Internal combustion engine and control of the energization to an ignition coil and energization to an injector

An internal combustion engine having an ignition coil and an injector that share a power source, and having a controller that controls energization to the ignition coil and energization to the injector, the controller comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory including at least one computer-executable program that upon execution causes the at least one processor to:
• execute setting processing of setting an energization period of the ignition coil in accordance with an operating condition of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• execute correction processing of, when the energization period of the ignition coil overlaps with an energization period of the injector, correcting the energization period of the ignition coil so as to reduce an overlap period between the energization period of the ignition coil and the energization period of the injector,
• wherein the at least one computer-executable program upon execution causes the at least one processor to:
• in the setting processing, set the energization period of the ignition coil to adjust an ignition timing to a minimum advance for the best torque (MBT) and also set the energization period of the injector in accordance with the operating condition of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• in the correction processing, correct the energization period of the ignition coil within a range where a torque decrease rate with respect to a torque obtained at the MBT becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value and, when the overlap period is not removed by correcting the energization period of the ignition coil, also correct the energization period of the injector within a range from a predetermined retardation limit to a predetermined advance limit.

An internal combustion engine having an ignition coil and an injector that share a power source, and having a controller that controls energization to the ignition coil and energization to the injector, the controller comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory including at least one computer-executable program that upon execution causes the at least one processor to:
• execute setting processing of setting an energization period of the ignition coil in accordance with an operating condition of the internal combustion engine;
• and
• execute correction processing of, when the energization period of the ignition coil overlaps with an energization period of the injector, correcting the energization period of the ignition coil so as to reduce an overlap period between the energization period of the ignition coil and the energization period of the injector,
• wherein the at least one computer-executable program upon execution causes the at least one processor to:
• in the setting processing, set the energization period of the injector in accordance with the operating condition of the internal combustion engine and also set the energization period of the ignition coil so as to minimize the overlap period within a range where a torque decrease rate with respect to a torque obtained at a minimum advance for the best torque (MBT) becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value;
• and
• in the correction processing, when the overlap period is not removed by correcting the energization period of the injector within a range from a predetermined retardation limit to a predetermined advance limit, advance the energization period of the ignition coil within a range where the ignition timing is not advanced over a knocking ignition timing, or retard the energization period of the ignition coil within a range where the ignition timing is not retarded over a misfire limit ignition timing.