Control method and control device for vehicular internal combustion engine
US11149666B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02D2250/21
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicular internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine and an electric intake air supply device. The internal combustion engine is shifted into a stoichiometric combustion mode, and a lean combustion mode. The electric intake air supply device is driven by an on-vehicle battery, and employed to contribute a part of intake air quantity at least under a specific operating condition when in the lean combustion mode. A control method includes: determining an electric energy of the electric intake air supply device that is required to maintain achievement of a target air fuel ratio of the lean combustion mode when in a lean combustion operation region; and causing a shift from the lean combustion mode into a stoichiometric combustion mode when the on-vehicle battery is in an insufficient state of charge with respect to the electric energy.
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