Output control device for internal combustion engine and output control method for internal combustion engine

• US 9,046,045 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2011
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Iriyama, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gimie, Mahmoud
• Application Number:
  US13/640,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20130030676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• Field of Search: 701/48, 701/54, 701/62, 701/76, 701/84, 701/101, 701/102, 123/492, 123/493
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/52 indirect, i.e. vacuum booster units
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 17/02 Arrangements of pumps or compressors, or control devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 17/22 Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0666 Engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/10 Interpretation of driver requests or demands
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 11/105 characterised by the function converting demand to actuation, e.g. a map indicating relations between an accelerator pedal position and throttle valve opening or target engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 11/107 Safety-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/602 Pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2250/26 by applying a torque limit
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 29/02 peculiar to engines driving vehicles; peculiar to engines driving variable pitch propellers
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0002 Controlling intake air
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/107 and deceleration
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/10229 the intake system acting as a vacuum or overpressure source for auxiliary devices, e.g. brake systems; Vacuum chambers air storage chamber F02B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/102 Brake pedal position

Abstract

The present invention concerns an output control device for an internal combustion engine for generating a drive force of a vehicle. The output control device includes a braking request detection sensor for detecting whether or not a braking request operation has been performed, and a controller programmed to calculate a braking operation time from the start of the braking request operation, and limit an output of the internal combustion engine when the braking operation time becomes longer than a predetermined time.

Claims

1. An output control device for an internal combustion engine for generating a drive force of a vehicle, comprising:

a braking request detection unit configured to detect whether or not a braking request operation has been performed;

a braking operation time calculation unit configured to calculate a braking operation time from the start of the braking request operation;

an output limitation unit configured to limit an output of the internal combustion engine when the braking operation time becomes longer than a predetermined time;

an output limitation lifting unit configured to lift output limitation of the internal combustion engine when the braking request operation is finished; and

a repeat determining output limitation unit configured to limit the output of the internal combustion engine before the braking operation time becomes longer than the predetermined time when the braking request operation is started again before a repeat determination time elapses after the braking request operation is finished.

2. The output control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1, comprising:

a non-braking operation time calculation unit configured to calculate a non-braking operation time until the braking request operation is started next after being finished; and

a repeat determining output limitation lifting unit configured to lift limitation by the repeat determining output limitation unit when the non-braking operation time becomes longer than a predetermined time without bringing an output limitation lift by the output limitation lifting unit into operation when the braking request operation is performed again before the repeat determination time elapses after the braking request operation is finished.

3. The output control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the output limitation unit and the repeat determining output limitation unit limit the output of the internal combustion engine to a braking output capable of decelerating the vehicle with a braking force generated by the braking request operation.

4. The output control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein the output limitation unit includes an assisting output limitation unit configured to limit the output of the internal combustion engine to an assisting braking output larger than the braking output before the output of the internal combustion engine is limited to the braking output.

5. An output control method for an internal combustion engine for generating a drive force of a vehicle, comprising:

a braking request detection step of detecting whether or not a braking request operation has been performed;

a braking operation time calculation step of calculating a braking operation time from the start of the braking request operation;

an output limitation step of limiting an output of the internal combustion engine when the braking operation time becomes longer than a predetermined time;

an output limitation lifting step of lifting output limitation of the internal combustion engine when the braking request operation is finished; and

a repeat determining output limitation step of limiting the output of the internal combustion engine before the braking operation time becomes longer than the predetermined time when the braking request operation is started again before a repeat determination time elapses after the braking request operation is finished.