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US 2009/0265076 A1Published application
Control device for internal combustion engine
AssigneeMitsubishi Electronic Corporation
InventorMasayoshi HIROSE
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AssigneeMitsubishi Electronic Corporation
InventorMasayoshi HIROSE
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To improve accuracy of learning of a full-close reference position of a throttle valve while suppressing deterioration in startability and mechanical durability and power consumption, an ECU performs position learning processing and learning permission judgment processing as a part of opening and closing control for the throttle valve. In the learning permission judgment processing, the ECU judges whether all of a first learning permission condition, a second learning permission condition, and a third learning permission condition are satisfied. The third learning permission condition is a condition judged by the ECU as being satisfied when intake passage pressure MP exceeds a predetermined value kMP registered in the ECU in advance. The predetermined value kMP is a value for excluding an error due to negative pressure from throttle opening TP detected by a throttle opening sensor.
A control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a throttle-valve control unit that monitors throttle opening of a throttle valve which opens and closes an intake passage, accelerator opening, and intake passage pressure, controls opening and closing of the throttle valve according to the accelerator opening by driving an actuator connected to the throttle valve, drives, when it is judged that a predetermined learning start condition is satisfied, the actuator to arrange the throttle valve at a limit in an operation range in a closing direction, and learns a full-close position of the throttle valve as a full-close reference position on the basis of the throttle opening of the throttle valve at the limit, wherein
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