Internal combustion engine control device
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKentaro Yamano, Yuji Sasaki, Takao Kawasaki
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Abstract
In an internal combustion engine control device, a predetermined margin torque is set such that it is possible to maintain a predetermined engine idling speed by adjusting ignition timing with respect to load fluctuations during idling operation. The margin torque is set to decrease, as a load, acting on the internal combustion engine during idling operation, increases. Accordingly, the margin torque can be set to an appropriate value, and thus it is possible to improve a fuel economy performance during idling operation of the internal combustion engine.
Claims26
An internal combustion engine control device, in which a margin torque that can be increased by ignition-timing adjustment such that ignition timing is shifted to an ignition-timing change side on which an engine output is decreased, while supplying an intake air quantity exceeding a given quantity corresponding to an actual engine output torque with respect to load fluctuations during idling operation is set, comprising:
- an engine control unit comprising a target torque calculation means for calculating a target torque of an internal combustion engine, the engine control unit configured to
- set the target torque such that the target torque increases, as an auxiliary load, acting on the internal combustion engine, increases,
- set the margin torque such that the margin torque decreases, as a load of the internal combustion engine during idling operation increases, and
- calculate the margin torque as a value obtained by subtracting the auxiliary load, which has already acted on the internal combustion engine, from a summed value of all loads which may possibly act on the internal combustion engine during idling operation.
An internal combustion engine control device, in which a margin torque that can be increased by ignition-timing adjustment such that ignition timing is shifted to an ignition-timing change side on which an engine output is decreased, while supplying an intake air quantity exceeding a given quantity corresponding to an actual engine output torque with respect to load fluctuations during idling operation is set, comprising:
- an engine control unit comprising a target torque arithmetic-calculation part configured to calculate a target torque of an internal combustion engine, the engine control unit configured to
- set the target torque such that the target torque increases, as an auxiliary load, acting on the internal combustion engine, increases,
- set the margin torque such that the target torque decreases, as a load of the internal combustion engine during idling operation increases, and
- calculate the margin torque as a value obtained by subtracting the auxiliary load, which has already acted on the internal combustion engine, from a summed value of all loads which may possibly act on the internal combustion engine during idling operation.
An internal combustion engine control device, in which a margin torque that can be increased by ignition-timing adjustment such that ignition timing is shifted to an ignition-timing change side on which an engine output is decreased, while supplying an intake air quantity exceeding a given quantity corresponding to an actual engine output torque with respect to load fluctuations during idling operation is set, comprising:
- an engine control unit including a target torque calculation means for calculating a target torque of an internal combustion engine, the engine control unit configured to
- set the target torque such that the target torque increases, as an auxiliary load, acting on the internal combustion engine, increases, and
- set the margin torque such that the margin torque decreases, as a load of the internal combustion engine during idling operation increases;
- and
- the engine control unit further comprising
- a torque-down rate calculation means for calculating a torque-down rate by dividing the margin torque by an output torque of the internal combustion engine obtained when the ignition timing has been set at a minimum advance for a best torque under a current operating condition;
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- an ignition-timing correction amount calculation means for calculating an ignition-timing correction amount of the internal combustion engine during idling operation, using the torque-down rate.
An internal combustion engine control device, in which a margin torque that can be increased by ignition-timing adjustment such that ignition timing is shifted to an ignition-timing change side on which an engine output is decreased, while supplying an intake air quantity exceeding a given quantity corresponding to an actual engine output torque with respect to load fluctuations during idling operation is set, comprising:
- an engine control unit including a target torque arithmetic-calculation part configured to calculate a target torque of an internal combustion engine, the engine control unit configured to
- set the target torque such that the target torque increases, as an auxiliary load, acting on the internal combustion engine, increases, and
- set the margin torque such that the margin torque decreases, as a load of the internal combustion engine during idling operation increases;
- and
- the engine control unit further comprising
- a torque-down rate arithmetic-calculation part configured to calculate a torque-down rate by dividing the margin torque by an output torque of the internal combustion engine obtained when the ignition timing has been set at a minimum advance for a best torque under a current operating condition;
- and
- an ignition-timing correction amount arithmetic-calculation part configured to calculate an ignition-timing correction amount of the internal combustion engine during idling operation, using the torque-down rate.
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