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Control device for internal combustion engine

  • US 8,515,652 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2009
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control device for an internal combustion engine in which a throttle can be operated during implementation of fuel cut, comprising:

  • target opening setting means which sets a target opening of the throttle based on a target air amount in a cylinder determined from a required torque, when the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied;

    delay processing means which delays the target opening set by the target opening setting means by a predetermined delay time;

    throttle control means which controls the throttle to a closing side in accordance with a predetermined rule until the delay time elapses after the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied, and controls the throttle in accordance with the delayed target opening after the delay time elapses;

    throttle opening predicting means which predicts the throttle opening at the valve closing time point of an intake valve based on the rule until the delay time elapses after the cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied, and predicts the throttle opening at the valve closing time point of the intake valve based on the target opening before delay processing after the delay time elapses;

    final in-cylinder air amount calculating means which calculates a final in-cylinder air amount of each cylinder based on the predicted throttle opening at the valve closing time point of the intake valve; and

    fuel injection control means which calculates a fuel injection amount for each cylinder with the use of the final in-cylinder air amount, and sequentially restarts fuel injection for each cylinder in accordance with an ignition sequence among cylinders, when cancellation conditions of fuel cut are satisfied.

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