EP3306061A1 - Dispositif de commande et procédé de commande pour pompe à carburant - Google Patents

Dispositif de commande et procédé de commande pour pompe à carburant Download PDF

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EP3306061A1
EP3306061A1 EP16807277.5A EP16807277A EP3306061A1 EP 3306061 A1 EP3306061 A1 EP 3306061A1 EP 16807277 A EP16807277 A EP 16807277A EP 3306061 A1 EP3306061 A1 EP 3306061A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/02—Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
    • F02D41/04—Introducing corrections for particular operating conditions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/04—Feeding by means of driven pumps
    • F02M37/08—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
    • F02D41/3082—Control of electrical fuel pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/04—Feeding by means of driven pumps
    • F02M37/043—Arrangements for driving reciprocating piston-type pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/04—Engine intake system parameters
    • F02D2200/0404—Throttle position
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/10—Parameters related to the engine output, e.g. engine torque or engine speed
    • F02D2200/101—Engine speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
    • F02D41/32—Controlling fuel injection of the low pressure type
    • F02D41/34—Controlling fuel injection of the low pressure type with means for controlling injection timing or duration
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/04—Feeding by means of driven pumps
    • F02M37/08—Feeding by means of driven pumps electrically driven
    • F02M2037/085—Electric circuits therefor
    • F02M2037/087—Controlling fuel pressure valve

