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Engine control device

US12129809B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2021
Grant dateOct 29, 2024
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control device for controlling an engine includes main-chamber injecting means (1,3) that supplies a main chamber (8) with fuel; sub-chamber injecting means (2) that supplies a sub chamber (5) with fuel after the main chamber injecting means (1,3) supplies the fuel; estimating means (21) that estimates a degree of knocking serving as indices of an intensity of the knocking and an occurrence frequency of the knocking; and fuel controlling means (22) that carries out, when the degree (N) of the knocking is a first predetermined value (N1) or more, fuel control that reduces a sub-chamber fuel amount representing an amount of fuel supplied by the sub-chamber injecting means (2). By reducing the sub-chamber fuel amount in this manner, the occurrence of knocking can be suppressed, so that the combustion state of a divided-combustion-chamber engine can be enhanced.

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