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11-07-2018 дата публикации

Дизельный двигатель с рядным расположением цилиндров

Номер: RU0000181354U1

Полезная модель направлена на улучшение удельных массогабаритных характеристик дизельного двигателя, предназначенного для использования в дизель-генераторных установках железнодорожной техники. 6-цилиндровый дизельный двигатель выполняют с расположением цилиндров в ряд 1. Основная корпусная деталь двигателя - блок-картер 3 - выполнена из чугуна методом литья, вместе с полостью, которая выполняет функцию впускного коллектора 5 наддувочного воздуха. Для уменьшения габаритного размера блок-картера впускной коллектор 5 в виде полости располагают в боковой верхней части двигателя. Форму впускного коллектора 5 выполняют в соответствии с контуром блок-картера. С целью уменьшения габаритных размеров двигателя и осуществления полостью функции впускного коллектора данную полость перекрывают технологическими заглушками 13.1 и 13.2 с переднего и заднего торцов блок-картера. С этой же целью в полости выполнены выходные окна 6.1-6.6 для прохождения наддувочного воздуха в головки цилиндров. Наддувочный воздух от турбокомпрессора 8 подают по впускным воздушным патрубкам 7.1-7.5. Затем наддувочный воздух поступает во впускной коллектор 5 наддувочного воздуха и далее через выходные окна 6.1-6.6 к головкам цилиндров.После процесса сгорания отработавшие газы поступают в выпускной коллектор 11, расположенный между впускными воздушными патрубками и рядом цилиндров по горизонтали, а по вертикали выше уровня блок-картера 3, но ниже верхнего уровня головок цилиндров. Затем по выпускному газовому патрубку 10 поступают к турбине турбокомпрессора 8.Также к картеру 19 агрегатов, в задней части двигателя, крепят картер 15 маховика, который выполняют из чугуна с фланцем крепления к нему стартера и валопроворотного механизма. К опорной поверхности 9 картера 15 маховика крепят кронштейн 21 для установки турбокомпрессора 8 таким образом, чтобы он был установлен над маховиком 14. 4 ил. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (13) 181 354 U1 (51) МПК F02B 25/00 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ...

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27-09-2012 дата публикации

Air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

Номер: US20120245823A1
Автор: Mamoru Yoshioka
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

After rich control for controlling the air/fuel ratio of a mixture to be an air/fuel ratio richer than stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, lean control is carried out so that air/fuel ratio of the mixture formed in the combustion chamber is controlled to be an air/fuel ratio leaner by a predetermined degree than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, or the air/fuel ratio of the mixture is controlled to temporarily be the air/fuel ratio leaner by the predetermined degree than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio. If lean control is carried out after rich control is finished, temporary lean control provides that a degree of how much the air/fuel ratio of the mixture is leaner than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio when the air/fuel ratio of the mixture is controlled to be the air/fuel ratio leaner than the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio in lean control is lower than the predetermined degree according to the temperature of a catalyst.

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18-04-2013 дата публикации

Method for reducing the particle emissions of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine with direct injection, and internal combustion engine for carrying out such a method

Номер: US20130092124A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A method for reducing the particle emissions of a spark-ignition, direct-injection internal combustion engine is provided. The method comprises operating at least one cylinder superstoichiometrically, responsive to an injector coking level and sufficiently high cylinder temperature, for a duration to increase oxidation of coking residues.

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27-06-2013 дата публикации

Air-fuel ratio control device for internal combustion engine for outboard motor, air-fuel ratio control method, and program product

Номер: US20130166174A1
Принадлежит: Suzuki Motor Corp

An air-fuel ratio control device has an open loop controller which controls an air-fuel ratio to be a target air-fuel ratio, a feedback controller that shifts the target air-fuel ratio to a logical air-fuel ratio, and feedback controls the air-fuel ratio to be the logical air-fuel ratio by using a feedback correction coefficient determined based on an output of an O 2 sensor, an average value calculator that calculates an average value of the feedback correction coefficient when the output of the O 2 sensor reverses from a lean side to a rich side and from the rich side to the lean side in a feedback control by the feedback controller, and a learned value calculator that calculates a learned value based on the average value at a time when the average value calculated by the average value calculator becomes substantially constant.

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29-08-2013 дата публикации

Control device of internal combustion engine

Номер: US20130226436A1
Автор: Koji Morita
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

When alcohol mixing fuel is supplied to an internal combustion engine, an intake air flow rate is detected and a basic amplitude amount α of an upstream target air-fuel ratio abyfr corresponding to this detected intake air flow rate is calculated. Next, alcohol concentration in the fuel (in more detail, ethanol concentration Cetha) and a cooling water temperature (or an intake air temperature) are detected, hydrogen concentration Ch in a mixing exhaust gas is calculated based on the detected ethanol concentration Cetha and the detected cooling water temperature (or the detected intake air temperature) amplitude gain β corresponding to the calculated hydrogen concentration is calculated and finally, an amplitude amount (α×β) of the upstream target air-fuel ratio is calculated.

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05-09-2013 дата публикации

TWO STROKE ENGINE PORTING ARRANGEMENT

Номер: US20130228158A1
Автор: Van Rooyen Basil
Принадлежит: CITS ENGINEERING PTY LTD

A gas transfer port system for a cylinder of a two stroke internal combustion engine; said cylinder provided with a fixed separator plate dividing said cylinder into an upper section and a lower section; a piston in said cylinder reciprocating between said separator plate and a cylinder head; and wherein an annular skirt descending from said separator plate forms at least a portion of an annular well between said skirt and an internal surface of said cylinder; said well sealed at the bottom such that said cylinder is isolated from a crankcase of said engine; said gas transfer port system including at least one long gas transfer port connecting a lower portion of said annular well with a gas transfer port outlet aperture in a wall of said cylinder. 1. A gas transfer port system for a cylinder of a two-stroke internal combustion engine; said cylinder provided with a fixed separator plate dividing said cylinder into an upper section and a lower section; a piston in said cylinder reciprocating between said separator plate and a cylinder head; and wherein an annular skirt descending from said separator plate forms at least a portion of an annular well between said skirt and an internal surface of said cylinder; said well sealed at the bottom such that said cylinder is isolated from a crankcase of said engine; said gas transfer port system including at least one long gas transfer port connecting a lower portion of said annular well with a gas transfer port outlet aperture in a wall of said cylinder; said gas transfer port system further including a short gas transfer port connecting an inlet aperture proximate an upper surface of said fixed separator plate and said outlet aperture; said outlet aperture common to both said long gas transfer port and said short gas transfer port.2. The system of wherein said long gas transfer port and said short gas transfer ports form at least one pair of multiple pairs of gas transfer ports.3. The system of wherein said fixed separator ...

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05-09-2013 дата публикации

Air-fuel ratio control apparatus

Номер: US20130231845A1
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

An air-fuel ratio control apparatus of the present invention comprises an inverse direction spike introducing section and an inverse direction spike interval setting section. The inverse direction spike introducing section introduces, while an air-fuel ratio correction required by an output of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is being carried out, an inverse direction spike which is an air-fuel ratio spike to temporarily change an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas toward a direction opposite to a direction of the air-fuel ratio correction with respect to a target control air-fuel ratio. The inverse direction spike interval setting section sets, based on an operating state of an internal combustion engine system, an inverse direction spike interval which is an interval between two of the inverse direction spikes next to each other in time.

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05-12-2013 дата публикации

Fuel injection amount control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

Номер: US20130325296A1
Принадлежит: Toyota Motor Corp

A control apparatus comprising an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed between the exhaust gas aggregated portion and the three-way catalyst, and which outputs an output value corresponding to an amount of oxygen and an amount of unburnt substances that has reached the exhaust-gas-side electrode layer via the porous; an actual detected air-fuel ratio obtaining section which obtains an actual detected air-fuel ratio by converting an actual output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor into an air-fuel ratio; and an instructed fuel injection amount calculation section which corrects the amount of the fuel injected from a plurality of the fuel injection valves so that the actual detected air-fuel ratio coincides with a target air-fuel ratio; and an air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value obtaining section which obtains an air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value which becomes larger as a degree of a non-uniformity among a plurality of the cylinders of cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratios.

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION VALVE

Номер: US20170002782A1
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A fuel injection valve includes a nozzle needle that opens or closes an injection hole communicating with an internal combustion engine, and a high-pressure fuel is introduced into a control room to urge the nozzle needle to close the injection hole. An orifice body includes a discharge passage through which the fuel is discharged from the control room to a low pressure portion, and an orifice-body sheet surface that is flat and surrounds a downstream end part of the discharge passage. A valve body contacts with or separates from the orifice-body sheet surface to close or open the discharge passage. A chamfered part is provided on a corner part in which the orifice-body sheet surface intersects with the discharge passage. 1. A fuel injection valve comprising:a nozzle needle that opens or closes an injection hole through which a fuel is injected into an internal combustion engine;a control room into which a high-pressure fuel is introduced to urge the nozzle needle in a valve closing direction;an orifice body including a discharge passage through which the fuel is discharged from the control room to a low pressure portion, and an orifice-body sheet surface that is flat and surrounds a downstream end part of the discharge passage;a valve body that contacts with or separates from the orifice-body sheet surface to close or open the discharge passage; anda chamfered part provided on a corner part in which the orifice-body sheet surface intersects with the discharge passage.2. The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body includes a valve-body sheet surface that is flat and contacts with or separates from the orifice-body sheet surface.3. The fuel injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein the chamfered part is a tapered surface inclined at an angle other than 45° with respect to the orifice-body sheet surface.4. The fuel injection valve according to claim 3 , whereina largest diameter of the chamfered part is defined as D1,a smallest diameter ...

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05-01-2017 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CHANGES TO COMPRESSION RATIO AND PEAK FIRING PRESSURE OF AN ENGINE

Номер: US20170003190A1
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A system includes a cylinder, a piston, a sensor configured to detect vibrations of the cylinder, piston, or both that correspond with varying pressures within the cylinder, and a controller coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from the sensor corresponding with first vibrations of the cylinder and to deduce from the first signal a first operating value of a parameter indicative of peak firing pressure at a first time, to compare the first operating value with a baseline value of the parameter indicative of peak firing pressure to detect a change in peak firing pressure, to receive a second signal from the sensor corresponding with second vibrations of the cylinder and to deduce from the second signal a second operating value of the parameter indicative of peak firing pressure at a second time, and to compare the second operating value with the baseline value to confirm the change in peak firing pressure. 1. A reciprocating engine system , comprising:a cylinder;a piston disposed within the cylinder;a sensor disposed proximate to the cylinder and configured to detect vibrations of the cylinder, piston, or both that correspond with varying pressures within the cylinder;a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to receive a first signal from the sensor corresponding with first vibrations of the cylinder and to deduce from the first signal a first operating value of a parameter indicative of peak firing pressure at a first time, to compare the first operating value with a baseline value of the parameter indicative of peak firing pressure to detect a change in peak firing pressure, to receive a second signal from the sensor corresponding with second vibrations of the cylinder and to deduce from the second signal a second operating value of the parameter indicative of peak firing pressure at a second time, and to compare the second operating value with the baseline value to confirm the change in peak firing ...

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180010486A1
Автор: Yoshihara Yasushi
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Intake holes at the opposite ends are opened and closed by first intake valves. The middle intake hole is opened and closed by a second intake valve. A control device includes an intake variable valve device. First branch channels are connected to the intake holes and produce a normal tumble flow. A second branch channel is configured such that the flow rate of intake air passing through the middle intake hole is relatively greater on the side closer to the outer periphery of the combustion chamber. Where increasing the flow coefficient is given a higher priority, a three-valve drive mode is selected. Where the strength of the normal tumble flow is enhanced, a two-valve drive mode is selected. Where production of the normal tumble flow is reduced, a one-valve drive mode is selected. 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine that includes:a spark plug disposed at a combustion chamber top surface of a cylinder;a fuel injection valve configured to supply a fuel into the cylinder;three intake holes formed in the combustion chamber top surface, the area of a middle intake hole of the three intake holes being smaller than the sum of the areas of intake holes at opposite ends;at least one exhaust hole formed in the combustion chamber top surface;first intake valves configured to open and close the intake holes at the opposite ends;a second intake valve configured to open and close the middle intake hole;at least one exhaust valve configured to open and close the at least one exhaust hole;an intake variable valve device configured to separately control opening and closing of the first intake valves and opening and closing of the second intake valve; andan intake channel that includes first branch channels and a second branch channel, the first branch channels being connected to the intake holes at the opposite ends and being configured to produce a normal tumble flow that ascends on an intake side and descends on an exhaust side in the cylinder, and the second ...

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11-01-2018 дата публикации

Valve Assembly for an Injection Valve and Injection Valve

Номер: US20180010561A1
Принадлежит: Continental Automotive GmbH

A valve assembly for an injection valve is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a valve body having a cavity with a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion, a valve needle, an armature which is able to slide on the valve needle, and a disc element positioned to limit axial displaceability of the armature relative to the valve needle. The disc element includes a plurality of passages extending in axial direction through a disc-shaped part of the disc element. The passages provide a first flow resistance for a fluid passing in a direction away from the fluid outlet passage and a second flow resistance in a direction towards the fluid outlet passage, wherein the second flow resistance is larger than the first flow resistance. 11. A valve assembly for an injection valve () , comprising:a valve body comprising a cavity with a fluid inlet portion and a fluid outlet portion, a valve needle axially movable in the cavity, the valve needle preventing a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in a closing position and releasing the fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in further positions;an armature for an electro-magnetic actuator unit, the armature axially movable in the cavity, the armature comprising a central axial opening through which the valve needle extends so that the armature is able to slide on the valve needle, anda disc element being fixedly connected to the valve needle and positioned to limit axial displaceability of the armature relative to the valve needle in a direction towards the fluid outlet portion,wherein the disc element comprises a collar part extending around and adjoining the valve needle and a disc-shaped part extending radially outwards from the collar part, the disc-shaped part comprising a plurality of passages extending in an axial direction through the disc-shaped part, wherein the passages are configured and arranged to provide a first flow resistance for a fluid passing in a direction away from the fluid outlet passage ...

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10-01-2019 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTOR

Номер: US20190010908A1
Принадлежит:

A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel injector is particularly suitable for use as a dual fuel injector, and comprises a generally tubular outer valve needle, an inner valve needle slidably received in the outer valve needle, and a nozzle body assembly comprising a tip part and a needle guide part. The tip part defines a seating region for the outer valve needle, and the needle guide part comprises a guide bore for slidably receiving the outer valve needle. In one embodiment, a lower bore region of the needle guide part defines a. cavity around the outer valve needle which houses a biasing spring for the outer valve needle and a fuel. A collar for seating the biasing spring can be dimensioned to allow free flow of the fuel from the cavity into an annular accumulator volume defined between the outer valve needle and the bore of the tip part. 1. A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine , comprising:a generally tubular outer valve needle arranged to control the injection of a first fuel from the fuel injector;an inner valve needle slidably received in the outer valve needle; anda nozzle body assembly comprising a tip part and a needle guide part;wherein the tip part defines a seating region for the outer valve needle; andwherein the needle guide part comprises a guide bore for slidably receiving the outer valve needle and a lower bore region adjacent the tip part, the lower bore region of the needle guide part having a larger bore diameter than the guide bore and defining a cavity formed around the outer valve needle for receiving a biasing means and the first fuel.2. The fuel injector according to claim 1 , wherein the biasing means is configured to bias the outer valve needle into engagement with the seating region defined by the tip part.3. The fuel injector according to claim 1 , wherein the outer valve needle includes a collar dimensioned to allow free flow of the first fuel from the cavity into an accumulator volume ...

