Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control device for internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US16972104Application Date: 2019-04-17
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Publication No.: US11274646B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Eiichirou Ohata
- Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-110400 20180608
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/016415 WO 20190417
- International Announcement: WO2019/235078 WO 20191212
- Main IPC: F02P15/10
- IPC: F02P15/10 ; F02P9/00 ; F02P15/08 ; F02P17/12 ; F02D41/00

Abstract:
Ignitability of a fuel by a spark plug is improved while an increase in the number of ignition coils is suppressed. A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition control unit 83 which controls energization of an ignition coil 300a and an ignition coil 300b which each provide electric energy to a spark plug which discharges in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to ignite a fuel, and a discharge amount detection unit which detects an inter-electrode voltage of the spark plug. After the ignition control unit 83 discharges the spark plug using the electric energy of the ignition coil 300a, the ignition control unit estimates a voltage which is supply-able from the ignition coil 300a to the spark plug, and controls energization of the ignition coil so as to supply the electric energy of the second ignition coil 300b to the spark plug when a difference d between the estimated supply-able voltage and a required voltage based on the voltage detected by the discharge amount detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210222664A1 CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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