the particular condition, and;

means, responsive to said signal, for cancelling the operation of the delay means when the engine is in said particular condition.

2. An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said delay means comprising a timer means for detecting a lapse of time after the engine requires a fuel enrichment, means for calculating a threshold value of a lapse of time i.e. accordance with the value of the enrichment correction and means for judging if the lapse of time is larger than the threshold value so as to issue a signal indicating that the delay time has lapsed, to allow the fuel enrichment.

3. An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said modifying means comprise means for detecting an engine speed, means for detecting an engine load, first correction means for calculating a correction amount in accordance with the engine speed and second correction means for calculating a correction amount in accordance with the engine load.

4. An internal combustion engine comprising:

an engine body;

an intake line for introducing air into the engine body;

an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the engine body;

means for supplying an amount of fuel into the engine so as to provide an air-fuel mixture;

means for calculating said amount of fuel to be supplied, from the supply means to the engine, which is determined in accordance with basic engine operation conditions including engine speed and load;

means for modifying said amount of fuel to be supplied by incorporating an enrichment correction value when the engine conditions are such that the temperature of the exhaust gas is increased;

delay means for delaying said modification for a predetermined period after enrichment is required within a time range where the increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas is small;

detecting means for issuing a signal indicating of a particular condition of the engine where the temperature of the exhaust gas is greatly increased when the enrichment is delayed, said detecting means including;

means for setting a threshold value to the enrichment correction value, and

means for judging if the actual enrichment correction value is larger than the threshold value for issuing said signal indicating the particular condition,

means, responsive to said signal, for cancelling the operation of the delay means when the engine is in said particular conditions; and

a system for retarding an ignition timing in order to control an engine operation condition.

5. An internal combustion engine according to claim 4, wherein said system comprises sensor means for detecting a generation of a knocking and means for retarding the ignition timing in accordance with a knocking level detected by the sensor means.

6. An internal combustion engine according to claim 4, wherein said system comprise sensor means for detecting a temperature of the engine and means for retarding the ignition timing in accordance with the temperature of the engine.

7. An internal combustion engine comprising:

an engine body;

an intake line for introducing air into the engine body;

an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the engine body;

turbo-charger means for receiving the energy of the exhaust gas for increasing the intake air pressure in the intake line;

sensor means for providing a signal indicating knocking condition of the engine;

means for controlling an ignition timing in the engine in accordance with a signal from the sensor means for controlling the occurrence of knocking;

means for supplying an amount of fuel into the engine so as to provide an air-fuel mixture;

means for calculating the basic amount of fuel supplied, from the supplying means, to the engine, which is determined in accordance with the basic engine operating conditions including engine speed and load;

means for modifying the basic amount by incorporating an enrichment correction value of the basic amount when the engine conditions are such that the temperature of the exhaust gas is increased;

delay means for delaying said modification for a predetermined period after the enrichment is required within a time range where the increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas is small;

means for setting a threshold value to the enrichment correction value;

means for issuing a signal when the actual ignition timing retard correction value is larger than the threshold value, and;

means for cancelling the operation of the delay means when said signal is issued.

8. An internal combustion engine comprising:

an engine body;

an intake line for introducing air into the engine body;

an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the engine body;

turbo-charger means for receiving the energy of the exhaust gas for increasing the intake air pressure in the intake line;

sensor means for providing a signal indicating a knocking condition of the engine;

means for controlling an ignition timing in the engine in accordance with a signal from the sensor means for controlling the occurrence of the knocking;

means for supplying an amount of fuel into the engine so as to provide an air-fuel mixture;

means for calculating the basic amount of fuel supplied, from the supplying means to the engine, which is determined in accordance with the basic engine operating conditions including engine speed and load;

means for modifying the basic amount by incorporating an enrichment correction value of the basic amount when the engine conditions are such that the temperature of the exhaust gas is increased;

delay means for delaying said modification for a predetermined period after the enrichment is required within a time range that the increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas is small;

means for setting a threshold value to the ignition retard value;

means for issuing a signal when the actual enrichment correction value is larger than the threshold value, and;

means for cancelling the operation of the delay means when said signal is issued.