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21-01-2016 дата публикации

CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20160017831A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A control device for an internal combustion engine, equipped with: an exhaust purification catalyst capable of storing oxygen; a downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor arranged downstream in the direction of flow of exhaust from the exhaust purification catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control device that controls the air-fuel ratio such that air-fuel ratio of the exhaust flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst reaches a target air-fuel ratio. The control device changes the target air-fuel ratio to a lean air-fuel ratio setting when the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a rich air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a slightly lean air-fuel ratio setting before the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a lean air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a rich air-fuel ratio setting when the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a lean air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a slightly rich air-fuel ratio setting before the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a rich air-fuel ratio. 1. A control system of an internal combustion engine , the engine comprising an exhaust purification catalyst which is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which can store oxygen ,the system comprising: a downstream side air-fuel ratio detection device which is arranged at a downstream side, in the direction of flow of exhaust, of said exhaust purification catalyst and which detects the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas which flows out from said exhaust purification catalyst, and an air-fuel ratio control system which controls said air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas so that said air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst becomes a target air-fuel ratio,the air-fuel ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180023433A1
Автор: SUZUKI Hayato
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An object is to enable an exhaust gas purification system to bring about satisfactory oxidation of fuel in an oxidation catalyst in a temperature raising process of a filter, thereby allowing fuel supply to be performed at as low a temperature as possible. In the exhaust gas purification system, when the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the oxidation catalyst exceeds a specific threshold temperature that is determined based on the cetane number of fuel, a controller performs the temperature raising process. If the quantity of heat generated in the oxidation catalyst per unit time is smaller than a specific value while the temperature raising process is being performed, the temperature raising process in progress is suspended. The temperature raising process is resumed later on when the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the oxidation catalyst exceeds an updated threshold temperature higher than the specific threshold temperature. 1. An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine comprising:a filter provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine to trap particulate matter in exhaust gas;an oxidation catalyst provided in said exhaust passage upstream of said filter or supported on said filter;a fuel supplier that is configured to supply fuel to the exhaust gas upstream of said oxidation catalyst; anda controller comprising at least one processor configured to:determine, after fuel is supplied to a fuel tank of said internal combustion engine, a cetane number of said fuel used in the internal combustion engine after the supply of fuel; andperform a temperature raising process, which is a process of raising a temperature of said filter by heat of oxidation reaction of fuel in said oxidation catalyst, by supplying fuel to the exhaust gas through said fuel supplier when the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into said oxidation catalyst exceeds a specific threshold temperature that is determined on the basis ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180023486A1
Автор: YAMASHITA Yoshiyuki
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A control device of an internal combustion engine provided with a compression ratio control part controlling a mechanical compression ratio to a target compression ratio. The compression ratio control part is configured provided with an optimum compression ratio calculating part calculating an optimum compression ratio in an engine operating state based on the engine operating state, a permittable changed compression ratio calculating part calculating a permittable changed compression ratio giving an effect of improvement of the fuel efficiency even considering the amount of fuel consumed by driving a motor when the optimum compression ratio is higher than a target compression ratio, and a target compression ratio changing part changing the target compression ratio to the permittable changed compression ratio if the optimum compression ratio is higher than the target compression ratio and the optimum compression ratio becomes the permittable changed compression ratio or more. 1. A control device for an internal combustion engine for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with:an engine body; anda variable compression ratio mechanism configured to drive a motor to thereby enable change of a mechanical compression ratio of the engine body,which control device comprises a compression ratio control part configured to control the mechanical compression ratio to a target compression ratio,the compression ratio control part comprising:an optimum compression ratio calculating part configured to calculate an optimum compression ratio in the engine operating state based on the engine operating state;a permittable changed compression ratio calculating part configured to calculate a permittable changed compression ratio higher than the target compression ratio giving the effect of improvement of the fuel efficiency even if considering the amount of fuel consumed by driving the motor when the optimum compression ratio is higher than the target compression ratio; anda ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

Expandable Joint for Variable Compression Ratio Engines

Номер: US20180023487A1
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According to the present invention an expandable joint is made without removable bearing caps by preassembling eccentric bushings onto the hinge pin. The expandable joint has a hinge type construction, but with the journals for each side of the hinge being spaced apart so that the distance between the two sides of the hinge changes with rotation of the hinge pin. The expandable joint of the present invention is assembled by sliding the hinge pin into the hinged joint with the eccentric bushings attached. Once the hinge pin is in place, the eccentric bushings are locked in place with fasteners so that they do not rotate. After the eccentric bushings are locked in place, the hinge pin can be turned to expand the joint. The expandable joint is intended for use in variable compression ratio engines, where expansion of the joint changes the compression ratio of the engine. 1246810. An eccentric hinged joint () having a first bearing housing () having a plurality of primary journal bearings () , and a second bearing housing () having a plurality of secondary journal sockets () , and{'b': 12', '14', '16, 'a hinge pin () having a plurality of primary journals () and a plurality of secondary journals (),'}{'b': 14', '18', '16', '20', '20', '18, 'said primary journals () defining a first journal axis () and said secondary journals () defining a second journal axis (), said second journal axis () being offset from said first journal axis (),'}{'b': 2', '22', '22', '10, 'wherein said eccentric hinged joint () further includes one or more eccentric bushings (), said one or more eccentric bushings () being located in said second secondary journal sockets (),'}{'b': 14', '6', '16', '22', '2, 'said primary journals () being rotatably mounted in said primary journal bearings (), and said secondary journals () being rotatably mounted in said eccentric bushings () for providing eccentric motion of the eccentric hinged joint ().'}22422102210. The eccentric hinged joint of claim 1 , ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

DEVICE OF PREDICTING PRESSURE OF DIESEL ENGINE AND PRESSURE PREDICTING METHOD USING THE SAME

Номер: US20180023505A1
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A method of predicting a cylinder pressure of a diesel engine by a pressure predicting device may include predicting a pilot injection combustion pressure by pilot injection; predicting main combustion duration of main injection; and predicting a main injection combustion pressure after the main injection by using the pilot injection combustion pressure and the main combustion duration. 1. A method of predicting a cylinder pressure of a diesel engine by a pressure predicting device , the method comprising:predicting a pilot injection combustion pressure by pilot injection;predicting main combustion duration of main injection; andpredicting a main injection combustion pressure after the main injection by using the pilot injection combustion pressure and the main combustion duration.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicting of the main combustion duration includes:predicting an ignition delay time from an injection time of the main injection up to a combustion start time, andderiving the main combustion duration from the combustion start time up to a combustion end time of the main injection.3. The method of claim 2 , whereinthe predicting of the main injection combustion pressure includespredicting a main combustion start pressure at the combustion start time by using the pilot injection combustion pressure and the ignition delay time.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the predicting of the main injection combustion pressure further includes:deriving the main injection combustion pressure after the main injection by using a Wiebe function and deriving a maximum combustion pressure of the main injection at the combustion end time.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicting of the pilot injection combustion pressure includes:predicting a pressure before the pilot injection by using an engine driving variable, andderiving the pilot injection combustion pressure by using the pressure before the pilot injection and the Wiebe function.6. The method of claim 5 ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

SOLENOID-BASED FUEL INJECTOR

Номер: US20180023527A1
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A solenoid-based fuel injector is described. The fuel injector comprises a tubular body () comprising a magnetic material and an armature () disposed inside the tubular body. The tubular body has an integrally-formed, inwardly-projecting shelf () configured to provide a pole piece. 234-. (canceled)35. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein higher valve opening forces are available due to stretching of the rod or needle.36. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle has a diameter of about 0.5 mm.37. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle is a needle which is hollow with a thin wall thickness.38. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle is sufficiently thin so as to be stretchable during operation.39. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle comprises a high-tensile steel.40. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle has a length between 20 and 70 mm.41. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the armature and the rod or needle are fixed together.42. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle is configured such that the armature accelerates before the valve opens.43. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle is configured such that the armature applies force within 100 μsec before the valve opens.44. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein the rod or needle is configured such that the armature applies force in less than a quarter claim 1 , less than a half claim 1 , less than a third of the spring mass system's natural period before the valve opens.45. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein damping is provided for the valve sealing element.46. The solenoid-based fuel injector of claim 1 , wherein damping is provided for the valve sealing element by a closely-fitting sleeve.47. The solenoid-based fuel ...

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25-01-2018 дата публикации

IGNITION TIMING CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180023530A1
Автор: SHINOHARA Yoshitsugu
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine including: a setting unit configured to set a target ignition timing of the internal combustion engine based on a reference ignition timing and an advance correction amount; a start determination unit configured to determine, based on change in an alcohol concentration, whether or not the fuel injected from a fuel injection valve starts to switch from a first fuel to a second fuel higher in the alcohol concentration than the first fuel; a completion determination unit configured to determine whether or not switching to the second fuel is completed; a restriction unit configured to restrict the advance correction amount during a switching period to the advance correction amount corresponding to the alcohol concentration of the first fuel or lower; and a cancel unit configured to cancel restriction of the advance correction amount after the completion of the switching is determined. 1. An ignition timing control device for an internal combustion engine configured to use a fuel containing alcohol , the internal combustion engine includinga fuel injection valve,a delivery pipe configured to supply the fuel to the fuel injection valve,a fuel pipe configured to communicate with the delivery pipe,a fuel tank, andan alcohol concentration sensor provided to one of the fuel pipe and the fuel tank, the alcohol concentration sensor being configured to detect a concentration of alcohol in the fuel,the ignition timing control device comprisingan electronic control unit configured to:acquire an operating state of the internal combustion engine;acquire the concentration of alcohol in the fuel based on the alcohol concentration detected with the alcohol concentration sensor;calculate a reference ignition timing of the internal combustion engine based on the operating state;calculate an advance correction amount of an ignition timing such that an advance amount of the ignition timing increases more as the alcohol ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

METHOD FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO IN A COMBUSTION ENGINE AND DEVICE FOR THE METHOD

Номер: US20220042467A1
Автор: Hedman Mats
Принадлежит: Hedman Ericsson Patent AB

The present invention concerns a method for providing a variable compression ratio in a combustion engine, where the combustion chamber () is formed substantially by a piston bowl in the main piston (), comprising a secondary piston () being displaceable against spring action between an upper/outer position which provides minimal volume of the combustion chamber () and lower/inner position which provides maximum volume of the combustion chamber (), or in a position therebetween depending on introduced air mass before the compression stroke. The method is characterized in arranging said secondary piston () resting on a spring () with substantially constant spring force adapted such that introduced air mass is to be compressed to a predetermined pressure at the end of the compression stroke. The invention also concerns a corresponding device and a diesel engine comprising such a device. 1. A method for providing a variable compression ratio in a diesel engine comprising a combustion chamber formed substantially by a piston bowl in a main piston , the diesel engine comprising a secondary piston being displaceable against spring action between an upper/outer position which provides minimal volume of the combustion chamber and a lower/inner position which provides maximum volume of the combustion chamber , or in a position therebetween depending on introduced air mass before a compression stroke , wherein the method comprises:arranging said secondary piston resting on a spring with substantially constant spring force adapted such that introduced air mass is compressed to a predetermined pressure at an end of the compression stroke, wherein the predetermined pressure is substantially equal when said secondary piston is in said upper/outer position and in said lower/inner position.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said spring force further is adapted such that the secondary piston is displaced to the lower/inner position during a working stroke when fuel is ...

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10-02-2022 дата публикации

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT AND CONTROL OF THE NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS

Номер: US20220042475A1
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An internal combustion engine (), with an engine regulating device () and an exhaust gas aftertreament device () with an SCR catalytic converter () for the reduction of at least one NOcomponent, and with a catalytic converter regulating device (), wherein the engine regulating device () is prescribed a target value for an NOmean value of the NOcomponent of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point () of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device () in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device () is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOreference value for the catalytic converter regulating device () with consideration of Nocomponents which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device () at the end of the predefinable time period when the calculated NOreference value of the catalytic converter regulating device () is fed as NOsetpoint value to the regulating means. 1. A system , comprising: [{'sub': 'x', 'an engine block having a plurality of piston-cylinder units configured to combust an air-fuel mixture to produce exhaust gases containing a NOproportion or component;'}, {'b': '16', 'sub': 'x', 'an exhaust gas aftertreatment apparatus () configured to aftertreat the exhaust gas to reduce the NOproportion or component, wherein the exhaust gas aftertreatment apparatus has at least one SCR catalytic converter and a catalytic converter closed-loop control configured to open-loop or closed-loop control the at least one SCR catalytic converter; and'}, 'an engine closed-loop control unit configured to control operation of the engine block, wherein:, 'an internal combustion engine, comprising{'o': [{'@ostyle': 'single', 'sub': 'x', 'NO'}, {'@ostyle': 'single', 'sub': 'x', 'NO'}], 'sub': ,Tar', 'x', 'x', 'av, 'the engine closed-loop ...

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01-02-2018 дата публикации

Hydraulic antivibrating device

Номер: US20180031072A1
Принадлежит: HUTCHINSON SA

Vibration damping device comprising two frames and an elastomer body that connects armatures together and which delimits a first hydraulic chamber that communicates with a second hydraulic chamber that can be deformed by a constricted passage. A sealed box, integral with the second frame, contains a control device and an actuator. The box is sealed and comprises at least one flexible wall separating from the atmosphere, the interior space of the box.

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05-02-2015 дата публикации

ETHANOL-BASED FUEL AND USE THEREOF

Номер: US20150034035A1
Принадлежит: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG

An ethanol-based fuel is disclosed that includes 40 to 90% by volume ethanol and 60 to 10% by volume castor oil. The fuel may also include one or more additives in a total amount of up to 10 wt. % of the total weight of the ethanol and castor oil. The ethanol-based fuel may be used for operating an internal combustion engine, and may be used as a switch-over fuel, in between using different fuels that are incompatible with each other. 1. An ethanol-based fuel , consisting of 40 to 90% by volume ethanol and 60 to 10% by volume castor oil , and including at least one additive in a total amount of up to 10 wt.-% of the total weight of the ethanol and castor oil.2. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 70 to 90% by volume and the castor oil content is 30 to 10% by volume.3. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 80 to 90% by volume and the castor oil content is 20 to 10% by volume.4. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 85 to 90% by volume and the castor oil content is 15 to 10% by volume.5. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 40 to 80% by volume and the castor oil content is 60 to 20% by volume.6. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 45 to 65% by volume and the castor oil content is 55 to 35% by volume.7. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 45 to 55% by volume and the castor oil content is 55 to 45% by volume.8. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 48 to 52% by volume and the castor oil content is 52 to 48% by volume.9. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the ethanol content is 50% by volume and the castor oil content is 50% by volume.10. The fuel of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additive is selected from the group consisting of thermal stabilizers claim 1 , aging stabilizers claim 1 , antioxidants claim 1 , coloring agents claim 1 , dyes claim 1 , odor modifying agents claim 1 , rust inhibitors claim 1 , inhibitors of gum formation claim 1 , metal deactivators ...

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07-02-2019 дата публикации

FLOW CONTROL DEVICE

Номер: US20190040827A1
Принадлежит: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Provided is a fuel injection device that can secure strength capable of withstanding high fuel pressure. In a fuel injection device in which a fuel boundary includes two or more components, two components are press-fitted with an inner diameter and an outer diameter and are brought into contact at a butting surface, abutting welding is performed from a direction nearly parallel to the butting surface, an inner diameter side corner portion of the butting surface of a component to be fitted and press-fitted on an inner diameter side is chamfered longer in a direction perpendicular to the butting surface to increase a welding coupling length than a butting length, welding coupling length is less than welding depth, weld penetration depth is not less than material thickness, and the center of the weld is on a base material side, the outer diameter of which is larger than a joining face. 1. A flow control device including a first component and a second component having an opposing surface facing one surface of the first component , comprising:a butting surface that makes mutual contact between the one surface of the first component and the opposing surface of the second component; anda weld portion formed along the butting surface on the butting surface of the first component and the second component, whereinan air gap is formed by the weld portion, the first component, and the second component, anda welding direction tip end portion of the weld portion is positioned on a welding direction side with respect to the welding direction tip end portion of the butting surface.2. The flow control device according to claim 1 , whereinthe welding direction tip end portion of the weld portion is positioned on a welding direction side with respect to a welding direction tip end portion of the air gap.3. The flow control device according to claim 1 , whereina central portion in a direction orthogonal to a welding direction of the weld portion is positioned on a butting direction ...

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06-02-2020 дата публикации

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING HIGH ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE FUEL

Номер: US20200040862A1
Автор: Beckmann Reiner Otto
Принадлежит: Vitesco Technologies GmbH

A method and a corresponding device are disclosed for starting an internal combustion engine designed for alcohol or a high content of alcohol in a mixed alcohol-gasoline fuel, including setting an early starting ignition time point in a first time period beginning immediately after the activation of the starting process of the engine. The rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is monitored and the number of the cylinder working cycles is summed during the starting process and, upon exceeding a predetermined rotational speed threshold value, the number of those cylinder working cycles is summed in which there occurs a rotational speed increase greater than a predetermined threshold value. The number of the cylinder working cycles is compared with predetermined threshold values and, upon reaching or exceeding the threshold values, the ignition time point is shifted starting from the early ignition time point toward a late ignition time point. 1. A method for starting an internal combustion engine designed for alcohol or a high content of alcohol in a mixed alcohol-gasoline fuel , the method comprising:setting an early starting ignition time point in a first time period beginning immediately after activation of a starting process of the internal combustion engine, which early starting ignition time point lies in a range from 60° crank angle to 100° crank angle before a top dead center of a piston of the internal combustion engine,monitoring a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine during the starting process,summing cylinder working cycles and, upon reaching or exceeding at least one of a predetermined number and a rotational speed threshold value, an ignition time point is shifted starting from the early starting ignition time point toward a late ignition time point,upon reaching or exceeding a predetermined rotational speed threshold value, summing a number of cylinder working cycles in which there occurs a rotational speed increase or a ...

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19-02-2015 дата публикации

SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT FUEL INJECTION VALVE

Номер: US20150047611A1
Принадлежит: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve includes, at least, a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat. In the spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve: the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member; an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet; and an extending length (L) of the injection hole does not exceed three times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole. 1. A spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve , comprising , at least , a seat member provided with a fuel injection hole and a valve seat and a valve body which controls fuel injection from the injection hole by contacting and separating from the valve seat ,wherein the injection hole has an injection hole inlet which is open inwardly of the seat member and an injection hole outlet which is open outwardly of the seat member,wherein an opening edge of the injection hole inlet has a first round-chamfered portion formed on an upstream side with respect to a fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet,wherein the seat member has a cut-away portion outside the injection hole outlet, andwherein an extending length (L) of the injection hole is three or less times a hole diameter (D) of the injection hole.2. The spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve according to claim 1 ,wherein the opening edge of the injection hole inlet further has a second round-chamfered portion smaller in curvature radius than the first round-chamfered portion, the second round-chamfered portion being formed on a downstream side with respect to the fuel flow toward the injection hole inlet.3. The spark-ignition direct fuel injection valve according to ...

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26-02-2015 дата публикации

FUEL CONTROL FOR SPARK IGNITED ENGINE HAVING A PARTICULATE FILTER SYSTEM

Номер: US20150053190A1
Принадлежит:

A system for filtering and oxidizing particulate matter produced by a gasoline direct injection engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, engine cylinder air-fuel is adjusted to allow soot to oxidize at an upstream particulate filter while exhaust gases are efficiently processed in a downstream catalyst. 1. A method , comprising:comparing an oxygen concentration of exhaust entering a particulate filter with an oxygen concentration of exhaust exiting the filter and entering a three-way catalyst downstream of the filter;operating a cylinder of a turbocharged spark-ignited engine lean for a length of time, the length of time based on a measured oxygen storage capacity of the three-way catalyst, to regenerate the filter while maintaining exhaust exiting the filter at stoichiometry.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein operating the cylinder lean comprises leaning an air-fuel mixture of the cylinder such that an integrated air-fuel mixture over a number of cylinder cycles moves leaner.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the length of time that said cylinder operates lean is increased relative to an amount of time said cylinder operates lean when said cylinder operates at similar operating conditions when said particulate filter is not being regenerated.4. A method for processing particulate matter claim 1 , comprising:directing exhaust gases from a spark-ignited gasoline engine to an exhaust system, said exhaust system an upstream three-way catalyst followed by a particulate filter, followed by a downstream three-way catalyst; andduring particulate filter regeneration, adjusting a gasoline engine air-fuel mixture, including oscillating the air-fuel mixture between a lean air-fuel mixture and a rich air-fuel mixture while shifting an entire oscillating air-fuel ratio lean entering the particulate filter; andduring non-particulate filter regeneration, adjusting the gasoline engine air-fuel mixture, including oscillating the air-fuel mixture between a lean air-fuel mixture and a ...

