Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control device
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Application No.: US17418917Application Date: 2020-02-07
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Publication No.: US11333060B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Kengo Kumano , Masayuki Saruwatari
- Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-048273 20190315
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/004727 WO 20200207
- International Announcement: WO2020/189078 WO 20200924
- Main IPC: F01P7/14
- IPC: F01P7/14 ; F01P3/06

Abstract:
When a coolant controlled to have a constant target temperature is used regardless of a traveling condition of a vehicle, a fuel efficiency of the vehicle may be reduced. Therefore, a VCU 1 predicts the output of an internal combustion engine in a future prediction period on the basis of position information of the vehicle acquired from a positioning unit, traffic information related to a route to a destination, and internal combustion engine control information, determines a target coolant temperature which is the target temperature of the coolant for cooling the internal combustion engine on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine, sets the change timing for changing the temperature of the coolant to the target coolant temperature on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine, and controls the operation of the coolant temperature change unit for changing the temperature of the coolant at the change timing so as to reach the target coolant temperature on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220106902A1 Control Device Public/Granted day:2022-04-07
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