Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090301451 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE HAVING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION, AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus is provided for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a continuously variable transmission capable of controlling an output speed of the engine. A controller of the control apparatus determines a first operating point at which a total fuel consumption amount is minimized as an optimal operating point, such that the total fuel consumption amount is obtained by adding an amount of a fuel consumed by an exhaust purifying device disposed in an exhaust system to an amount of a fuel consumed by the engine for generating a required output. The controller then controls an engine load and also controls a speed ratio of the transmission so that the engine operates at the optimal operating point. | 12-10-2009 |
20100010725 | MULTIFUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND COMBUSTION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A multifuel internal combustion engine includes: fuel characteristics determining unit that determines ignitability and anti-knocking performance of the fuel introduced into the combustion chamber CC; combustion mode setting unit that sets a compression hypergolic diffusion combustion mode when ignitability of the fuel is excellent, sets a premixed spark-ignition flame propagation combustion mode when the ignitability of the fuel is poor and anti-knocking performance is excellent, and sets a spark assist compression hypergolic diffusion combustion mode when both the ignitability and anti-knocking performance of the fuel are poor; and combustion control execution unit that makes the engine to drive in a combustion mode which is set by the combustion mode setting unit. | 01-14-2010 |
20100043731 | Medium circulating apparatus for improving startability and warm up ability - A medium circulating apparatus of engine oil, which improves startability and warm up ability of an internal combustion engine, includes a microbubble generator that generates microbubbles and mixes the microbubbles into the circulating engine oil. Further, the medium circulating apparatus includes a medium temperature acquiring unit that acquires a temperature of the engine oil. The microbubbles are generated by the microbubble generator when the temperature of the engine oil is less than or equal to a predetermined value in order to decrease a viscosity, a heat conductivity, and a heat capacity of the engine oil in which the microbubbles are mixed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100235069 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE - It is possible to suppress fluctuations of an air intake amount when the open degree of an air intake control valve is unknown. An engine includes an impulse valve common to all the cylinders arranged in the engine. The impulse valve is arranged in a communicating tube provided at the downstream side of a serge tank. An ECU executes impulse valve drive control. In the control, the ECU judges whether a rotation angle sensor which detects the open degree of the impulse valve has failed. If it is judged that the rotation angle sensor has failed, the ECU controls a drive motor and a drive circuit for driving a valve body so that a valve body of the impulse valve rotates inside the communicating tube. Here, the rotor of the drive motor which defines the rotation speed of the valve body has an rpm which is set in accordance with the mechanical rpm NE of the engine. | 09-16-2010 |
20100288221 | INTAKE DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake passage in an internal combustion engine includes an independent passage disposed in each of cylinders, and a common passage connected to the independent passage, to be commonly used by the different cylinders. A cross-sectional area of the independent passage disposed in the cylinder having the long passage length from an intake valve to a surge tank is made greater than that of the independent passage disposed in the cylinder having the short passage length. | 11-18-2010 |
20110259285 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine using ammonia as fuel comprises an ammonia feed device feeding ammonia to a combustion chamber and a temperature/pressure raising system raising the temperature or raising the pressure of ammonia fed to the ammonia feed device. The temperature/pressure raising system raises the temperature or raises the pressure of ammonia by energy produced along with the operation of the internal combustion engine. As a result, an ammonia burning internal combustion engine maintaining high energy efficiency for the internal combustion engine as a whole or a vehicle mounted with the internal combustion engine as a whole while appropriately controlling the temperature or pressure of ammonia fed to an ammonia injector is provided. | 10-27-2011 |
20110259290 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine can feed ammonia and a highly combustible substance burning easier than ammonia to a combustion chamber. When the amount of ammonia fed into the combustion chamber is increased or when the ratio of the amount of the ammonia to the total amount of the ammonia and the highly combustible substance fed into the combustion chamber is increased, the operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are controlled so the air-fuel mixture fed into the combustion chamber is made easier to burn. As a result, an ammonia burning internal combustion engine designed to suppress a drop in combustibility of auxiliary fuel due to ammonia, can be provided. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264355 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine can use ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel which is easier to burn than ammonia as fuel. The non-ammonia fuel is directly injected into a combustion chamber by a non-ammonia fuel injector, and the injected non-ammonia fuel is ignited, whereby combustion of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is commenced. In the control system of the internal combustion engine, the injection timing of the non-ammonia fuel is advanced at a time when a ratio of ammonia in all fuel fed to the internal combustion engine is high in comparison with the time when the ratio is low. Therefore, a control system of an internal combustion engine capable of using ammonia and a non-ammonia fuel (gasoline, light oil, hydrogen, etc.) which is easier to burn than ammonia, which suitably feeds fuel and controls combustion in order to suitably burn an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber is provided. | 10-27-2011 |
20110265455 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine capable of using ammonia as fuel comprises an exhaust purifying catalyst purifying ammonia and NO | 11-03-2011 |
20130248359 | MIXED GAS GENERATING DEVICE - Disclosed is a mixed gas generating device and has an object to provide a mixed gas generating device capable of generating CO and H | 09-26-2013 |
20130257061 | FUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A fuel production system and has an object to provide a fuel production system that is capable of producing HC with high efficiency by using variable energy. A first device is a CO/H | 10-03-2013 |
20130333638 | VEHICLE WITH MIXED GAS GENERATING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE WITH FUEL PRODUCING SYSTEM - A vehicle is provided with an engine, an H | 12-19-2013 |