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25-02-2021 дата публикации

OPERATION CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE ENGINE AND VEHICLE SYSTEM

Номер: US20210054796A1
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In a method of performing active control between a lean operation state and a rich operation state on a vehicle engine including a three way catalyst in an exhaust path, on a downstream side with respect to the three way catalyst in the exhaust path, a limited current type NOx sensor having NHinterference and also capable of detecting a change in an oxygen concentration on the downstream side is disposed, and an operation state of the vehicle engine is switched between a lean operation state and a rich operation state at a timing when a detection of a change in an oxygen concentration in an exhaust air flowing out from the three way catalyst or a detection of NOx or NHis performed first by the NOx sensor. 1. A method of performing active control between a lean operation state and a rich operation state on a vehicle engine including a three way catalyst in an exhaust path , comprising steps of:{'sub': '3', 'a) locating, on a downstream side with respect to the three way catalyst in the exhaust path, a limited current type NOx sensor having NHinterference and also capable of detecting a change in an oxygen concentration on the downstream side; and'}{'sub': '3', 'b) switching an operation state of the vehicle engine between a lean operation state and a rich operation state at a timing when a detection of a change in an oxygen concentration in an exhaust air flowing out from the three way catalyst or a detection of NOx or NHis performed first by the NOx sensor.'}2. The method of controlling operation of the vehicle engine according to claim 1 , wherein{'sub': '3', 'when the vehicle engine is in a rich operation state, the operation state of the vehicle engine is switched to a lean operation state at a timing when a detection of decrease in the oxygen concentration in the exhaust air or a detection of NHis performed first by the NOx sensor, and'}when the vehicle engine is in a lean operation state, the operation state of the vehicle engine is switched to a rich operation ...

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13-02-2020 дата публикации

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20200049046A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit configured to i) perform a fuel introduction process, ii) calculate a total injection amount in the fuel introduction process, and control each of fuel injection valves based on a required injection amount per cylinder when the fuel introduction process is performed, and iii) perform a cylinder deactivation process for stopping fuel from being injected for one or some of cylinders, and controlling each of the fuel injection valves such that an amount of the fuel obtained by dividing the total injection amount is injected for a cylinder or cylinders other than the one or some of the cylinders for which the fuel is stopped from being injected, when the fuel introduction process is performed. 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders; a plurality of fuel injection valves configured to supply fuel to the plurality of cylinders , respectively; an ignition device configured to perform spark discharge to burn , in the plurality of cylinders , an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel injected from the plurality of fuel injection valves; and a three-way catalyst that is provided in an exhaust passage , the control apparatus comprisingan electronic control unit configured toi) perform a fuel introduction process for causing the plurality of fuel injection valves to inject the fuel and causing the fuel that remains unburned to flow out from the plurality of cylinders to the exhaust passage, when combustion of the air-fuel mixture in the plurality of cylinders is stopped in a situation where a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine rotates,ii) calculate a total injection amount in the fuel introduction process, and control each of the plurality of fuel injection valves based on a required injection amount per cylinder that is obtained by dividing the total injection amount in accordance with the number of the fuel injection valves that ...

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23-02-2017 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC FUEL INJECTION VALVE

Номер: US20170051696A1
Принадлежит: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Because the relationship of the fuel injection quantity to a designated injection period differs in a half-lift region and a full-lift region, the purpose of the present invention is to bring the flow rate characteristics of an intermediate-lift region close to the flow rate characteristics of the full-lift region and improve the controllability of small fuel injection quantities. Provided are a peak current supply period in which a valve body of a fuel injection valve causes the magnetic force necessary for a valve-opening action to be generated, and a lift quantity adjustment period in which, after the peak current supply period, a current lower than the peak current is passed for a prescribed period; further provided is a current interrupt period in which a drive current is rapidly lowered before the lift quantity adjustment period. 1. A control device for electromagnetic fuel injection valve that supplies a driving current to a solenoid to open a valve body with a magnetic force and injects a fuel into an internal combustion engine , a supply period of the driving current comprising:a peak current supply period in which a magnetic force necessary for a valve-opening action of the valve body is generated; anda lift quantity adjustment period in which a current lower than the peak current is passed for a prescribed period after the peak current supply period,wherein the control device controls, based on a length of the lift quantity adjustment period, at least one of a lift quantity of the valve body, an actual valve-opening period before the valve body reaches a full-lift position, and a fuel injection quantity injected into the internal combustion engine before the valve body reaches the full-lift position, and performs control such that injection pulse width regions are continuous between time of half-lift control before the valve body reaches the full-lift position and time of full-lift control after the valve body reaches the full-lift position.2. The control ...

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01-03-2018 дата публикации

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY

Номер: US20180058405A1
Автор: Zhang Xiaogang
Принадлежит:

Methods and systems are provided for injecting fuel through three different rows of injector nozzles, where each row of the injector nozzle is arranged along a different vertical plane of the injector body. In one example, an injector needle housed movably inside the injector body may supply high-pressure fuel to each of the rows of injector nozzles sequentially to deliver up to five fuel injections in one actuation cycle of the fuel injector. In another example, a fuel injector may include three injector needles, where movement of each injector needle inside a respective chamber of the fuel injector body may supply high-pressure fuel to the chamber from where the fuel may be injected through the coupled fuel injector nozzles. 21. The method of claim , wherein displacing the plurality of fuel injector needles comprises displacing a first injector needle of the plurality of fuel injector needles for a first distance from a closed position to a first open position , wherein at the first open position , the fuel injector injects fuel through the first nozzle fluidically coupled to the first chamber , the first chamber receiving fuel through a first passage of the first injector needle fluidically coupled to a first fuel branch.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein displacing the first injector needle further comprises displacing the first injector needle along with a second injector needle of the plurality of fuel injector needles for a second distance from the first open position to the second open position claim 2 , wherein at the second open position claim 2 , the fuel injector injects fuel through the second nozzle and through the first nozzle.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein at the second open position claim 3 , the second chamber receives fuel through a second passage of the second injector needle claim 3 , the second passage coupled to a second fuel branch claim 3 , and at the second open position claim 3 , the first injector needle is fluidically decoupled from ...

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04-03-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING ENGINE POWER OUTPUT UNDER GLOBALLY STOICHIOMETRIC OPERATION

Номер: US20210062745A1
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Methods and systems are provided for increasing engine power via partial engine enrichment and exhaust gas recirculation. In one example, a method may include enriching a first set of engine cylinders, enleaning a second set of the engine cylinders, and operating a third set of the engine cylinders at stoichiometry, exhaust gas from all of the engine cylinders producing a stoichiometric mixture at a downstream emission control device, and providing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an intake passage of the engine from the first set of cylinders. In this way, cooling effects from the partial enrichment and the EGR enable engine air flow, and thus engine power, to be increased while an efficiency of the emission control device is maintained, thereby decreasing vehicle emissions. 1. A method , comprising:while operating an engine, enriching a first set of cylinders, enleaning a second set of cylinders, and maintaining a third set of cylinders at stoichiometry, exhaust gas from the first set, the second set, and the third set producing a stoichiometric mixture at a downstream emission control device, and providing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an intake passage of the engine from the first set of cylinders.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein enriching the first set of cylinders claim 1 , enleaning the second set of cylinders claim 1 , and maintaining the third set of cylinders at stoichiometry is responsive to an engine torque demand being greater than a threshold torque and further responsive to a rate of the EGR of the reaching a threshold rate.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:responsive to the rate of the EGR remaining below the threshold rate while the engine torque demand is greater than the threshold torque, maintaining the first set of cylinders, the second set of cylinders, and the third set of cylinders at stoichiometry while increasing the rate of the EGR responsive to an increase in the engine torque demand.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein ...

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10-03-2016 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE

Номер: US20160069281A1
Принадлежит: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION

If an engine body is under a load greater than a predetermined load, a controller selects a first fuel feeding mode in which more fuel is fed during a compression stroke than during an intake stroke if the engine body has a temperature equal to or below a predetermined temperature, and selects a second fuel feeding mode in which more fuel is fed during the intake stroke than during the compression stroke if the temperature of the engine body is higher than the predetermined temperature. Immediately after a switch from the first fuel feeding mode to the second fuel feeding mode as the temperature of the engine body rises, the controller sets a correction factor for making an augmenting correction to a fuel amount to be greater than that before the switch. 1. A control device for a spark-ignition engine , the device comprising:an engine body configured to run with a fuel including an unconventional fuel, of which the vaporization rate is lower, at or below a specific temperature, than that of the gasoline;a fuel feeder configured to feed the fuel into a cylinder provided for the engine body; anda controller configured to operate the engine body by controlling at least the fuel feeder, wherein select a first fuel feeding mode in which a larger amount of the fuel is fed during a compression stroke than during an intake stroke if the engine body has a temperature which is equal to or below a predetermined temperature; and', 'select a second fuel feeding mode in which a larger amount of the fuel is fed during the intake stroke than during the compression stroke if the engine body has a temperature which is higher than the predetermined temperature,, 'if the engine body is under a load greater than a predetermined load, the controller is configured tothe amount of the fuel to be fed by the fuel feeder is obtained by making an augmenting correction to a basic fuel feeding amount to be set based on a running state of the engine body, using a correction factor which has been ...

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17-03-2016 дата публикации

FUEL-INJECTION SYSTEM HAVING A FUEL-CONDUCTING COMPONENT, A FUEL INJECTOR AND A SUSPENSION MOUNT

Номер: US20160076503A1
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A suspension mount for fuel-injection systems is used to connect a fuel injector to a fuel distributor. A connecting body having an accommodation space is provided, a fuel connector of the fuel injector being able to be disposed at least partially in the accommodation space. In addition, a joining body is provided that is disposed, at least in sections, partially in at least one recess of the connecting body, the recess being connected to the accommodation space, and on which the fuel connector is able to be supported along a longitudinal axis of the accommodation space. The joining body also has an elastically deformable element, the elastically deformable element being disposed in such a way that the joining body permits elastic support of the fuel connector on the connecting body at least along the longitudinal axis. A fuel-injection system having such a suspension mount is also indicated. 111-. (canceled)12. A suspension mount for a fuel-injection system and for connecting a fuel injector to a fuel-conducting component , comprising:a connecting body including an accommodation space, a fuel connector of the fuel injector being able to be disposed at least partially in the accommodation space; and the fuel connector is able to be supported on the joining body along a longitudinal axis of the accommodation space,', 'the joining body includes an elastically deformable element, and', 'the elastically deformable element is disposed in such a way that the joining body permits an elastic support of the fuel connector on the connecting body at least partially along the longitudinal axis., 'a joining body situated, at least in sections, partially in at least one recess of the connecting body, the recess being connected to the accommodation space, wherein13. The suspension mount as recited in claim 12 , wherein the elastically deformable element is disposed in such a way that the joining body permits elastic support of the fuel connector on the connecting body at least ...

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24-03-2022 дата публикации

Heating Device for an Exhaust System of an Internal Combustion Engine

Номер: US20220090567A1
Принадлежит: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.

A heating device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine; the heating device has: a first tubular body wherein a combustion chamber is obtained; a fuel injector to inject fuel into the combustion chamber; an inlet opening, which is obtained through the first tubular body and can be connected to a fan to receive an air flow, which is directed into the combustion chamber; a hot air outlet opening to let hot air out of the combustion chamber; an outlet duct, which originates from the outlet opening; a spark plug which is mounted through a side wall of the first tubular body to trigger the combustion of a mixture of air and fuel; and a labyrinth, which surrounds a side wall of the tubular body, starts from the inlet opening, ends in the combustion chamber, and the air must necessarily flow out of the inlet opening until reaching the combustion chamber. 16126) A heating device () for an exhaust system () of an internal combustion engine (); the heating device () comprises:{'b': ['12', '7'], '#text': 'a first tubular body () where a combustion chamber () is obtained on the inside;'}{'b': ['9', '14', '12', '7'], '#text': 'a fuel injector (), which is mounted through a first base wall () of the first tubular body () so as to inject fuel into the combustion chamber ();'}{'b': ['18', '8', '7'], '#text': 'at least one inlet opening (), which can be connected to a fan () so as to receive an air flow, which is directed into the combustion chamber () and mixes with the fuel;'}{'b': ['17', '7', '17', '15', '12', '14'], '#text': 'a hot air outlet opening () to let hot air out of the combustion chamber (), which outlet opening () is obtained at a second base wall () of the first tubular body () opposite the first base wall ();'}{'b': ['11', '17'], '#text': 'an outlet duct (), which originates from the outlet opening ();'}{'b': ['10', '16', '12'], '#text': 'a spark plug (), which is mounted through a side wall () of the first tubular body () so as to trigger the ...

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26-03-2015 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150083085A1
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With reference to FIG. the present invention provides an internal combustion engine comprising a variable volume combustion chamber (), an air intake passage (), a throttle (), a bypass passage () which bypasses the throttle () and via which air and/or recirculated exhaust gas is supplied to the intake passage () via a delivery nozzle () located downstream of the throttle (). A fuel injector () delivers fuel to a mixing chamber and the bypass passage () is connected to the mixing chamber so that air or recirculated exhaust gas flowing through the bypass chamber entrains fuel present in the mixing chamber and a resulting mixture is delivered to the intake passage () via the delivery nozzle (). 1. An internal combustion engine comprising:a variable volume combustion chamber;an air intake passage supplying air to the combustion chamber via an air intake valve;a throttle provided in the air intake passage for throttling flow of air through the air intake passage;a venture formed in the air intake passage downstream of the throttle;a bypass passage which bypasses the throttle and via which air and/or recirculated exhaust gas is supplied to the venture of the intake passage via, a delivery outlet located in a throat of the venturi;a fuel injector;fuel and air mixing means comprising a bypass flow chamber, connected to the bypass passage, surrounding a mixing chamber, the mixing chamber being enclosed within the bypass flow chamber and arranged such that the fuel can accumulate in and fill up the mixing chamber for subsequent entrainment; anda control unit operatively associated with the injector and the intake valve to deliver fuel from the fuel injector to the mixing chamber while the air intake valve is closed;wherein the bypass passage is connected to the fuel and air mixing means so that air or recirculated exhaust gas flowing through the bypass passage passes through the mixing chamber, entrains fuel present in the mixing chamber and a resulting mixture is delivered ...

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12-06-2014 дата публикации

Six-Stroke Combustion Cycle Engine and Process

Номер: US20140158071A1
Автор: Kenth Svensson
Принадлежит: Caterpillar Inc

A fuel introduction system introduces fuel to an internal combustion engine operating on a six-stroke combustion cycle including a first compression stroke, a first power stroke, a second compression stroke, and a second power stroke. The fuel introduction system includes a first orifice set for introducing a first fuel charge to a combustion chamber of the engine during the first compression stroke and/or power stroke and a second orifice set for introducing a second fuel charge to the combustion chamber during the second compression stroke and/or power stroke. Combustion of the second fuel charge can assist in burning particulate matter left in the combustion chamber from combusting the first fuel charge. The first and second orifice sets can be configured to differentiate the first and second fuel charges by, for example, fuel quantity or spray pattern.

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19-03-2020 дата публикации

Variable Compression Ratio Engine by Hydraulic-Mechanical Mechansim

Номер: US20200088117A1
Автор: ElZein Ali Abed-Ali
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Variable compression ratio (VCR) in reciprocating internal combustion engine must be achieved in very short time or in less than 10 degrees from TDC. To accomplish this a closed-circuit system of hydraulic cylinder pump-follower driven by End-Cam, centered on the crankshaft journal, and a hydraulic jack linked to a mechanical scissor jack. This arrangement speeds up the VCR action while reduces pressure load on the VCR mechanism and allows for higher compression ratio. The rotation of the End-Cam with respect to the hydraulic cylinder pump engages the plunger-follower with the Cam rise/lift at TDC. Then starts pumping oil to the hydraulic jack that is linked to the scissor jack and lift/push up the engine piston. Addition of an actuator to the End-Cam advances or delays VCR action. This hydraulic-mechanical system is compact is size with options for various mechanical linkages and customizable in different ways that two configurations are presented. 1a rise and return hydraulic cylinder pumps with plungers follow an End-Cam and a hydraulic jack;a fixed or actuated End-Cam with/without outer groove leading to composite End-Face-Cam;a customized mechanical linkage to hydraulic jack with preference of scissor jack type; anda Face-Cam with two concentric semi-circle grooves as an additional or sole mechanical VCR driving the mechanical, scissor, linkage.. A variable compression ratio mechanism of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, comprising: This application claims the benefit of and takes priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/732,286 filed on Sep. 17, 2018, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.The present invention generally relates to a reciprocating internal combustion engine with a variable compression ratio using hydraulic-mechanical mechanism capable of shifting-up the TDC position towards the head cylinder, hence reduces clearance volume and increases the compression ratio of the engine.Variable compression ratio ...

