# US 10,865,730 B2 · Fuel supply system for engine, fuel injection control device for engine, and fuel supply method for engine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,730 B2 - Document ID: US10865730B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/739,302 - Filed: 2020-01-10 - Published: 2020-09-17 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-15 - Assignees: Subaru Corporation - Applicants: Subaru Corporation - Inventors: Daiki Nishi; Shunsuke Ohsawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865730B2 ## CPC - F02D 41/126: {transitional corrections at the end of the cut-off period} - F02D 41/40: with means for controlling injection timing or duration - F02D 35/024: {using an estimation} - F02D 41/008: {Controlling each cylinder individually} - F02D 41/0087: {Selective cylinder activation, i.e. partial cylinder operation (deceleration cut-off F02D41/123)} - F02D 2041/389: {for injecting directly into the cylinder} - F02D 2200/021: Engine temperature - F02D 2200/04: Engine intake system parameters - F02D 2200/0404: Throttle position - F02D 2200/101: Engine speed - F02D 2200/703: Atmospheric pressure - Y02T 10/40: Engine management systems - 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) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A fuel supply system includes an injector, an air flow meter, and an engine controller. The engine controller includes a fuel supply amount setting unit, a fuel cut controller, a fuel supply amount correcting unit, and an injector controller. The fuel supply amount setting unit sets a fuel supply amount on the basis of an intake air amount. The fuel cut controller executes and ends a fuel cut. The fuel supply amount correcting unit increases, on the basis of a reverse air amount, the fuel supply amount after the fuel cut in at least one cylinder, with respect to a basic supply amount corresponding to the intake air amount. An amount of the increase is greater at an initial fuel supply than in fuel supply at a second time and onward. The injector controller outputs, to the injector, a signal corresponding to the increased fuel supply amount. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fuel supply system for an engine, the system comprising: a fuel injector configured to supply fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine; an air flow meter configured to detect an intake air amount of the engine; and an engine controller configured to control a fuel supply amount from the fuel injector, the engine controller including a fuel supply amount setting unit configured to set the fuel supply amount on a basis of the intake air amount detected by the air flow meter, a fuel cut controller configured to execute a fuel cut that stops supply of the fuel by the fuel injector if a predetermined fuel cut condition is satisfied, and to end the fuel cut if a predetermined fuel cut end condition is satisfied, a fuel supply amount correcting unit configured to perform, on a basis of a reverse air amount from an exhaust channel of the engine to the combustion chamber during execution of the fuel cut by the fuel cut controller, an increase correction on the fuel supply amount from the fuel injector upon end of the fuel cut in at least one cylinder of the engine, with respect to a basic supply amount corresponding to the intake air amount, an amount of the increase correction being greater at an initial fuel supply than in fuel supply at a second time and onward, and a fuel injector controller configured to output, to the fuel injector, a drive signal corresponding to the fuel supply amount that has undergone the increase correction by the fuel supply amount correcting unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to stop the increase correction based on the reverse air amount in fuel supply at the second time and onward. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cylinder of the engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, the fuel cut controller is configured to execute the fuel cut only in some of the plurality of cylinders, and the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to increase, in accordance with an increase in number of the cylinders that have undergone the fuel cut, a number of the cylinders that undergo the increase correction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 2, wherein the at least one cylinder of the engine comprises a plurality of cylinders, the fuel cut controller is configured to execute the fuel cut only in some of the plurality of cylinders, and the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to increase, in accordance with an increase in number of the cylinders that have undergone the fuel cut, a number of the cylinders that undergo the increase correction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to set the amount of the increase correction that allows a theoretical air-fuel ratio to be achieved with respect to the reverse air amount. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 2, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to set the amount of the increase correction that allows a theoretical air-fuel ratio to be achieved with respect to the reverse air amount. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the engine includes a throttle valve provided in an intake channel, and the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to set the amount of the increase correction on a basis of a rotational speed of an output shaft of the engine and a degree of opening of the throttle valve. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 2, wherein the engine includes a throttle valve provided in an intake channel, and the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to set the amount of the increase correction on a basis of a rotational speed of an output shaft of the engine and a degree of opening of the throttle valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to decrease the amount of the increase correction in accordance with a decrease in atmospheric pressure or pressure in the exhaust channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 2, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to decrease the amount of the increase correction in accordance with a decrease in atmospheric pressure or pressure in the exhaust channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 1, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to increase the amount of the increase correction in a case where the engine is in a predetermined low temperature state. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The fuel supply system for the engine, according to claim 2, wherein the fuel supply amount correcting unit is configured to increase the amount of the increase correction in a case where the engine is in a predetermined low temperature state. ### Claim 13 A fuel injection control device for an engine, the fuel injection control device being configured to control a fuel injection amount of a fuel injector configured to supply fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, the fuel injection control device comprising circuitry configured to set a basic injection amount of the fuel injector on a basis of an intake air amount of the engine, execute a fuel cut that stops injection of the fuel by the fuel injector if a predetermined fuel cut condition is satisfied, end the fuel cut if a predetermined fuel cut end condition is satisfied, perform, on a basis of a reverse air amount from an exhaust channel of the engine to the combustion chamber during execution of the fuel cut, an increase correction on the fuel injection amount at initial fuel injection by the fuel injector upon end of the fuel cut in at least one cylinder of the engine, with respect to the basic injection amount, an amount of the increase correction being greater at the initial fuel injection than in fuel injection at a second time and onward, and output, to the fuel injector, a drive signal corresponding to the fuel injection amount that has undergone the increase correction. ### Claim 14 A fuel supply method for an engine, the fuel supply method being configured to control a fuel amount at which a fuel injector supplies fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine, the fuel supply method comprising: detecting an intake air amount of the engine; setting a basic value of the fuel amount on a basis of the detected intake air amount; executing a fuel cut that stops supply of the fuel by the fuel injector if a predetermined fuel cut condition is satisfied; ending the fuel cut if a predetermined fuel cut end condition is satisfied; performing, on a basis of a reverse air amount from an exhaust channel of the engine to the combustion chamber during execution of the fuel cut, an increase correction on a fuel supply amount from the fuel injector upon end of the fuel cut in at least one cylinder of the engine, with respect to the basic value, an amount of the increase correction being greater at an initial fuel supply than in fuel supply at a second time and onward; and controlling an operation regarding supply of the fuel by the fuel injector on a basis of the fuel supply amount that has undergone the increase correction.