# US 10,480,430 B2 · Evaporated fuel processing device

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- Number: US 10,480,430 B2
- Document ID: US10480430B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/834,822
- Filed: 2017-12-07
- Published: 2018-06-14
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-12-09
- Assignees: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hidetoshi Tsutsumi; Tatsuhiko Akita; Yuusaku Nishimura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480430B2

## CPC

- F02D 41/0032: {Controlling the purging of the canister as a function of the engine operating conditions}
- F02D 41/0045: {Estimating, calculating or determining the purging rate, amount, flow or concentration}
- F02D 41/2422: {Selective use of one or more tables}
- F02M 25/0836: {Arrangement of valves controlling the admission of fuel vapour to an engine, e.g. valve being disposed between fuel tank or absorption canister and intake manifold}
- F02M 25/0854: {Details of the absorption canister}
- F02M 25/089: {Layout of the fuel vapour installation}
- F02M 35/10157: {Supercharged engines}
- F02M 35/10222: {Exhaust gas recirculation [EGR]; Positive crankcase ventilation [PCV]; Additional air admission, lubricant or fuel vapour admission}
- F02M 35/10229: {the intake system acting as a vacuum or overpressure source for auxiliary devices, e.g. brake systems; Vacuum chambers (air storage chamber F02B21/00)}
- F02M 35/1038: {for temperature or pressure}
- F02D 41/004: {Control of the valve or purge actuator, e.g. duty cycle, closed loop control of position}
- F02D 2200/0406: Intake manifold pressure
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W)
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

An intake pipe of an evaporated fuel processing device is provided with a throttle valve downstream of a supercharger, and an ejector in parallel to the supercharger. A purge passage is branched into first and second branch passages, which connect to the intake pipe at a position downstream of the throttle valve and to a suction port of the ejector, respectively. In the ejector, its intake port is connected to the intake pipe at a position between the supercharger and the throttle valve, and its exhaust port is connected to the intake pipe at a position upstream of the supercharger. A flow rate of purge gas in the second branch passage is obtained based on at least two of a first pressure downstream of the throttle valve, a second pressure between the supercharger and the throttle valve, and a third pressure upstream of the supercharger.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An evaporated fuel processing device configured to supply evaporated fuel evaporated in a fuel tank to an intake pipe, through which air is supplied to an internal combustion engine, the intake pipe including a supercharger and a throttle valve provided at a position downstream of the supercharger, the evaporated fuel processing device comprising:
a canister configured to adsorb the fuel evaporated in the fuel tank;
a purge passage that connects the canister and the intake pipe, and through which a purge gas sent from the canister to the internal combustion engine passes;
a purge control valve provided on the purge passage; and
an ejector provided on the intake pipe in parallel to the supercharger,
wherein
the purge passage branches into a first branch passage and a second branch passage at a position downstream of the purge control valve,
the first branch passage is connected to the intake pipe at a position downstream of the throttle valve,
the second branch passage is connected to a suction port of the ejector,
an intake port of the ejector is connected to the intake pipe at a position between the supercharger and the throttle valve,
an exhaust port of the ejector is connected to the intake pipe at a position upstream of the supercharger,
the evaporated fuel processing device is configured to obtain a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the second branch passage based on a first pressure in the intake pipe downstream of the throttle valve, a second pressure in the intake pipe between the supercharger and the throttle valve, and a third pressure in the intake pipe upstream of the supercharger, and
the flow rate of the purge gas passing through the second branch passage is obtained by multiplying a flow rate and a correction coefficient, the flow rate being obtained based on a table related to the flow rate of the purge gas with the differential pressure between the second pressure and the third pressure as a variable, and the correction coefficient being obtained based on a table related to the correction coefficient of the purge gas with the differential pressure between the first pressure and the third pressure as a variable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The evaporated fuel processing device according to claim 1, wherein
a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the first branch passage is obtained based on a table relating to the flow rate of the purge gas with the first pressure or a differential pressure between the first pressure and the third pressure as a variable.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The evaporated fuel processing device according to claim 2, wherein
a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the purge passage is obtained by adding the flow rate of the purge gas passing through the first branch passage and the flow rate of the purge gas passing through the second branch passage.

### Claim 4

An evaporated fuel processing device configured to supply evaporated fuel evaporated in a fuel tank to an intake pipe, through which air is supplied to an internal combustion engine, the intake pipe including a supercharger and a throttle valve provided downstream of the supercharger, the evaporated fuel processing device comprising:
a canister configured to adsorb the fuel evaporated in the fuel tank;
a purge passage that connects the canister and the intake pipe, and through which a purge gas sent from the canister passes to the internal combustion engine passes;
a purge control valve provided on the purge passage;
an ejector provided on the intake pipe in parallel to the supercharger;
a first pressure gauge configured to measure a first pressure in the intake pipe downstream of the throttle valve;
a second pressure gauge configured to measure a second pressure in the intake pipe between the supercharger and the throttle valve; and
a third pressure gauge configured to measure a third pressure in the intake pipe upstream of the supercharger,
the purge passage branches into a first branch passage and a second branch passage at a position downstream of the purge control valve,
the first branch passage is connected to the intake pipe at a position downstream of the throttle valve,
the second branch passage is connected to a suction port of the ejector,
an intake port of the ejector is connected to the intake pipe at a position between the supercharger and the throttle valve,
an exhaust port of the ejector is connected to the intake pipe at a position upstream of the supercharger,
wherein a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the second branch passage is obtained by multiplying a flow rate and a correction coefficient, the flow rate being obtained based on a table related to the flow rate of the purge gas with the differential pressure between the second pressure and the third pressure as a variable, and the correction coefficient being obtained based on a table related to the correction coefficient of the purge gas with the differential pressure between the first pressure and the third pressure as a variable.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The evaporated fuel processing device according to claim 4, wherein
a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the first branch passage is obtained based on a table relating to the flow rate of the purge gas with the first pressure or a differential pressure between the first pressure and the third pressure as a variable.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The evaporated fuel processing device according to claim 5, wherein
a flow rate of the purge gas passing through the purge passage is obtained by adding the flow rate of the purge gas passing through the first branch passage and the flow rate of the purge gas passing through the second branch passage.