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19-03-2020 дата публикации

EXHAUST CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20200088118A1
Автор: IWACHIDO Kinichi

A filter is disposed on an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine to capture particulate matter exhausted from the internal combustion engine. A controller is caused to execute regeneration control that incinerates the particulate matter captured on the filter. The controller accomplishes the regeneration control by executing lean incineration control and stoichiometric incineration control in combination with each other. The lean incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, keeping an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine to be leaner than a logical air-fuel ratio. The stoichiometric incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, oscillating the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine about the logical air-fuel ratio as an average air-fuel ratio at a predetermined first cycle. 1. An exhaust controlling apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising:a filter that is disposed on an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine and that captures particulate matter exhausted from the internal combustion engine; anda controller that executes regeneration control that incinerates the particulate matter captured on the filter, whereinwhile the controller is executing the regeneration control, the controller executes lean incineration control and stoichiometric incineration control in combination with each other;the lean incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, keeping an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine to be leaner than a logical air-fuel ratio; andthe stoichiometric incineration control incinerates the particulate matter, oscillating the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine about the logical air-fuel ratio as an average air-fuel ratio at a predetermined first cycle.2. The exhaust controlling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the controller starts the regeneration control claim 1 , the controller executes stoichiometric heating control that heats the filter ...

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13-04-2017 дата публикации

CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20170101950A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

An internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst. A control system of the engine comprises a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, and an air-fuel ratio control device which controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas. The target air-fuel ratio is set to a lean air-fuel ratio when an output air-fuel ratio of the sensor becomes a rich judged air-fuel ratio or less and is set to a rich air-fuel ratio when an output air-fuel ratio becomes a lean judged air-fuel ratio or more. When the engine operating state is a steady operation state and is a low load operation state, at least one of an average lean degree of the target air-fuel ratio while the target air-fuel ratio is set to a lean air-fuel ratio and an average rich degree of the target air-fuel ratio while the target air-fuel ratio is set to a rich air-fuel ratio is increased. 1. A control system of an internal combustion engine , the engine comprising an exhaust purification catalyst which is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which can store oxygen , the control system comprising:a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is arranged at a downstream side of said exhaust purification catalyst in a direction of exhaust flow and which detects an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing out from said exhaust purification catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control device which controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas so that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into said exhaust purification catalyst becomes a target air-fuel ratio,wherein said target air-fuel ratio is set to a lean air-fuel ratio which is leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when an exhaust air-fuel ratio which is detected by said downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a rich judged air-fuel ratio, which is richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, or less, and is set to a rich air-fuel ratio which ...

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27-04-2017 дата публикации

Ducted fuel injection

Номер: US20170114998A1
Автор: Charles J. Mueller
Принадлежит: Sandia Corp

Various technologies presented herein relate to enhancing mixing inside a combustion chamber to form one or more locally premixed mixtures comprising fuel and charge-gas to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and/or other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. The various technologies presented herein can be utilized in a number of combustion systems, such as compression-ignition (CI) reciprocating engines, spark-ignition (SI) reciprocating engines, gas-turbine (GT) engines, burners and boilers, wellhead/refinery flaring, etc.

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07-05-2015 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION PRESSURE IN AN ENGINE HAVING AN IN-CYLINDER PRESSURE SENSOR

Номер: US20150122223A1
Автор: Zukouski Russell P.

A method of operating an internal combustion engine is provided. An in-cylinder pressure within a cylinder of the engine is determined. A fuel injection pressure from a fuel injector disposed within the cylinder is determined. A ratio of the in-cylinder pressure within the cylinder and the fuel injection pressure is compared to a stored threshold value. The fuel injection pressure is adjusted based upon the comparison of the ratio of the in-cylinder pressure within the cylinder and the fuel injection pressure to the stored threshold value. 1. A method of operating an internal combustion engine comprising:determining an in-cylinder pressure within a cylinder of the engine;determining a fuel injection pressure from a fuel injector disposed within the cylinder;comparing a ratio of the in-cylinder pressure within the cylinder and the fuel injection pressure to a stored threshold value; andadjusting the fuel injection pressure based upon the comparison of the ratio of the in-cylinder pressure within the cylinder and the fuel injection pressure to the stored threshold value.2. A method of operating an internal combustion engine comprising:determining an air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine;adjusting at least one of fuel injection quantity and intake air flow to provide an air/fuel ratio between about 15 and about 18;determining an in-cylinder pressure within a cylinder of the engine;determining a fuel injection pressure from a fuel injector disposed within the cylinder;adjusting a compression ratio of the engine based upon a comparison of a ratio of the in-cylinder pressure within the cylinder and the fuel injection pressure to a predetermined stored threshold value. The present disclosure relates to a system and method of controlling combustion within an internal combustion engine having a variety of sensors for monitoring combustion occurring within a cylinder, such that adjustments may be made to operating parameters of the internal combustion engine. The ...

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07-05-2015 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR VARIABLE-COMPRESSION-RATIO INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150122225A1
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A control device for a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine is equipped with a variable compression ratio device capable of changing an engine compression ratio of the internal combustion engine. The control device detects or estimates the temperature of an exhaust component (B11), and sets a target exhaust gas temperature based on the temperature of the exhaust component (B12). A mixing ratio and compression ratio set section (B13) sets a fuel mixing ratio and the engine compression ratio within such a range as not to exceed the target exhaust gas temperature such that energy loss becomes minimum. 1. (canceled)2. A control device for a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine equipped with a variable compression ratio device capable of changing an engine compression ratio of the internal combustion engine , the control device comprising:an exhaust component temperature acquisition section that detects or estimates a temperature of an exhaust component;a target exhaust gas temperature set section that sets a target exhaust gas temperature based on the temperature of the exhaust component; anda mixing ratio and compression ratio set section that sets a fuel mixing ratio of fuel and air and the engine compression ratio within such a range as not to exceed the target exhaust gas temperature such that energy loss is reduced, based on at least the target exhaust gas temperature,wherein in a case where an operating region is an operating region in which the temperature of the exhaust component is to be restricted to a predetermined limit value or less, and the temperature of the exhaust component is lower than the limit value, the target exhaust gas temperature set section sets the target exhaust gas temperature higher as the temperature of the exhaust component becomes lower.3. A control device for a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine equipped with a variable compression ratio device capable of changing an engine ...

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25-04-2019 дата публикации

SPARK IGNITION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20190120148A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A control system of an internal combustion engine includes an S/V ratio changing mechanism able to change an S/V ratio of a combustion chamber and a detection device having an output value changing in accordance with a hydrogen concentration in exhaust gas, which increases along with an increase in the S/V ratio, the internal combustion engine being controlled by the output value of the detection device. Further, the output value of the detection device or a parameter relating to operation of the internal combustion engine is corrected in accordance with the S/V ratio of the above S/V ratio changing mechanism. 1. A control system of an internal combustion engine comprising:an S/V ratio changing mechanism that changes an S/V ratio of a combustion chamber;a three-way catalyst which is arranged in an engine exhaust passage;an oxygen sensor or an air-fuel ratio sensor that is arranged upstream of the three-way catalyst in the engine exhaust passage and that is to output an output value changing in accordance with a hydrogen concentration in exhaust gas, which increases along with an increase in the S/V ratio; anda controller configured to control an air-fuel ratio of gas corresponding to the output value of the oxygen sensor or the air-fuel ratio sensor to be leaner so that the air-fuel ratio of gas which flows into the three-way catalyst is closer to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when the air-fuel ratio of gas corresponding to the output value of the oxygen sensor or the air-fuel ratio sensor is low than when the air-fuel ratio of gas is high, and so that a lean changing degree of the air-fuel ratio of gas corresponding to the output value of the oxygen sensor or the air-fuel ratio sensor is larger when the S/V ratio is high than when the S/V ratio is low.2. The control system of the internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the oxygen sensor or the air-fuel ratio sensor includes an upstream side sensor which is arranged at an upstream side of the ...

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10-05-2018 дата публикации

FUEL REFORMING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE INTAKE AND EXHAUST LINE

Номер: US20180128164A1
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A fuel reforming system for a vehicle intake and exhaust line that reforms fuel in a vehicle intake and exhaust line including an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) apparatus that recirculates a portion of an exhaust gas of an engine and a recirculation line that transfers an exhaust gas that is recirculated by the exhaust gas recirculation apparatus to supply as an intake gas of the engine, may include a fuel reformer that mixes an exhaust gas that passes through the recirculation line with fuel and that reforms fuel that is mixed in the exhaust gas, wherein an insulation material is coated at a wall surface of the fuel reformer. 1. A fuel reforming system for a vehicle intake and exhaust line that reforms fuel in the vehicle intake and exhaust line having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) apparatus that recirculates a portion of an exhaust gas of an engine and a recirculation line that transfers the exhaust gas that is recirculated by the exhaust gas recirculation apparatus to supply as an intake gas of the engine , the fuel reforming system comprising:a fuel reformer that mixes an exhaust gas that passes through the recirculation line with fuel and that reforms fuel that is mixed in the exhaust gas,wherein an insulation material is coated at a wall surface of the fuel reformer, andwherein a thickness of the coated insulation material is 100 μm to 300 μm.2. The fuel reforming system of claim 1 , wherein the insulation material contains aerogel of 15 wt. % or more.3. The fuel reforming system of claim 1 , wherein the fuel reformer includes:an inlet that receives an exhaust gas that passes through the recirculation line;a mixing portion that mixes an exhaust gas that is entered into the inlet with fuel;a reforming portion that reforms fuel that is mixed with an exhaust gas in the mixing portion; andan outlet that discharges an exhaust gas that passes through the reforming portion to the recirculation line.4. The fuel reforming system of claim 3 , wherein in the mixing ...

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19-05-2016 дата публикации

ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS

Номер: US20160138510A1
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Engines fuelled with gaseous fuel stored in liquefied form comprise different strategies and controls for managing gaseous fuel compared to other systems, previously resulting in an ad hoc arrangements of controllers. An engine control apparatus comprises an internal combustion engine fuelled with a gaseous fuel stored in liquefied form and a control unit programmed with a fuel system module, for monitoring gaseous fuel pressure and actuating a fuel injection apparatus for introducing gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber, and a liquefied gaseous fuel module, for monitoring the quantity of liquefied gaseous fuel remaining in a storage vessel and controlling a pumping apparatus that pumps liquefied gaseous fuel from the storage vessel to a vaporizer. The fuel system control module and the liquefied gaseous fuel control module cooperate to introduce gaseous fuel in the combustion chamber at a predetermined pressure as a function of engine operating conditions. 1. An engine control apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine fuelled with a gaseous fuel stored in liquefied form comprising: a fuel system module for monitoring gaseous fuel pressure and actuating a fuel injection apparatus for introducing gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of said internal combustion engine; and', 'a gaseous fuel module for monitoring the quantity of liquefied gaseous fuel remaining in a storage vessel and controlling a pumping apparatus that pumps liquefied gaseous fuel from said storage vessel to a vaporizer;, 'a control unit programmed withwherein said fuel system control module and said gaseous fuel control module cooperate to introduce gaseous fuel in said combustion chamber at a predetermined pressure as a function of engine operating conditions.2. The engine control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fuel injection apparatus introduces gaseous fuel directly into said combustion chamber.3. The engine control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fuel injection apparatus ...

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07-05-2020 дата публикации

Combustion control device for compression autoignition engine

Номер: US20200141348A1
Принадлежит: Mazda Motor Corp

A control device for a compression autoignition engine includes an engine, a state quantity setting device, a spark plug, a controller, and a sensor. The spark plug receives a control signal from the controller and ignites air-fuel mixture at predetermined ignition timing such that the ignited air-fuel mixture is combusted by flame propagation and then unburned air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber is combusted by autoignition. The controller outputs a control signal to an injector such that preceding injection and succeeding injection are performed in a compression stroke.

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18-06-2015 дата публикации

VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE

Номер: US20150167563A1
Принадлежит: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY

A variable compression ratio engine includes a variable chamber housing in fluidic communication with a combustion chamber of the engine, a chamber plunger slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing and forming a variable chamber together with the variable chamber housing, a hydraulic pressure cylinder connected with the variable chamber housing, a hydraulic piston slidably disposed within the hydraulic pressure cylinder, having a slider protruded to form first and second operation chambers with the hydraulic pressure cylinder and connected with the chamber plunger, a control plunger connected with the hydraulic piston, a control cylinder for receiving the control plunger and slidable with respect to the control plunger, a compression ratio control portion selectively moving the control cylinder along the length direction, and hydraulic pressure lines supplying control hydraulic pressure to the first or second operation chamber or releasing the control hydraulic pressure from the first or second operation chamber according to relative positions of the control cylinder. 1. A variable compression ratio engine comprising:a variable chamber housing in fluidic communication with a combustion chamber of the engine;a chamber plunger slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing and forming a variable chamber together with the variable chamber housing;a hydraulic pressure cylinder connected with the variable chamber housing;a hydraulic piston, which is slidably disposed within the hydraulic pressure cylinder, of which a slider is protruded to form a first and a second operation chambers together with the hydraulic pressure cylinder, and which is connected with the chamber plunger;a control plunger connected with the hydraulic piston;a control cylinder of which the control plunger is disposed therein, and the control cylinder relatively slidable with respect to the control plunger;a compression ratio control portion selectively moving the control cylinder ...

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18-06-2015 дата публикации

EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150167570A1
Принадлежит: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

The objective of the present invention is to provide an exhaust purification system that is capable of purifying exhaust gas during both lean and stoichiometric driving. The exhaust purification system is equipped with: a feedback-use identifier, which identifies parameter values such that the error between the output value from a LAF sensor and the estimated value for the LAF sensor output as obtained from a model equation is minimized; and a stoichiometric driving mode controller. The controller performs feedback control and thereby determines the fuel injection amount such that in the stoichiometric driving mode the equivalence ratio value as calculated from the parameters reaches a target value which is set such that a three-way purification reaction occurs in an under-engine catalyst. The identifier identifies the model parameters before feedback control is initiated by the controller. 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine which switches between a lean operation mode to set an equivalence ratio of air-fuel mixture lean and a stoichiometric operation mode to set the equivalence ratio of air-fuel mixture stoichiometric under a predetermined condition , comprising:a catalytic purification device which is arranged at an exhaust passage of the engine and which includes at least one catalyst at which a three-way purification reaction and a NOx purification reaction in the lean operation mode proceed;an exhaust gas sensor which detects an equivalence ratio of exhaust gas;a fuel injection amount determining unit which determines a fuel injection amount of the engine; anda parameter identifying unit which models a system from a parameter related to the fuel injection amount to a parameter related to an output of the exhaust gas sensor with a model formula including model parameters, and which identifies values of the model parameters to minimize an error between an estimated value of the parameter related to the output of the exhaust gas ...

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24-06-2021 дата публикации

EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20210189940A1
Принадлежит:

A vehicle exhaust gas purification system and a control method thereof that may effectively remove nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas even in a cold state, which is the initial stage of an engine starting, is disclosed. A control method of an exhaust gas purification system of a vehicle may include: a step of performing a rich control for controlling a concentration of non-combusted fuel contained in the exhaust gas flowing into the housing to be a rich fuel directly after the starting of the engine; a step of performing a lean control for controlling the concentration of the non-combusted fuel contained in the exhaust gas flowing into the housing to be a lean fuel; a step of determining whether a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the housing is a predetermined temperature or more; and a step of performing a normal control for controlling the concentration of the non-combusted fuel contained in the exhaust gas flowing into the housing so that a lean fuel and a rich fuel are periodically repeated with a regular interval. 1. An exhaust gas purification system of a vehicle provided on an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust side of an engine for purifying an exhaust gas of the engine , comprising:a housing having a front and a rear, the housing receiving the exhaust gas exhausted from the engine and disposed on the exhaust pipe to exhaust passing exhaust gas backward;a front catalyst embedded in the housing to primarily purify the exhaust gas flowing into the housing through the front of the housing;a rear catalyst embedded in the housing to secondarily purify the exhaust gas passing through the front catalyst before flowing out to the rear of the housing; anda controller connected to the exhaust pipe at the front of the housing and controlling a concentration of a non-combusted fuel included in the exhaust gas according to a temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into the housing,wherein the controller temporarily performs a rich control for controlling the ...

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16-06-2016 дата публикации

Piston machine

Номер: US20160169058A1
Принадлежит: IBOS Innovations Pty Ltd

A piston machine including: a crankshaft; a cylinder defining an internal chamber; a piston positioned in the chamber, the piston being connected to the crankshaft and being configured to reciprocate inside the chamber; a head attached to the cylinder and closing the chamber at an end opposing the piston. The head includes at least one port group including ports for allowing fluid communication between the chamber and a respective manifold; and for each port group, a valve arrangement coupled to the head, each valve arrangement including, a valve for operatively controlling fluid flow through the respective port and a bridge coupled to the valves, wherein movement of the bridge relative to the head causes synchronised operation of the valves; and, an actuator for causing the bridge to move based on the reciprocation of the piston.

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29-09-2022 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20220307441A1
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A control device of an internal combustion engine including an electronic control unit configured to execute: a base injection amount calculation process of calculating a base value; an injection valve operation process of operative the fuel injection valve; a feedback process of correcting an injection amount in the injection valve operation process; and a determination process of determining whether or not the amount of fuel flowing into the cylinders other than fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is equal to or larger than a threshold value. When it is determined as a result of the determination that the amount of fuel flowing into the cylinders other than the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is equal to or larger than the threshold value, the electronic control unit (does not execute the process of injecting fuel from the fuel injection valve with the feedback process stopped. 1. A control device of an internal combustion engine applied to the internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders , comprising an electronic control unit configured to execute the following processes:a base injection amount calculation process of calculating a base value of an injection amount injected by a fuel injection valve that supplies fuel to the cylinders;an injection valve operation process of operating the fuel injection valve so as to inject fuel in an amount according to the base value;a feedback process of correcting an injection amount in the injection valve operation process with respect to the base value to perform feedback control and bring an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture inside the cylinders of the internal combustion engine to a target value; anda determination process of determining whether or not an amount of other fuel flowing into the cylinders other than fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is equal to or larger than a threshold value,wherein the injection valve operation process includes a closed-loop process and ...

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15-06-2017 дата публикации

Solenoid actuator

Номер: US20170169926A1
Автор: Dames Andrew
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A short travel solenoid actuator () is disclosed which comprises at least one pole piece (), an armature (), an electromagnet coil () arranged, in response to energisation, to actuate the armature between first and second positions. A permanent magnet () is positioned and orientated so as to latch the armature in the first and second positions when the armature is in the first and second positions respectively. A spring () is arranged to bias the armature. 1. (canceled)2. A method of operating a fuel injector which comprises a solenoid actuator comprising at least one pole piece , an armature , an electromagnet coil arranged , in response to energisation , to cause travel of the armature from a first , closed position towards a second , fully-open position , a permanent magnet positioned and orientated so as to magnetically latch the armature in the first and second positions when the armature is in the first and second positions respectively and a spring arranged to bias the armature and configured to provide sufficient force so as to prevent the armature from latching in the second position , the method comprising:using closed-loop control.3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein using the closed-loop control comprises:using closed-loop position control.4. A method according to claim 2 , wherein using the closed loop control is used to control partial opening of the fuel injector.5. A method according to claim 2 , wherein using the closed-loop position control comprises:using a flux measurement loop.6. A method according to claim 2 , wherein the closed loop control is usable to supress bounce by slowing the armature before contact with at least one end stop.7. A method according to claim 2 , wherein current is passable in the electromagnet coil in either of two directions.8. A method according to claim 3 , wherein using the closed loop position control is used to control a variable valve lift of the fuel injector. This application is a continuation of U.S. ...

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23-06-2016 дата публикации

TWO-STROKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A SPHERICAL CHAMBER

Номер: US20160177720A1
Автор: Bonnefous Edouard
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An internal combustion heat engine, of which the architecture of one elementary “cylinder” includes 4 identical mobile couplings distributed about the Z axis of the engine, consisting of a segmented “piston” driven by the crank pin of a crankshaft and guided by a roller rolling in a slide. The crankshafts, which are parallel and synchronised by a gear mechanism, perform one revolution per cycle. Each piston includes a sliding surface that nearly touches the cylinder face of the adjacent piston, but on which the segmentation slides in sealed contact. The concave shape of the 4 overlapping faces encloses a chamber volume that changes cyclically: at a minimum, having a quasi-spherical shape during combustion, reducing the heat losses at the walls, and at a maximum, uncovering the ports allowing intake and exhaust via transfer units and manifolds with the possibility of more economical Miller/Atkinson distribution, via rotary plates. 1. A heat engine , internal combustion , alternating , having a fixed chassis assembly , comprising: [ [ [{'b': '51', 'one cylinder face (), with its surface ruled all over and generally concave according to a sliding axis W referenced relative to the piston assembly, and around which it is curved, with this axis being perpendicular to axis Z of the motor,'}, {'b': 52', '51', '53, 'one sliding surface () whose intersection with one edge of the cylinder face () is a sharp edge line, known as front edge () and'}, {'b': '52', 'one sealing device comprising the sliding surface (),'}], 'A piston assembly, consisting of at least, {'b': 30', '39, 'a cyclic drive and orientation mechanism (), consisting of at least one drive shaft (), in cyclic and monotone rotation, which drives and positions the piston assembly relative to the chassis assembly, according to a movement in a plane P that is perpendicular to axis Z of the motor,'}], 'A whole number N, where N is greater than or equal to 3, of moving parts that are likewise distributed at regular ...

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18-09-2014 дата публикации

ROTARY VALVE ENGINE

Номер: US20140261335A1
Автор: Trentham O. Paul
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A reciprocating engine includes an engine body presenting an internal chamber and a fluid intake that supplies intake fluid to the internal chamber. The engine also includes a piston that oscillates within the internal chamber during engine operation. The engine body includes a block and a head that form the internal chamber. 1. A reciprocating engine comprising:an engine body presenting an internal chamber and a fluid intake that supplies intake fluid to the internal chamber;a piston that oscillates within the internal chamber during engine operation,said engine body including a head that presents a passage intersecting the internal chamber; anda head plug adjustably axially positioned at least partly within the passage, with movement of the head plug axially along the passage serving to adjust the compression ratio of the internal chamber.2. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 1 ,said head plug presenting a lower combustion surface that defines a plug concave opening.3. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 2 ,said plug concave opening defining a spherical cap shape.4. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 2 ,said piston presenting a side surface and an upper combustion surface that defines a piston concave opening spaced from the side surface, with the concave openings being opposed to one another.5. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 4 ,said concave openings each defining a spherical cap shape,said concave openings being adjacent one another and cooperatively forming an approximately spherical combustion volume within the internal chamber when the piston is located at top dead center.6. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 5 ,said piston concave opening comprising a semispherical opening.7. The reciprocating engine as claimed in claim 6 ,said upper combustion surface including a planar upper surface that surrounds the semispherical opening and cooperates with the engine body to define a bump clearance dimension when the ...

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02-07-2015 дата публикации

VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE

Номер: US20150184597A1
Принадлежит: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY

A variable compression ratio engine may include a variable chamber housing communicated with a combustion chamber of the engine, a variable chamber piston slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing, forming a variable chamber communicated with the combustion chamber within the variable chamber housing, forming a hydraulic pressure chamber between the variable chamber piston and the variable chamber housing, and having a leaking line for flowing oil leaked from the hydraulic pressure chamber, a connecting shaft connected to the variable chamber piston, and having an oil drain line for exhausting the oil in the leaking line is formed thereto, an oil supplier supplying oil to the hydraulic pressure chamber, and a compression ratio controller connected to the connecting shaft and controlling a relative position of the variable chamber piston. 1. A variable compression ratio engine comprising:a variable chamber housing communicated with a combustion chamber of the engine;a variable chamber piston slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing, forming a variable chamber communicated with the combustion chamber within the variable chamber housing, forming a hydraulic pressure chamber between the variable chamber piston and the variable chamber housing, and having a leaking line for flowing oil leaked from the hydraulic pressure chamber;a connecting shaft connected to the variable chamber piston, and having an oil drain line for exhausting the oil in the leaking line;an oil supplier supplying oil to the hydraulic pressure chamber; anda compression ratio controller connected to the connecting shaft and controlling a relative position of the variable chamber piston.2. The engine of claim 1 , wherein a piston ring is interposed between the variable chamber piston and the variable chamber housing.3. The engine of claim 1 , wherein a leaking groove is formed on the variable chamber piston for the oil leaked from the hydraulic pressure chamber to be temporarily ...

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28-06-2018 дата публикации

CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180179971A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided. The control apparatus is equipped with an electronic control unit. A CPU with which this electronic control unit is equipped performs dither control for setting a first cylinder as a rich-burn cylinder whose air-fuel ratio is richer than a theoretical air-fuel ratio and setting each of second to fourth cylinders as a lean-burn cylinder whose air-fuel ratio is leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio, when a request to raise the temperature of a three-way catalyst is made. Then, the CPU reduces the degree of richness of the rich-burn cylinder and the degree of leanness of each of the lean-burn cylinders while continuing dither control, on the condition that fluctuations at a level equal to or higher than a predetermined value are caused in time-series data on the rotational speed resulting from the combustion in each of the cylinders. 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine , comprising:an electronic control unit configured to:(i) execute a dither control process, the dither control process being a process that is designed to control the internal combustion engine, which is equipped with a catalyst designed to purify exhaust gas discharged from a plurality of cylinders, and that operates fuel injection valves corresponding to the plurality of the cylinders respectively so as to control an air-fuel ratio in a lean-burn cylinder as one of the plurality of the cylinders or each of some of the plurality of the cylinders to an air-fuel ratio leaner than a target value for an average of air-fuel ratios in the plurality of the cylinders, and so as to control an air-fuel ratio in a rich-burn cylinder as the other cylinder or each of the other cylinders to an air-fuel ratio richer than the target value; and(ii) execute a reduction process, the reduction process being a process for reducing a first difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean-burn cylinder and the target value and a ...

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28-06-2018 дата публикации

Valve for metering a fluid

Номер: US20180180003A1
Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A fluid metering valve includes a valve-seat surface; a valve closing element that interacts with the valve-seat surface in order to form a sealing seat; an electromagnetic actuator; a valve needle used for operating the valve-closing element; an armature that is guided on the valve needle and is used for opening or closing the sealing seat; at least one stop that is disposed on, and stationary relative to, the valve needle and that restricts a movement of the armature on the valve needle; and at least one damping element that is configured to provide a damping during the opening or closing of the sealing seat, has a volume that is able to be filled with a fluid medium, is configured such that a fluid medium can be exchanged between the volume and an environment of the damping element, and is configured for volume changes of the volume in order to enable the damping.

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13-06-2019 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL INJECTION IN FLEX-FUEL VEHICLE

Номер: US20190178194A1
Автор: Kim Dongha, Kim Youngjin
Принадлежит: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.

Disclosed are a method and system for controlling fuel injection in response to a change in the content of ethanol in a FFV having oxygen sensors and an ethanol sensor. The system includes an ethanol content change detection unit configured to detect a change in the content of ethanol, a flow rate calculation unit configured to calculate a volumetric flow rate of blending fuel and to integrate the calculated value, a condition determination unit configured to determine whether the change in the content of ethanol satisfies a condition for applying a fuel injection correction value, a control execution determination unit configured to determine whether to apply the fuel injection correction value by comparing the volumetric flow rate integration value with a preset second reference value, and a controller configured to determine a fuel injection correction value and to adjust an amount of fuel injection. 1. A system for controlling fuel injection in response to a change in a content of ethanol in a flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) having oxygen sensors and an ethanol sensor for measuring ethanol content of blending fuel , the system comprising:an ethanol content change detection unit configured to detect a change in a content of ethanol within blending fuel based on a change in a measured value of the ethanol sensor;a flow rate calculation unit configured to calculate a volumetric flow rate of blending fuel injected into a cylinder and to integrate the calculated value when a change in the content of ethanol within the blending fuel is detected by the ethanol content change detection unit;a condition determination unit configured to determine whether the change in the content of ethanol detected by the ethanol content change detection unit satisfies a condition for applying a fuel injection correction value;a control execution determination unit configured to determine whether to apply the fuel injection correction value by comparing the volumetric flow rate integration value ...

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18-06-2020 дата публикации

METHOD OF A CONTROLLED ENGINE, ENGINE AND VARIANTS

Номер: US20200191044A1
Автор: Condon Brendan Robert
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An internal combustion engine and a method of controlling an internal combustion engine are provided, that are more efficient than existing engines. The internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber, and the engine is configurable to operate in: a compressionless operating mode where the engine is driven by combustion of fuel and oxidant in the combustion chamber without compression of the fuel and oxidant; and a compression generating operating mode where the engine is used to compress fluid in the combustion chamber. 1. An internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber , the engine configurable to operate in:a compressionless operating mode where the engine is at least partly driven by combustion of fuel and oxidant in the combustion chamber without compression of the fuel and oxidant by a compression stroke of the engine; anda compression generating operating mode where the engine is at least partly used to compress fluid in the combustion chamber.2. The internal combustion engine of claim 1 , wherein the engine is configurable to switch between the compressionless operating mode and the compression generating operating mode while the engine is running.3. The internal combustion engine of claim 1 , wherein in the compression generating operating mode the contents of the combustion chamber does not include a fuel.4. The internal combustion engine of wherein in the compressionless operating mode the engine is configured to:initially provide the fuel and the oxidant into the combustion chamber, such that at least one of the fuel and oxidant is provided at a level significantly higher than stochiometric proportions, to thereby act as a buffer for initial combustion of the fuel and oxidant;ignite the fuel and oxidant in the combustion chamber of the engine to thereby drive the engine; andsubsequent to igniting the fuel and oxidant, provide further fuel and/or oxidant into the combustion chamber, such that levels of fuel and oxidant in the ...

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18-06-2020 дата публикации

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ENGINE AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE

Номер: US20200191082A1
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Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an oxygen sensor and one or more fuel injectors for each engine cylinder are described. In one example, lines describing a relationship between a fuel mass multiplier and a coefficient of a function describing output of an oxygen sensor to a step change in fuel mass are a basis for determining air-fuel imbalance of engine cylinders. 1. An engine operating method , comprising:adjusting an amount of fuel supplied to a cylinder via a controller according to a cylinder lambda deviation generated via a line describing a relationship between a fuel mass multiplier and a coefficient of a function describing output of an oxygen sensor to a step change in fuel mass.2. The method of claim 1 , where the function includes a time constant.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an equation of the line from a point that lies on the line.4. The method of claim 3 , where a slope of the line is a predetermined value stored in controller memory.5. The method of claim 3 , where the relationship is described via a two dimensional plot claim 3 , and where one axis of the two dimensional plot represents values of the fuel mass multiplier.6. The method of claim 5 , where the cylinder lambda deviation is determined from a value at a point where the line intersects with the one axis.7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the coefficient via adjusting a mass of fuel supplied to the cylinder.8. An engine operating method claim 1 , comprising:adjusting an amount of fuel supplied to a cylinder via a controller according to a slope of a line describing a relationship between a fuel mass multiplier and a coefficient of a function describing output of an oxygen sensor to a step change in fuel mass.9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising adjusting spark timing of the cylinder according to the line describing the relationship between the fuel mass multiplier and the coefficient of friction describing ...

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18-06-2020 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OXYGEN SENSOR LIGHT-OFF

Номер: US20200191083A1
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Methods and systems are provided for a battery supplying power to an exhaust oxygen sensor heater. In one example, a method may include estimating a power delivered to the heater during heating of the sensor and in response to a power delivered from a battery being lower than a threshold, adjusting a battery charging strategy prior to an immediately subsequent engine start. 1. A method , comprising:in response to a power delivered from a battery, as estimated based on a drop in voltage during heating of an exhaust gas oxygen sensor, adjusting a battery charging strategy.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxygen sensor is heated by a heater coupled to the oxygen sensor and wherein the drop in voltage is estimated across the heater.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the voltage drop is a function of a current flowing through a circuit of the heater and a resistance of the circuit claim 2 , and wherein the power is a function of the current flowing through the circuit of the heater and the resistance of the circuit.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the voltage drop is a difference between a lowest magnitude of voltage claim 3 , across the circuit claim 3 , attained during heating of the exhaust gas oxygen sensor and a nominal voltage of the battery claim 3 , and a voltage recovery time is a time to attain the nominal voltage from the lowest magnitude of voltage.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the power is estimated based on the lowest magnitude of voltage claim 4 , the voltage recovery time claim 4 , and the nominal voltage.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising claim 1 , indicating degradation of the battery and notifying an operator in response to the power being lower than a first threshold power and wherein adjusting the battery charging strategy is based on the power being lower than a second threshold power claim 1 , the second threshold power higher than the first threshold power.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the adjusting includes claim 6 , ...

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27-07-2017 дата публикации

Control Device for Engine

Номер: US20170211497A1
Принадлежит:

The purpose of the present invention is to detect deterioration of dead time characteristics of an air-fuel ratio sensor with high accuracy without causing running performance and exhaust performance to worsen. The present invention provides a control device for an engine, characterized by being equipped with: a means for detecting an air-fuel ratio; a means for changing the air-fuel ratio in a predetermined cycle; and a means for sending a notification of an abnormality in the air-fuel ratio detection means or causing at least a portion of the engine control to run in a fail-safe mode when the amplitude of an output signal of the air-fuel ratio detection means at a predetermined frequency is within a predetermined range and the required time or required angle to arrive at a predetermined value of the output signal of the air-fuel ratio detection means from a reference position or reference time point of an engine-related parameter is equal to a predetermined value or higher. 18.-. (canceled)9. A control device for an engine , comprising:an air-fuel ratio detection unit that detects an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust pipe; andan air-fuel ratio change unit that changes an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust pipe in a predetermined cycle,wherein a notification of an abnormality in the air-fuel ratio detection unit is notified or at least a portion of engine control is caused to run in a fail-safe mode on the basis of an amplitude and a phase change of an output signal of the air-fuel ratio detection unit when the air-fuel ratio is changed by the air-fuel ratio change unit.10. The control device for the engine according to claim 9 ,wherein a notification of an abnormality in the air-fuel ratio detection unit is notified or at least a portion of engine control is caused to run in a fail-safe mode when an amplitude of an output signal of the air-fuel ratio detection unit at a predetermined frequency while the air-fuel ratio is changed by the air-fuel ratio change unit is equal to ...

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25-06-2020 дата публикации

COMBUSTION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY WITH ADAPTED MIXED AIR HOLES

Номер: US20200200069A1
Автор: GERENDAS Miklos
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The proposed solution relates to a combustion chamber assembly of an engine (T), in which an overrun of a spark plug is defined with a specific outer cone and a specific inner cone, and mixing air holes of a first arrangement and of at least one second arrangement that lie at least partially in a partial region of the overrun of the spark plug, said overrun being defined by the outer cone and the inner cone and extending downstream of the spark plug as far as an inner apex point (Si) of the inner cone, are formed with a flow cross section which is different from a flow cross section which the mixing air holes adjoining in the circumferential direction (U) of the respective arrangement have. 2. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , depending on whether the access hole of the spark plug is sealed by at least one seal or whether there is a leakage gap (g) between an inner lateral surface of the access hole and the spark plug claim 1 , the flow cross section of the mixing air holes lying at least partially in the partial region of the overrun is increased or reduced in relation to the mixing air holes of the respective arrangement.3. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 2 , wherein claim 2 , when a spark plug is provided in a sealed access hole claim 2 , a flow cross section of at least one mixing air hole present in the partial region of the overrun is increased in such a manner that claim 2 , by means of the increased flow cross section claim 2 , it is possible to compensate for between 10% and 100% claim 2 , in particular between 33% and 100% claim 2 , of a quantity of mixing air by which a mixing air flow is reduced in the region of the sealed access hole in relation to regions of the combustion chamber wall adjoining in the circumferential direction (U) without a spark plug.4. The combustion chamber assembly according to claim 3 , wherein a flow cross section of a mixing air hole which at least partially lies in the ...

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04-07-2019 дата публикации

SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINE

Номер: US20190203633A1
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the present disclosure is related to an engine with entry ignition, comprising a compressor coupled to a pressure reservoir, wherein the pressure reservoir comprises a conduit connected to a mixing chamber wherein the mixing chamber comprises a fuel injector, and wherein the mixing chamber is coupled to a combustion chamber, a valve at the opening of the combustion chamber, wherein the valve is configured to open and close one or more channels between the mixing chamber and the combustion chamber, an exhaust valve at the opening of the combustion chamber. and a valve actuator connected to the exhaust valve. 1. An engine with entry ignition , comprising:a compressor coupled to a pressure reservoir, wherein the pressure reservoir comprises a conduit connected to a mixing chamber;wherein the mixing chamber comprises a fuel injector, and wherein the mixing chamber is coupled to a combustion chamber;a valve at the opening of the combustion chamber, wherein the valve is configured to open and close one or more channels between the mixing chamber and the combustion chamber,an exhaust valve at the opening of the combustion chamber, anda valve actuator connected to the exhaust valve.2. The engine of claim 1 , wherein the conduit connecting the pressure reservoir to the mixing chamber comprises a baffle.3. The engine of claim 1 , further comprising a thermal insulation layer for at least one of: the pressure reservoir claim 1 , the conduit connecting the pressure reservoir to the mixing chamber claim 1 , the mixing chamber claim 1 , and combinations thereof.4. The engine of claim 1 , wherein the compressor comprises an isothermal compressor and wherein a heat exchanger couples the isothermal compressor to the pressure reservoir.5. The engine of claim 1 , further comprising two or more compressors claim 1 , wherein one or more intercoolers connects the two or more compressors to each other.6. The engine of claim 1 , wherein the mixing chamber further comprises means for a cold ...

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03-08-2017 дата публикации

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20170218868A1
Автор: Okazaki Shuntaro
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

An internal combustion engine comprises: an exhaust purification catalyst; a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is arranged at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control system which performs feedback control so that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst becomes a target air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio control system switches the target air-fuel ratio to a lean set air-fuel ratio when the air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a rich judged air-fuel ratio or less; changes the target air-fuel ratio to a slight lean set air-fuel ratio after switching the target air-fuel ratio to the lean set air-fuel ratio and before an estimated value of the oxygen storage amount of the exhaust purification catalyst becomes a switching reference storage amount or more; and switches the target air-fuel ratio to a rich air-fuel ratio when the estimated value of the oxygen storage amount of the exhaust purification catalyst becomes the switching reference storage amount or more. 112-. (canceled)13. An internal combustion engine , comprising:an exhaust purification catalyst which is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which can store oxygen;a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is arranged at a downstream side, in the direction of exhaust flow, of said exhaust purification catalyst and which detects the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing out from said exhaust purification catalyst; andan air-fuel ratio control system which performs feedback control so that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into said exhaust purification catalyst becomes a target air-fuel ratio, whereinsaid air-fuel ratio control system:switches said target air-fuel ratio to a lean set air-fuel ratio which is leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when the air-fuel ratio detected by said downstream side air-fuel ratio ...

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02-08-2018 дата публикации

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180216592A1
Автор: Sakai Hiroyuki
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

An internal combustion engine comprises a fuel injector , a spark plug , a piston having a cavity , a swirl control device , and a control system . The cavity is formed so as to change in distance from the fuel injector to a side wall surface of the cavity, in the circumferential direction. The system performs ignition assist control for successively performing injections of main fuel and ignition assist fuel, makes an air-fuel mixture formed by the ignition assist fuel burn by flame propagation by the spark plug, and makes the remaining fuel burn by pre-mix compression self-ignition. The system controls the swirl control device during the ignition assist control so that when the engine load is high, the fuel sprayed heads toward parts of the side wall surface which are short in distances from the fuel injector. 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a fuel injector arranged at a top surface of a cylinder; a spark plug for igniting an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber; a piston having a cavity in its top surface; a swirl control device controlling a strength of a swirl flow formed in said combustion chamber; and a control system configured to control said fuel injector , said spark plug , and said swirl control device ,whereinsaid fuel injector is arranged so as to be positioned in said cavity when viewed in an axial direction of said cylinder;said cavity is formed so as to change in distance from said fuel injector to a side wall surface of said cavity, in the circumferential direction;said control system is configured to be able to perform ignition assist control for successively performing injection of main fuel from said fuel injector and injection of ignition assist fuel, and controlling injection amounts and injection timings of said main fuel and said ignition assist fuel and an ignition timing of said spark plug so as to make an air-fuel mixture formed by injection of said ignition assist fuel burn by flame propagation by said spark plug and ...

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02-07-2020 дата публикации

CONTROL DEVICE FOR DIRECT FUEL INJECTION ENGINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

Номер: US20200208589A1
Принадлежит: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

A direct fuel injection engine including an ignition plug and a fuel injection valve arranged to be capable of injecting a fuel directly in a cylinder is controlled. The engine has a predetermined operation region in which an excess air ratio of an air-fuel mixture is set in a vicinity of 2. In a first region on a low load side of the predetermined operation region, a homogenous air-fuel mixture having the excess air ratio at a first predetermined value in the vicinity of 2 is formed upon combustion, and in a second region on a load side higher than the first region, a stratified air-fuel mixture having the excess air ratio at a second predetermined value in the vicinity of 2 is formed upon combustion. 19.-. (canceled)10. A control method of a direct fuel injection engine including an ignition plug and a fuel injection valve arranged to be capable of injecting a fuel directly in a cylinder , the engine having an operation region in which an excess air ratio of an air-fuel mixture is set in a vicinity of 2 and being configured to perform , in the operation region , spark ignition combustion with the ignition plug , whereinin a first region on a low load side of the operation region, a homogenous air-fuel mixture having the excess air ratio at a first predetermined value in the vicinity of 2 is formed to perform the spark ignition combustion; andin a second region on a load side higher than the first region of the operation region, a stratified air-fuel mixture having the excess air ratio at a second predetermined value in the vicinity of 2 is formed to perform the spark ignition combustion.11. The control method of a direct fuel injection engine according to claim 10 , whereinthe first predetermined value is equal to the second predetermined value.12. The control method of a direct fuel injection engine according to claim 11 , whereinthe first predetermined value and the second predetermined value are 28 to 32 in air-fuel ratio conversion.13. The control method of a ...

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11-07-2019 дата публикации

A Cylinder Head With Valve Deactivators

Номер: US20190211716A1
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

To improve fuel efficiency, some gasoline engines are equipped with valve deactivators in some of the cylinders so that at low torque conditions only a subset of the total number of cylinders are active. In prior art engines, particularly when they have four valves per cylinder, space is tight. It is known to provide a cam carrier in the head between the cylinder head and the camshaft. The cylinder head bolts pass through the head under the cam carrier. According to the present disclosure, the cam carrier, and its associated disadvantages, is obviated by widening the bearings for the camshafts, using smaller diameter head bolts, and putting the orifices tor the head bolts directly through the bearings. 112-. (canceled)13. A method to assemble an engine , comprising:casting a cylinder head that comprises combustion chamber tops and a plurality of cam towers, the cam towers having bearing surfaces each having an orifice defined in the bearing surfaces;bolting the cylinder head to an engine block with bolts passing through the orifices in the bearing surfaces of the cam towers; andinstalling followers in the cylinder head, at least one-quarter of the followers being deactivatable followers.14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:installing two intake poppet valves and two exhaust poppet valves into ports formed in each of the combustion chamber tops in the cylinder head.15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:installing a plurality of non-deactivatable followers in the cylinder head.16. The method of wherein:the cylinder head has four combustion chamber tops;each combustion chamber top has two intake valves and two exhaust valves disposed therein;half of the intake valves and half of the exhaust valves are provided with the deactivatable followers.17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:placing camshafts in the cam towers; andinstalling cam caps onto cam towers of the cylinder head to thereby capture the camshafts.18. The method of wherein the ...

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11-07-2019 дата публикации

ENGINE

Номер: US20190211773A1
Автор: OKINO Shunsuke
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An engine provided with a combustion chamber includes a cylinder head in which a bulkhead is provided so as to extend toward the combustion chamber and an intake port is formed so as to bifurcate at the bulkhead, a bulkhead member that is provided with a partition plate intersecting the bulkhead and that divides the intake port into a first flow passage and a second flow passage with the partition plate provided between the first and second flow passages. The bulkhead of the cylinder head has a cutout formed and the partition plate of the bulkhead plate has an auxiliary wall that fills the cutout. 1. An engine comprising:a combustion chamber;a cylinder head in which a bulkhead is provided so as to extend toward the combustion chamber and an intake port is formed so as to bifurcate at the bulkhead; anda plate member that is provided with a partition plate intersecting the bulkhead and that divides the intake port into a first flow passage and a second flow passage, the partition plate being provided between the first and second flow passages,wherein a cutout is formed in the bulkhead of the cylinder head and an auxiliary wall is provided in the partition plate of the plate member in such a manner as to fill the cutout.2. The engine according to claim 1 ,wherein the auxiliary wall projects from both sides of the partition plate.3. The engine according to claim 1 ,wherein the intake port bifurcates at the bulkhead into a first port and a second port;wherein the cylinder head comprises a first port inner wall that constitutes an inner wall of the first port in such a manner as to face the bulkhead and a second port inner wall that constitutes an inner wall of the second port in such a manner as to face the bulkhead; andwherein the plate member comprises a first engaging member that engages a groove formed in the first port inner wall and a second engaging member that engages a groove formed in the second port inner wall.4. The engine according to claim 2 ,wherein the ...

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20-08-2015 дата публикации

APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL COMBUSTION IN A COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150233309A1
Автор: Tanaka Hiroyuki
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A spark ignition internal combustion engine includes: a compression ratio changing mechanism by which a volume of a combustion chamber varies; a cylinder internal pressure sensor that acquires a pressure signal of a pressure vibration inside a cylinder; and an abnormal combustion detector including a filter that passes the pressure signal, of a set frequency band among the pressure signal, and detecting an occurrence of abnormal combustion based on the pressure signal having passed through the filter. The abnormal combustion detector sets a frequency band of the filter based on a crank angle section in which abnormal combustion occurs and on a mechanical compression ratio. 1. A spark ignition internal combustion engine , comprising:a compression ratio changing mechanism configured to change a mechanical compression ratio;a cylinder internal pressure acquiring unit that acquires a pressure signal indicating a pressure vibration inside a cylinder;a filter that passes a pressure signal having a frequency within a set frequency band among the pressure signal acquired by the cylinder internal pressure acquiring unit;an abnormal combustion detector that detects an occurrence of abnonnal combustion based on the pressure signal having passed through the filter, whereinthe abnormal combustion detector sets a frequency band of the filter based on a crank angle section in which abnorrhal combustion occurs and on the mechanical compression ratio, and when changing the frequency band of the filter in accordance with a variation of the mechanical compression ratio, the abnonnal combustion detector changes a frequency width of the frequency band.2. The spark ignition internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , whereinthe compression ratio changing mechanism changes the mechanical compression ratio by changing a volume of a combustion chamber when a piston reaches top dead center.3. The spark ignition internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , whereinthe compression ...

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10-08-2017 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION DEVICE

Номер: US20170226975A1
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A current control unit in a fuel injection device controls a magnitude of a current flowing through a coil during single energization. A current Ip flows once a signal input to the current control unit is turned ON at time t. As a result, a movable core and a needle abut against each other with a lift amount increased at time t, and then the needle is separated from a valve seat and pre-injection is performed. At time t, which follows the pre-injection, the needle and movable core lift amount becomes a lift amount D at a time when the needle and the valve seat abut against each other, and temporary valve closing occurs. At time t, which follows time t, currents Ix and Im larger than the current Ip are caused to flow through the coil, and then main injection is performed with the needle and movable core lift amount turned into a lift amount D larger than the lift amount D. Therefore, fuel injection can be performed twice during the single energization. 1. A fuel injection device supplying a fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine by injecting the fuel , the fuel injection device comprising:a housing including an injection hole and a valve seat, the injection hole being formed at one end in a central axis direction and injecting the fuel and the valve seat being formed around the injection hole;a needle member disposed to be capable of a reciprocating movement in the housing and opening and closing the injection hole by performing valve closing when one end portion abuts against the valve seat and performing valve opening when the end portion is separated from the valve seat;a flange portion disposed radially outside the other end portion side of the needle member to be capable of an integrated reciprocating movement with the needle member;a movable core disposed on the valve seat side of the flange portion to be capable of moving relative to the needle member;a regulating unit disposed radially outside the needle member or on an inner wall of ...

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18-07-2019 дата публикации

COMBUSTION CONTROL METHOD IN VEHICLE ENGINE AND ENGINE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20190218992A1
Автор: YAMAGUCHI Takafumi
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A combustion control method in an engine of a vehicle wherein an exhaust path includes a catalyst and a NOx sensor provided on an upstream side of the catalyst, the method includes the following steps. A step of determining whether a NOx concentration in an exhaust gas falls within a predetermined reference range; a step of estimating a heat generation rate profile indicating crank angle dependency of a heat generation rate in the engine when the NOx concentration is determined out of the reference range; and a step of comparing a value of an index characterizing the estimated heat generation rate profile with a value of an index in an ideal heat generation rate profile specified from a driving condition of the vehicle and controlling a combustion condition in the engine based on a result. 1. A combustion control method in an engine of a vehicle wherein an exhaust path for an exhaust gas discharged from said engine includes a catalyst and a NOx sensor provided on an upstream side of said catalyst , said method comprising the steps of:a) specifying a NOx concentration in said exhaust gas based on an output value from said NOx sensor and determining whether said NOx concentration falls within a predetermined reference range;b) estimating a heat generation rate profile indicating crank angle dependency of a heat generation rate in said engine when said NOx concentration is determined out of said reference range in said step a); andc) comparing a value of an index characterizing said heat generation rate profile estimated in said step b) with a value of an index in an ideal heat generation rate profile specified from a driving condition of the vehicle on which said engine is mounted and controlling a combustion condition in said engine based on a result thereof.2. The combustion control method according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 ,in said step c), an estimated ignition timing and an ideal ignition timing are compared with each other, and the combustion condition in ...

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19-08-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF COMPRESSION IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VIA COMPRESSION RATIO AND ELASTIC PISTON

Номер: US20210254563A1
Автор: FLOWERS Daniel L.
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The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling ignition of an air/fuel mixture intake charge directed into an internal combustion engine. The system may have a longitudinally movable inner cylinder liner configured to fit within a cylinder wall portion of an internal combustion engine, and able to receive a piston of the engine therein. A portion of the inner cylinder liner defines an internal volume forming a combustion chamber, and the internal volume controls a compression ratio of the cylinder. The system also has a cylinder head assembly operatively associated with the inner cylinder liner and able to move linearly to cause longitudinal displacement of the inner cylinder liner relative to the cylinder wall portion. This enables the volume of the combustion chamber to be further varied, to thus further vary the compression ratio. 1. A system for controlling ignition of an air/fuel mixture intake charge directed into an internal combustion engine , the system comprising:a longitudinally movable inner cylinder liner configured to fit within a cylinder wall portion of an internal combustion engine, and able to receive a piston of the engine therein, a portion of the inner cylinder liner defining an internal volume forming a combustion chamber, and the internal volume controlling a compression ratio of the cylinder; anda cylinder head assembly operatively associated with the inner cylinder liner and able to move linearly to cause longitudinal displacement of the inner cylinder liner relative to the cylinder wall portion, to further vary the volume of the combustion chamber, to thus further vary the compression ratio.2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic displacement sensor for sensing a longitudinal displacement of the inner cylinder liner.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic displacement sensor is coupled to a portion of the inner cylinder liner and moves longitudinally with the inner cylinder liner.4. The system of claim 3 , ...

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19-08-2021 дата публикации

CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AIR FUEL RATIO IN PRE-IGNITION SITUATION

Номер: US20210254570A1
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A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio in a pre-ignition (PI) situation, may include: monitoring, by a PI detector, whether PI occurs in a cylinder of a plurality of cylinders of an engine; and when the PI occurs in the cylinder of the plurality cylinders, controlling, by a controller, an air-fuel ratio of the cylinder in which the PI occurs to be smaller than a theoretical air-fuel ratio, and controlling an air-fuel ratio of a remaining cylinder of the plurality of cylinders in which PI does not occur to be larger than the theoretical air-fuel ratio. 1. A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio in a pre-ignition (PI) situation , comprising:monitoring, by a PI detector, whether PI occurs in a cylinder of a plurality of cylinders of an engine;in response to determining that the PI occurs in the cylinder of the plurality of cylinders, calculating, by an oxygen calculator, an extra oxygen of an oxygen storage amount (OSA) of a catalyst of an exhaust system; andcomparing, by a controller, the extra oxygen of the OSA with a predetermined threshold,in response to determining that the extra oxygen of the OSA is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold, controlling, by the controller, an air-fuel ratio of the cylinder in which the PI occurs to be smaller than a theoretical air-fuel ratio and controlling an air-fuel ratio of a remaining cylinder of the plurality of cylinders in which PI does not occur to be equal to or larger than the theoretical air-fuel ratio.23-. (canceled)4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the air-fuel ratio of the cylinder in which the PI occurs is controlled to be smaller than the theoretical air-fuel ratio claim 1 , and the air-fuel ratio of the remaining cylinder in which the PI does not occur is controlled to be equal to or larger than the theoretical air-fuel ratio claim 1 , such that an average air-fuel ratio of the plurality of cylinders becomes the theoretical air-fuel ratio.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , in response to ...

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27-08-2015 дата публикации

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150240735A1
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An internal combustion engine is provided, which is capable of performing normal perturbation for a long period of time according to changes in a valve with time such as contamination, and wear. A gas engine is configured to detect a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by oxygen sensors and and to perform the perturbation using a solenoid valve . The gas engine includes: an A/F valve disposed in parallel with the solenoid valve ; and a control unit . The control unit controls to perform the perturbation in an intermediate region of an opening/closing region of the solenoid valve by detecting time deviations T and T of an air-fuel ratio that change due to the perturbation and by opening the A/F valve according to the time deviations T and T 1. An internal combustion engine configured to detect a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by an oxygen sensor and to perform perturbation using a solenoid , comprising:an adjusting valve disposed in parallel with the solenoid; anda control unit,wherein the control unit stores a control map that indicates a correlation between the opening degree of the solenoid and the opening degree of the adjusting valve when the perturbation is performed in an intermediate region of an opening/closing region of the solenoid.2. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit updates the control map based on deterioration of an intake portion with time.3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit detects deviation of a response time of an air-fuel ratio changing due to the perturbation by the solenoid so as to update the control map based on the deviation.4. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the opening degree of the adjusting valve based on the control map so that the perturbation is performed in the intermediate region of the opening/closing region of the solenoid.5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the ...

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18-08-2016 дата публикации

Injector For A Combustion Engine

Номер: US20160237966A1
Принадлежит: Continental Automotive GmbH

An injector for a combustion engine may include a valve housing, a valve needle, an electromagnetic actuator, and a damping element. The valve needle may be axially movable within a valve cavity of the housing. The electromagnetic actuator may comprise a pole piece coupled with the valve housing and an armature axially movable within the valve cavity. The pole piece may have a central recess extending axially there through. The central recess may include a step defining a first portion and a second portion, the first having a larger cross-sectional area than the second, and a stop surface defined by a radially extending surface of the step. The valve needle may include an armature retainer in the first portion of the central recess. The armature may be axially displaceable with respect to the valve needle and interact with the valve needle by means of the retainer for actuating the valve needle. The damping element may be arranged between the stop surface and the armature retainer to interact with the valve needle and the pole piece during movement. 1. An injector for a combustion engine , the injector comprising:an injection valve housing with an injection valve cavity,a valve needle axially movable within the injection valve cavity, andan electromagnetic actuator assembly comprising a pole piece fixedly coupled with respect to the injection valve housing in the injection valve cavity and an armature axially movable within the injection valve cavity,whereinthe pole piece has a central recess extending axially through the pole piece, andthe central recess includes a step defining a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a larger cross-sectional area than the second portion,the pole piece includes a stop surface defined by a radially extending surface of the step,the valve needle includes an armature retainer partially or completely positioned in the first portion of the central recess of the pole piece,the armature is axially displaceable with ...

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16-08-2018 дата публикации

STRUCTURE OF COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180230896A1
Принадлежит: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION

A fuel injection valve is shifted, with respect to the bore center of a cylinder, toward one end of an engine's output shaft. A top surface of a piston has inclined surfaces, and is raised by the inclined surfaces. A cavity is formed by hollowing out portions of the inclined surfaces, and faces the injection axis of the fuel injection valve. In a vertical cross section taken along the plane passing through a particular location in an intake other-side region of a combustion chamber and the location of the fuel injection valve, the distance from an injection tip of the fuel injection valve to the wall surface of the cavity at the particular location is longer than that from the injection tip to the wall surface at a diametrically opposed location to the particular location. 1. A structure of a combustion chamber for a direct-injection engine , the structure comprising:a piston inserted into a cylinder and having a cavity formed by recessing a top surface of the piston;a surface of a cylinder head forming a ceiling portion of the combustion chamber and having an intake-side inclined surface and an exhaust-side inclined surface, the ceiling portion being configured to define, along with the cylinder and the piston, a pent-roof-shaped combustion chamber, the intake-side inclined surface being provided with openings of two intake ports arranged side by side along an engine's output shaft, the exhaust-side inclined surface being provided with an opening of an exhaust port; anda fuel injection valve arranged on a ridge line of a pent roof at which the intake-side and exhaust-side inclined surfaces intersect with each other, the pent roof forming the ceiling portion of the cylinder head, the fuel injection valve being shifted, with respect to a bore center of the cylinder, toward one end of the engine's output shaft, the fuel injection valve having an injection axis that extends along an axis of the cylinder, the fuel injection valve being configured to inject fuel through ...

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06-11-2014 дата публикации

Dimethyl Ether (DME) Enhanced Gasoline Engine

Номер: US20140325839A1
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An engine having DME pilot ignition is disclosed. DME Pilot ignition creates far more energy than a conventional spark plug, thus minimizes the possibility of misfire in the engine map. DME injection can be used in a number of ways. In one embodiment, DME injection replaces the conventional spark plug in an Otto cycle engine. In another embodiment, DME injection is used in addition to spark ignition to minimize the use of DME. In this embodiment, DME injection is only used during those portions of the engine map where misfire may occur, or during those times when a misfire sensor detects misfire. DME injection can also be used in conjunction with alcohol boosting in other embodiments. 1. A method of modifying a turbocharged or supercharged diesel engine to operate as a stoichiometrically fueled alcohol boosted Otto cycle (ABOC) engine , comprising:installing a pilot compression ignition fluid storage tank;installing a pilot compression ignition fluid pump in communication with said pilot compression ignition fluid storage tank; andon each cylinder head of said diesel engine, replacing a diesel fuel injector with a pilot compression ignition fluid injector, wherein said pilot compression ignition fluid injector is in communication with said pilot compression ignition fluid pump.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pilot compression ignition fluid is dimethyl ether (DME).3. The method of claim 1 , wherein installing a pilot compression ignition fluid pump comprises replacing a diesel fuel pump with a pilot compression ignition fluid pump.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising replacing a diesel exhaust cleanup system with a three way catalyst system for exhaust gas treatment.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding a primary fuel system.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the primary fuel system comprises a primary fuel injection system for either liquid or vapor primary fuels.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein adding a primary fuel injection ...

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26-08-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATALYST HEATING DURING COLD-START WITH AN ACTIVE PRE-CHAMBER

Номер: US20210262408A1
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Methods and systems are provided for operating a cylinder of an engine including a pre-chamber ignition system during a cold start condition. In one example, a method may include performing a post-injection in the cylinder, and then performing a pre-chamber combustion during an exhaust stroke of the cylinder. In this way, a temperature of a catalyst of the engine may be increased, which may decrease vehicle emissions during the cold start condition. 1. A method , comprising:during a cold start condition, injecting an amount of post-injection fuel in each of a cylinder and a pre-chamber during an exhaust stroke of the cylinder to heat a catalyst, the amount based on an air-fuel ratio (AFR) of a first pre-chamber air-fuel mixture and an AFR of a first cylinder air-fuel mixture;combusting the first pre-chamber air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber during a compression stroke of the cylinder to ignite the first cylinder air-fuel mixture; andcombusting a second pre-chamber air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber during the exhaust stroke of the cylinder.2. (canceled)3. The method of claim 1 , wherein combusting an air-fuel mixture in the pre-chamber of the cylinder includes:delivering air for the air-fuel mixture via a pre-chamber air injector;delivering fuel for the air-fuel mixture via a pre-chamber fuel injector; andigniting the air-fuel mixture via a pre-chamber spark plug.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein injecting the amount of post-injection fuel in the cylinder during the exhaust stroke of the cylinder includes delivering fuel for a post injection via a cylinder fuel injector.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the AFR of exhaust gas from each combustion cycle is substantially stoichiometric.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the AFR of the first pre-chamber air-fuel mixture is rich relative to the AFR of the first cylinder air-fuel mixture.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cold start condition is indicated responsive to a duration after an engine start.8. The ...

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25-08-2016 дата публикации

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL ETHANOL CONTENT ESTIMATION AND ENGINE CONTROL

Номер: US20160245193A1
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Methods and systems are provided for determining an amount of alcohol in fuel injected into an engine based on outputs from an exhaust gas sensor. In one example, a method includes estimating a first fuel alcohol content based on an air-fuel ratio estimated with the exhaust oxygen sensor and estimating a second fuel alcohol content based on a change in sensor output during modulating a reference voltage of the exhaust oxygen sensor between a first and second voltage. The method further includes adjusting engine operation based on a difference between the first and second fuel alcohol contents. 1. A method , comprising:estimating a first fuel alcohol content based on an air-fuel ratio estimated with an exhaust oxygen sensor;after an engine temperature increases above a threshold, estimating a second fuel alcohol content based on a change in sensor output during modulating a reference voltage of the exhaust oxygen sensor between a first and second voltage; andadjusting engine operation based on a difference between the first and second fuel alcohol contents.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to the difference between the first and second fuel alcohol contents being greater than a threshold level claim 1 , modulating the reference voltage of the exhaust oxygen sensor between the first and second voltage and repeating the estimating the second fuel alcohol content to determine a new second fuel alcohol content.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising in response to a difference between the first fuel alcohol content and the new second fuel alcohol content being greater than the threshold level claim 2 , adjusting engine operation based on the second fuel alcohol content and not the first fuel alcohol content.4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising in response to the difference between the first and second fuel alcohol contents being less than the threshold level or the difference between the first fuel alcohol content and the new second ...

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01-08-2019 дата публикации

VALVE FOR METERING A FLUID

Номер: US20190234358A1
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A fluid metering valve includes a valve needle that is actuatable by an electromagnetic actuator that includes an armature guided on and along a longitudinal axis of the valve needle with a movement limited by a stop surface on the valve needle. A projection of an edge of the stop surface extends into a projection plane, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and at which the armature and stop surface are in contact temporarily during operation, through an opening of a conduit of the armature, dividing the opening into an inner surface on one side of the projection and an outer surface on the other side of the projection. A fluid exchange between inside and outside of an area between the stop surface and armature is via a path through the inner surface, conduit, and outer surface when the armature is in contact with the stop surface at the projection plane. 111-. (canceled)12. A valve for metering a fluid , the valve comprising:an electromagnetic actuator that includes an armature, wherein the armature includes at least one passthrough conduit;a valve closing body;a valve seat surface with which the valve closing body interacts to form a sealing seat;a valve needle that is actuatable by the electromagnetic actuator to actuate the valve closing body and on which the armature of the electromagnetic actuator is guidable to move along a longitudinal axis of the valve needle; and at least temporarily during operation, meet, at an inner part of an opening of the at least one passthrough conduit, a projection plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is at a bottom of the armature, with an outer part of the opening being radially exterior to the edge, thereby enabling a fluid exchange between (a) inside an area that is on the at least one stop surface and below the armature and (b) outside of the area via a path that extends from the area to the inner part of the opening to the outer part of the opening; and', 'at least temporarily during the operation, ...

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17-09-2015 дата публикации

Variable Compression Ratio Engine

Номер: US20150260093A1
Автор: Blackstock Scott
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A system and method for providing a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of hollow head bolts for coupling the cylinder head and block of an internal combustion engine. The system can also include a plurality of control bolts disposed through the hollow head bolts to enable vertical movement of the engine components (i.e., in the y-axis), while reducing, or eliminating, unwanted movement and stresses in other directions. A number of mechanisms can be used to move the cylinder head/block assembly, including a rack and pinion, a hydraulic or pneumatic actuator, and a gear drive. The compression ratio can be varied continuously during use and can be included in an overall engine management system. 1. A system for providing a variable compression ratio engine comprising:a plurality of hollow head bolts, comprising external threads and defining a concentric hole, detachably coupling a cylinder head and a block from an internal combustion engine to form a cylinder head/block assembly; anda plurality of control bolts, disposed through the concentric hole, detachably coupling the cylinder head/block assembly to a crankcase of the engine;wherein the plurality of control bolts enable the head/block assembly to move vertically (i.e., in the y-axis) with respect to the crankcase, but substantially prevent movement in the other two directions (i.e., the x- and z-axes).2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of set screws threadably engaged with the block to mechanically retain the plurality of control bolts in the crankcase.3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of roll pins frictionally engaged with the crankcase and the plurality of control bolts to mechanically retain the control bolts in the crankcase.4. The system of claim 1 , each control bolt further comprising a first set of external threads at a first end threadably engaged with the crankcase and a second set of ...

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17-09-2015 дата публикации

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20150260110A1
Автор: Sakai Kazuhito
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A variable compression ratio mechanism of an internal combustion engine includes an operation element, an input actuator, and a reverse input torque cutoff clutch. The reverse input torque cutoff clutch includes a fixed member, a movable member, clearance, a wedge member, and a moving device. A peripheral surface of the fixed member is formed such that the clearance is formed with: a rotation prevention area that prevents the movable member from rotating in a reverse input torque acting direction. When the movable member moves in the direction to change a mechanical compression ratio, the moving device moves the wedge member from the rotation prevention area to the rotation allowable area in an opposite direction and holds the wedge member in the rotation allowable area. 1. An internal combustion engine comprising:a variable compression ratio mechanism that changes a mechanical compression ratio, wherein an operation element;', 'an input actuator that generates input torque to move the operation element; and', 'a reverse input torque cutoff clutch that is disposed between an output shaft of the input actuator and the operation element in order to transmit the input torque from the input actuator to the operation element and to cut off reverse input torque from the operation element to the input actuator, and, 'the variable compression ratio mechanism includesthe variable compression ratio mechanism changes the mechanical compression ratio by moving the operation element, and a fixed member;', 'a movable member that is rotatable with respect to the fixed member;', 'annular clearance that is defined by a peripheral surface of the fixed member and a peripheral surface of the movable member;', 'a wedge member that is movably disposed in the clearance; and', 'a moving device that moves the wedge member in the clearance,, 'the reverse input torque cutoff clutch includesthe output shaft of the input actuator and the operation element are connected to the movable member, a ...

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08-09-2016 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE

Номер: US20160258375A1
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Methods and systems are presented for assessing the presence or absence of cylinder air-fuel ratio deviation that may result in air-fuel ratio imbalance between engine cylinders. In one example, the method may include assessing the presence or absence of air-fuel ratio errors based on deviation from an expected air-fuel ratio during a deceleration fuel shut-off event. 1. A method , comprising:during a deceleration fuel shut-off (DFSO) event, sequentially firing cylinders of a cylinder group, each fueled with a selected fuel pulse width, andindicating an air-fuel ratio variation for each cylinder based on air-fuel deviation from a maximum lean air-fuel ratio during the DFSO.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting subsequent engine operation based on the indicated air-fuel ratio variation.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cylinder group is selected based on one or more of a firing order and a cylinder position within the firing order.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein fueling of the cylinder group upon which the indication of air-fuel is based occurs only after the maximum lean air-fuel ratio is measured during the DFSO.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting subsequent engine operation includes adjusting a fuel injector pulse width in response to an expected air-fuel ratio deviation.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein an expected air-fuel ratio deviation is based on a selected fuel pulse width.7. The method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting subsequent engine operation includes adjusting subsequent fuel injections to a cylinder based on the indicated air-fuel variation following termination of the DFSO.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cylinder group is fueled and operated to perform a combustion cycle a plurality of times during the DFSO producing a plurality of air-fuel ratio responses that are together used to identify the imbalance.9. A method claim 1 , comprising:after disablement all cylinders leading to a common exhaust of an engine: ...

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08-09-2016 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE

Номер: US20160258376A1
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Methods and systems are presented for assessing the presence or absence of cylinder air-fuel ratio deviation that may result in air-fuel ratio imbalance between engine cylinders. In one example, the method may include assessing the presence or absence of air-fuel ratio errors based on deviation from an expected air-fuel ratio during a deceleration fuel shut-off event. 1. A driveline operating method , comprising:during a deceleration fuel shut-off (DFSO) event, prohibiting fueling of one or more cylinders in response to a driveline being at a zero torque point, and fueling the one or more cylinders in response to the driveline not being at the zero torque point, each of the one or more cylinders fueled with a selected fuel pulse width, andindicating an air-fuel ratio variation for each of the one or more cylinders based on air-fuel deviation from a maximum lean air-fuel ratio during the DFSO.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prohibiting fueling of the one or more cylinders in response to engine speed not within a predetermined speed range.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prohibiting fueling of the one or more cylinders in response to engine deceleration not within a predetermined deceleration range.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prohibiting fueling of the one or more cylinders in response to a request for a transmission gear change or in response to a transmission shifting gears.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prohibiting fueling of the one or more cylinders in response to engine load not within a predetermined load range.6. The method of claim 1 , where the fueling is provided to determine cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance.7. The method of claim 1 , where the zero torque point is determined based on a speed difference between a torque converter impeller and a torque converter turbine.8. The method of claim 1 , where the zero torque point is a condition where spacing between driveline gears increases.9. A ...

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07-09-2017 дата публикации

Fuel injection valve

Номер: US20170254304A1
Принадлежит: Denso Corp

In a fuel injection valve, when a regulating unit provided in a needle abuts against a movable core, a gap is defined between a flange portion end face of a flange portion and a movable core first end face of the movable core. With the above configuration, when a coil develops a magnetic field, because the movable core abuts against a flange portion while accelerating in a valve-opening direction, a relatively large force is exerted on the needle in the valve-opening direction. The needle is further moved in the valve-opening direction by an urging force of a second spring after the movable core has abutted against the fixed core. With the above configuration, a lift quantity of the needle is longer than a distance by which the movable core moves until the movable core abuts against a fixed core abutting portion since the movable core abuts against the flange portion. As a result, the lift quantity of the needle can be increased without any increase in the electric power to be supplied to the coil.

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06-09-2018 дата публикации

CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180252177A1
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute a dither control process and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control process. The dither control process includes, when a request to increase a temperature of a catalyst is made, operating the fuel injection valves corresponding to respective cylinders to control the air-fuel ratio in some of the cylinders to become lean and control the air-fuel ratio in other cylinders to become rich. The EGR control process includes operating an adjustment actuator to control an EGR rate. The EGR control process includes operating the adjustment actuator such that the EGR rate is lower when the dither control process is being executed than when the dither control process is not being executed. 1. A controller configured to control an internal combustion engine including a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas discharged from a plurality of cylinders and an adjustment actuator that adjusts an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rate , wherein the cylinders include at least one lean combustion cylinder and at least one rich combustion cylinder , which is different from the lean cylinder , the controller is configured to execute:a dither control process, in which, when a request to increase a temperature of the catalyst is made, the controller controls fuel injection valves corresponding to the respective cylinders such that an air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder is controlled to become leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and that an air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder is controlled to become richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio; andan EGR control process, in which the controller operates the adjustment actuator to control the EGR rate,wherein the EGR control process includes operating the adjustment actuator such that the EGR rate is lower when the dither control process is being executed than when the dither control process is not being executed.2. The controller for an ...

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15-09-2016 дата публикации

MANAGING SHIFT ENERGY IN A TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE

Номер: US20160265460A1
Автор: BROCKLEY Nick
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A method and apparatus for continually and rapidly adjusting the output torque of an engine according to a torque demand uses an active tappet to vary the instant air charge in a combustion chamber, so as to modulate engine torque during an automatic change of speed ratio. The invention allows substantially efficient combustion throughout the engine operating map. Various methods of changing the charge of air are disclosed. 118-. (canceled)19. A method of managing the torque output of an engine during a step change of speed ratio in an associated automatic transmission , said engine including at least one active tappet for an inlet valve , the method comprising:detecting commencement of a change of a current speed ratio in said transmission;commanding said active tappet to reduce a volume of air available for combustion in said engine;detecting engagement of a subsequent speed ratio; andcommanding said active tappet to increase the volume of air available for combustion in said engine.20. A method according to claim 19 , wherein the engine comprises a plurality of cylinders and the at least one active tappet comprises an active tappet for an inlet valve of each of the cylinders.21. A method according to claim 20 , wherein the commanding is performed for each active tappet independently by an electronic control unit of said engine to change the volume of air available for combustion in a respective cylinder for successive combustion events in the respective cylinder.22. A method according to claim 19 , wherein detecting commencement of a change of current speed ratio comprises detecting de-clutching of the engine.23. A method according to claim 19 , wherein detecting engagement of a subsequent speed ratio comprises detecting re-clutching of the engine.24. A method according to claim 19 , wherein the engine comprises a spark ignition engine claim 19 , and the method comprises determining a timing of commencement of combustion by an ignition spark.25. A method ...

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11-12-2014 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION VALVE AND DEVICE FOR INJECTING FUEL

Номер: US20140360469A1
Автор: GANSER Marco
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The fuel injection valve () for the intermittent injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine has a valve housing () that defines a longitudinal axis () and is provided with a high-pressure chamber (). The connecting part () of the valve housing () has two identically formed high-pressure connections () for high-pressure fuel lines. The two identically formed high-pressure connections () are arranged in a common connecting face (′) in such a way that said high-pressure connections are oriented in the same direction and the connection axes (′) thereof run parallel to each other. In the interior of the valve housing (), the high-pressure connections () are connected to each other and to the high-pressure chamber (). 1121684141816202224164164222416222430202224. A fuel injection valve for the intermittent injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine , having a valve housing () which comprises a high-pressure chamber () with a discrete accumulator chamber () and defines a longitudinal axis () and which , at one side , bears a nozzle body () connected to the high-pressure chamber () and , at the other side , has a port part () with two high-pressure ports ( , ) for high-pressure fuel lines ( , ′) , which high-pressure ports define in each case a port axis (′ , ′) and are connected to the high-pressure chamber () and in unthrottled fashion to one another , wherein the high-pressure ports ( , ) are arranged in a common port surface (′) of the port part () so as to be oriented in the same direction and such that their port axes (′ , ′) run parallel.228222416282216842824. The fuel injection valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a connecting line () which connects the high-pressure ports ( claim 1 , ) to one another and to the high-pressure chamber () claim 1 , which connecting line has a first section (′) leading from the first high-pressure port () to the high-pressure chamber () claim 1 , in particular to ...

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29-09-2016 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTOR

Номер: US20160281665A1
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A fuel injector includes fixed metal components, in particular an injector body, a solenoid actuator equipped with a retaining spring that holds a control valve stem, a control valve body including a seat for the control valve stem, a spacer between the body of the control valve and an injection nozzle, a control chamber, and an injection needle seat. The fuel injector also includes movable metal components, in particular the control valve stem and an armature thereof and an injection needle. Surfaces of the metal components that are in contact with one another are contact surfaces. Resistive surface coatings are arranged on a number of the contact surfaces. The overall electrical resistivity of the injector between the body of the solenoid actuator and the body of the injector varies by at least three distinct ohm values intermittently according to the kinetics of the injection needle of the injector. 15-. (canceled)6. A fuel injector comprising:fixed metal components, in particular an injector body, a solenoid actuator equipped with a retaining spring that holds a control valve stem, a control valve body comprising a seat for the control valve stem, an injection nozzle having an injection needle seat, a spacer between the control valve body and the injection nozzle, and a control chamber; andmovable metal components, in particular the control valve stem and an armature thereof and an injection needle, wherein surfaces of the metal components that are in contact with one another are contact surfaces, and', 'wherein resistive surface coatings are arranged on a number of the contact surfaces, the overall electrical resistivity of the fuel injector between a body of the solenoid actuator and the injector body varies by three distinct ohm values intermittently according to the kinetics of the injection needle of the fuel injector, and the resistive surface coatings are located:', 'on at least one contact surface between the injector needle seat and the injection needle ...

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28-09-2017 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION VALVE

Номер: US20170276107A1
Автор: KANETA Hiroki
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A needle includes a first seal portion, which is formed at an end portion of the needle located on a side where an injection hole is placed, and a second seal portion, which is formed on a side of the first seal portion where a stationary core is placed. When a boundary between a first outer wall of the first seal portion and a second outer wall of the second seal portion is lifted away from or is seated against an inner wall, the injection hole is opened or closed. Thereby, a seat diameter of the boundary and the inner wall is stabilized, and a change in a fuel injection quantity caused by aging can be reduced. Furthermore, the first outer wall of the first seal portion is shaped into a form of a spherical surface. 1. A fuel injection valve comprising: an injection hole that is formed at one end of the housing in an axial direction of a central axis of the housing and injects fuel; and', 'a valve seat that is formed around the injection hole;, 'a housing that includesa stationary core that is fixed in an inside of the housing;a movable core that is reciprocatably placed on a side of the stationary core where the valve seat is placed;a coil that is operable to attract the movable core toward the stationary core when an electric power is supplied to the coil;a needle that is reciprocatable integrally with the movable core in the inside of the housing, wherein the needle includes a first seal portion, which is formed at an end portion of the needle located on a side where the injection hole is placed, and a second seal portion, which is formed on a side of the first seal portion where the stationary core is placed, and when a boundary between the first seal portion and the second seal portion is lifted away from or is seated against the valve seat, the injection hole is opened or closed, respectively; andan urging member that urges the needle in a valve closing direction, wherein:a second outer wall, which is an outer wall of the second seal portion, is in a form of a ...

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06-10-2016 дата публикации

FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20160290271A1
Автор: IKEMOTO Masato
Принадлежит: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

The pressure of the fuel is increased at a constant pressure intensification ratio after operating the pressure reducing device so that the pressure difference between the fuel passage and the control chamber after the operation has a value smaller than the predetermined pressure difference, if the required pressure of the fuel is higher than a reference pressure and lower than a pressure obtained by multiplying the reference pressure by a constant pressure intensification ratio. 1. A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine , comprising:a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel by opening an injection hole in accordance with movement of a needle;a high pressure fuel retaining unit configured to supply the fuel at a reference pressure to the fuel injection valve;a fuel passage which is communicated with the injection hole from the high pressure fuel retaining unit;an opening/closing device which includes a control chamber connected to the fuel passage and a pressure reducing device for lowering a pressure of the fuel contained in the control chamber as compared with a pressure of the fuel contained in the fuel passage and configured to move the needle in a direction to open the injection hole if a pressure difference between the pressure of the fuel contained in the fuel passage and the pressure of the fuel contained in the control chamber is not less than a predetermined pressure difference;a pressure intensifying device which is connected to the fuel passage and configured to increase the pressure of the fuel contained in the fuel passage at a constant pressure intensification ratio; anda controller comprising at least one processor configured to increase the pressure of the fuel contained in the fuel passage by means of the pressure intensifying device after operating the pressure reducing device so that the pressure difference after the operation has a value smaller than the predetermined pressure difference, if the pressure of the fuel ...

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04-10-2018 дата публикации

EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Номер: US20180283304A1
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The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises: a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and able to store oxygen; an ammonia detection device arranged in the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the catalyst in a direction of flow of exhaust; and an air-fuel ratio control part configured to control an air-fuel ratio of inflowing exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst to a target air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio control part is configured to perform rich control making the target air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and make the target air-fuel ratio leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when an output value of the ammonia detection device rises to a reference value in the rich control. 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising:a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and able to store oxygen;an ammonia detection device arranged in the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the catalyst in a direction of flow of exhaust; andan air-fuel ratio control part configured to control an air-fuel ratio of inflowing exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst to a target air-fuel ratio, whereinthe air-fuel ratio control part is configured to perform rich control making the target air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and make the target air-fuel ratio leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when an output value of the ammonia detection device rises to a reference value in the rich control.2. The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , further comprising an air-fuel ratio detection device arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of the catalyst in the direction of flow of exhaust claim 1 , whereinin the rich control, if an air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio detection device falls to a rich judged air-fuel ratio richer ...

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03-09-2020 дата публикации

System and Method for Rotational Combustion Engine

Номер: US20200277890A1
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A rotational combustion engine that generates force from the reciprocal motion and centripetal motion of one or more pistons that is then converted into rotational motion of a first cam and second cam wherein the cams are separated by a 2-3 degree horizontal offset and an angle of 60 degrees as well as camshaft assembly and driving shaft to provide power to an entity such as an automobile. 1. A machine comprising:a first cam arranged at an angle on the vertical plane;a connector attached to the first cam;a second cam attached to the connector arranged at an angle on the vertical plane at a horizontal offset compared to the first cam, the first cam and the second cam configured to rotate in unison;one or more cylinders with an intake valve and an exhaust valve, the one or more cylinders attached to the first cam; anda piston attached to and movable within each cylinder of the one or more cylinders, the pistons configured to move as the first and the second cam rotate.2. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal offset is a 2 to 3-degree horizontal offset.3. The machine of claim 2 , wherein there is an acute angle between the first cam and the second cam.4. The machine of further comprising: a driving shaft mounted for rotation about an axis connected to the second cam wherein the driving shaft and the second cam are configured to rotate in unison.5. The machine of claim 4 , wherein the connector is a ball and socket fastener.6. The machine of claim 5 , wherein the pistons each have a connecting rod claim 5 , the connecting rods having one or more rod connectors connected to the second cam.7. The machine of claim 6 , wherein the first cam has a plurality of apertures wherein the one or more cylinders are positioned within the plurality of apertures.8. The machine of claim 7 , wherein the first cam is connected to a first gear mounted to the center of first cam claim 7 , the first gear configured to move in unison with the first cam.9. The machine of claim 8 , ...

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11-10-2018 дата публикации

Electromagnetic Injection Valve And Method For Assembling An Electromagnetic Injection Valve

Номер: US20180291849A1
Принадлежит: Continental Automotive GmbH

The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines. Various embodiments may include an electromagnetic injection valve, particularly a solenoid type fluid injection valve for automotive applications. For example, an electromagnetic injection valve may include: an inlet tube; a valve body having a longitudinal axis and a cavity in which a valve needle moves; an upper magnetic ring press-fitted with the inlet tube or the valve body; a lower magnetic ring press-fitted with the valve body; and a housing part surrounding an electromagnetic actuator unit for moving the valve needle. The lower magnetic ring is positioned on the valve body in such a way that an upper side of the lower magnetic ring is in close contact with an underside of the housing part. The electromagnetic actuator unit abuts the upper magnetic ring and the lower magnetic ring on opposite axial sides. The housing part and/or the lower magnetic ring comprises a cut extending along the axis. 1. An electromagnetic injection valve comprising:an inlet tube;a valve body having a longitudinal axis and a cavity in which a valve needle is axially moveable;an upper magnetic ring press-fitted with the inlet tube or the valve body;a lower magnetic ring press-fitted with the valve body; anda housing part surrounding an electromagnetic actuator unit for moving the valve needle;whereinthe lower magnetic ring is positioned on the valve body in such a way that an upper side of the lower magnetic ring is in close contact with an underside of the housing part;the electromagnetic actuator unit abuts the upper magnetic ring and the lower magnetic ring on opposite axial sides; andat least one of the housing part and the lower magnetic ring comprises a cut extending along the axis.2. An electromagnetic injection valve according to claim 1 , wherein the upper magnetic ring is press fit onto an external circumferential surface of the inlet tube or an external circumferential surface of the valve body.3. An ...

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27-10-2016 дата публикации

HOOP SPRING IN A PRESSURE REACTIVE PISTON

Номер: US20160312693A1
Автор: Brevick John Edward
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Systems and methods are provided for varying a compression ratio in an engine having a pressure reactive piston. The pressure reactive piston may include a piston crown, and a spring positioned within the piston crown, wherein the spring includes a first ring, a second ring comprising a plurality of apertures, a rolling element positioned within each of the plurality of apertures, and a third ring. The first ring, the second ring, and the third ring of the spring may be arranged concentrically and the second ring may be positioned between the first ring and the third ring. 1. A system , comprising:a piston crown; anda spring positioned within the piston crown, the spring including a first ring, a second ring comprising a plurality of apertures, a rolling element positioned within each of the plurality of apertures, and a third ring, wherein the first ring, the second ring, and the third ring are arranged concentrically with the second ring positioned between the first ring and the third ring.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first ring is in direct contact with the second ring claim 1 , and not in direct contact with the third ring and wherein claim 1 , the third ring is in direct contact with the second ring but not in direct contact with the first ring.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a central axis of the first ring is parallel to each of a central axis of the second ring and a central axis of the third ring.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the first ring claim 3 , the second ring claim 3 , and the third ring are shaped as tapered cylinders.5. The system of claim 4 , wherein each of the first ring and the third ring are made of steel claim 4 , and the second ring is made of a polymer.6. The system of claim 5 , wherein a central axis of the piston crown coincides with each of the central axis of the first ring claim 5 , the central axis of the second ring claim 5 , and the central axis of the third ring.7. The system of claim 6 , further ...

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26-10-2017 дата публикации

HOOP SPRING IN A PRESSURE REACTIVE PISTON

Номер: US20170306838A1
Автор: Brevick John Edward
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Systems and methods are provided for varying a compression ratio in an engine having a pressure reactive piston. The pressure reactive piston may include a piston crown, and a spring positioned within the piston crown, wherein the spring includes a first ring, a second ring comprising a plurality of apertures, a rolling element positioned within each of the plurality of apertures, and a third ring. The first ring, the second ring, and the third ring of the spring may be arranged concentrically and the second ring may be positioned between the first ring and the third ring. 1. A system , comprising:a piston crown; anda spring positioned within the piston crown, the spring including a first ring, a second ring comprising a plurality of apertures, a rolling element positioned within each of the plurality of apertures, and a third ring, wherein the first ring, the second ring, and the third ring are arranged concentrically with the second ring positioned between the first ring and the third ring.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first ring is in direct contact with the second ring claim 1 , and not in direct contact with the third ring claim 1 , and wherein the third ring is in direct contact with the second ring but not in direct contact with the first ring.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a central axis of the first ring is parallel to each of a central axis of the second ring and a central axis of the third ring.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the first ring claim 3 , the second ring claim 3 , and the third ring are shaped as tapered cylinders.5. The system of claim 4 , wherein each of the first ring and the third ring are made of steel claim 4 , and the second ring is made of a polymer.6. The system of claim 5 , wherein a central axis of the piston crown coincides with each of the central axis of the first ring claim 5 , the central axis of the second ring claim 5 , and the central axis of the third ring.7. The system of claim 6 , further ...

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10-10-2019 дата публикации

CO-AXIAL DUAL FLUIDS METERING SYSTEM AND METHODS

Номер: US20190309718A1
Автор: Lull Joseph, Warner Justin
Принадлежит: Enginetics, LLC

A metering system for a fuel atomizer includes a housing having a fuel inlet and an oxidizer inlet arranged coaxially, and an oxidizer metering device having a plurality of oxidizer channels, an oxidizer flow controller, and a fuel metering device. The oxidizer channels are spaced apart circumferentially in the housing and are arranged angled in at least one of a radially inward direction and a tangential direction to create a swirl of oxidizer flow in a mixing chamber of the fuel atomizer. The oxidizer flow controller is configured to control flow of oxidizer from the oxidizer inlet to the plurality of oxidizer channels. The fuel metering device is configured to control fuel flow from the fuel inlet to the mixing chamber. 1. A metering system for a fluid atomizer , comprising:a housing having a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, an outlet, a mixing chamber, a plurality of first fluid channels, and a flow channel provided between the first fluid inlet and the plurality of first fluid channels;a first fluid flow controller comprising:a rearward most surface arranged away from the housing outlet;a forward most surface arranged toward the housing outlet;wherein the first fluid flow controller is movable in the flow channel to control flow of first fluid from the first fluid inlet to the plurality of first fluid channels;a second fluid metering device extending through the first fluid flow controller from a location rearward of the rearward most surface to a location forward of the forward most surface of the first fluid flow controller to deliver the second fluid from a location rearward of the first fluid flow controller to the mixing chamber.2. The metering system of claim 1 , further comprising a first solenoid operable to move the first fluid flow controller between a closed position sealing the plurality of first fluid channels and an open position providing flow communication between the first fluid inlet and the plurality of first fluid channels.3. The ...

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