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  • the present invention relates to a control device for a fuel pump and a control method for a fuel pump, and more particularly, to a control device for a plunger-type fuel pump that causes a plunger to reciprocate using a motor as a drive source to pump a fuel pressurized to a predetermined pressure to an injector of an engine, and a control method for the fuel pump.
  • a fuel injection device in which supply of a fuel to an engine is electrically controlled for the purpose of, for example, improving exhaust gas characteristics and enhancing fuel consumption has been in widespread use.
  • Such a fuel injection device is used not only for four-wheel vehicles, but also for various types of two-wheel vehicles, generators, and the like.
  • a fuel injection device of this type has a configuration in which a fuel in a fuel tank is pumped by a fuel pump and pressurized to a predetermined pressure; the pressurized fuel is supplied to an injector provided in an intake pipe of the engine; and opening and closing of the injector is controlled in synchronization with a combustion cycle of the engine to inject the fuel into the intake pipe.
  • Such a fuel pump is required to be downsized in an engine with a relatively small exhaust amount that is used in, for example, a two-wheel vehicle, a generator, and the like, and there is also a demand for reducing power consumption required for driving the pump. Accordingly, a plunger-type fuel pump having characteristics suitable for those conditions may be employed.
  • a plunger-type fuel pump of this type has a configuration in which a plunger is slidably disposed in a cylinder and is urged in one direction by a return spring, thereby driving the plunger in a direction opposite to the one direction by excitation of a magnet coil.
  • the plunger reciprocates according to a periodic excitation of the magnet coil, with the result that the fuel in the cylinder is pressurized and intermittently discharged.
  • the pressure of the fuel supplied to the injector fluctuates periodically according to a reciprocating motion of the plunger, and variations in the amount of fuel injection occur due to the fluctuation of the fuel pressure even when the injector is controlled to operate at the same valve opening time. This causes a problem that the combustion of the engine becomes unstable and the exhaust gas characteristics and drivability deteriorate.
  • the problem is solved by synchronizing driving of the fuel pump with the rotation of the engine.
  • the injector is driven for a fuel injection time Tout from a fuel injection start time t2 in synchronization with the rotation of the engine, while a time earlier than the fuel injection start time t2 by a predetermined time Tf is defined as a fuel pump drive start point t1, and the fuel pump is driven (the magnet coil is excited) for a fuel pump driving time Tpump from the fuel pump drive start point t1.
  • the fuel injection is executed at a constant timing when the fuel pressure is increased by driving of the fuel pump, and thus variations in the amount of fuel injection due to the fluctuation of the fuel pressure can be suppressed.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-52596
  • the timing for exciting the magnet coil which is a drive source
  • the timing for driving the fuel pump can be controlled in the manner as described above in accordance with the fuel injection timing that changes every second according to the operation area of the engine.
  • the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 cannot be applied to the plunger-type fuel pump in which the motor is used as the drive source, and thus another solution to the problem has been conventionally required.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a fuel pump, a plunger-type fuel pump using a motor as a drive source is used, which is capable of suppressing variations in the amount of fuel injection due to a fluctuation of a fuel pressure and avoiding deterioration in exhaust gas characteristics and drivability, and a control method for the fuel pump.
  • an aspect of the present invention is directed to a control device for a fuel pump, including: a plunger-type fuel pump causing a plunger to reciprocate by driving of a motor to pump a fuel pressurized to a predetermined pressure; an injector injecting the fuel in synchronization with a combustion cycle of an engine, the fuel being pumped from the fuel pump; a motor control unit supplying the motor with a drive current to control the motor; a determination unit executing a determination process for determining whether one of a period of fuel injection by the injector and a period of fuel pumping by the plunger corresponds to a multiple of the other one of the periods; and a motor speed change instruction unit causing the motor control unit to change a rotational speed of the motor when the determination unit determines that the one of the periods corresponds to the multiple of the other one of the periods.
  • the rotational speed of the motor is changed to set the period of fuel pumping to be apart from the period of fuel injection. Accordingly, the period of fuel pumping is constantly different from the period of fuel injection during the operation of the engine, and the relationship between the fuel injection timing and the fuel pumping timing changes in each combustion cycle.
  • an engine rotational period calculation unit calculating a rotational period of the engine
  • a motor rotational period calculation unit calculating a rotational period of the motor
  • the determination unit is preferably configured to execute the determination process by comparing the rotational period of the engine calculated by the engine rotational period calculation unit with the rotational period of the motor calculated by the motor rotational period calculation unit.
  • the rotational speed of the motor is changed according to the determination result of the comparison between the rotational period of the engine and the rotational period of the motor.
  • the fuel pumping timing of the plunger is specified based on the change of the drive current value of the motor, and the rotational speed of the motor is changed according to the determination result of the comparison between the fuel pumping timing and the fuel injection timing of the injector.
  • the fuel pump is preferably configured to cause a diaphragm to reciprocate by driving of the motor, cause the plunger to reciprocate in synchronization with a reciprocating motion of the diaphragm, and pump the fuel pressurized by the plunger to the injector, the fuel being sent out from the diaphragm.
  • a control method for a fuel pump includes: a period determination step of comparing a period of fuel pumping by a plunger-type fuel pump and a period of fuel injection by an injector, and determining whether one of the periods corresponds to a multiple of the other one of the periods, the plunger-type fuel pump being configured to cause a plunger to reciprocate by driving of a motor to pump a fuel, the injector being configured to inject the fuel pumped from the fuel pump in synchronization with a combustion cycle of an engine; and a rotational speed changing step of changing a rotational speed of the motor when it is determined in the period determination step that one of the periods corresponds to the multiple of the other one of the periods.
  • the period determination step compares the period of fuel pumping by the plunger-type fuel pump with the period of fuel injection by the injector, and determines whether one of the periods corresponds to the multiple of the other one of the periods.
  • the rotational speed changing step changes the rotational speed of the motor to set the period of fuel pumping to be apart from the period of fuel injection.
  • a plunger-type fuel pump using a motor as a drive source is used, and variations in the amount of fuel injection due to a fluctuation of a fuel pressure are suppressed to thereby avoid deterioration in exhaust gas characteristics and drivability.
  • Embodiments for embodying the present invention as a control device for a fuel pump for an engine mounted on a two-wheel vehicle, and a control method for the fuel pump will be described below.
  • FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating a control device for a fuel pump according to the present invention.
  • an engine 1 is configured as a 4-cycle single-cylinder gasoline engine having an exhaust amount of 50 cc and is mounted on a two-wheel vehicle as a travelling power source.
  • the specifications of the engine 1 are not limited to this and can be arbitrarily changed.
  • a piston 4 is slidably disposed in a cylinder 3 which is formed in a cylinder block 2 of the engine 1.
  • the piston 4 has a configuration in which the piston 4 is coupled to a crank shaft 6 through a connecting rod 5 and the crank shaft 6 is rotated in accordance with a reciprocating motion of the piston 4.
  • a back end (a side where a transmission which is not illustrated is located) of the crank shaft 6 is provided with a flywheel 7, and a reluctor 7a for detecting a crank angle is formed at a predetermined position on the outer periphery of the flywheel 7.
  • a cylinder head 9 which is fixed onto the cylinder block 2 is provided with an intake port 9a and an exhaust port 9b, and an ignition plug 10 is disposed in the cylinder head 9 in a state where a tip end of the ignition plug 10 faces the inside of the cylinder.
  • An intake passage 11, which is connected to the intake port 9a, is provided with an air cleaner 12, a throttle valve 13 which is opened or closed according to a throttle operation by an operator, and an injector 16 which injects a fuel toward the intake port 9a, in this order from an upstream side.
  • An exhaust passage 17 which is connected to the exhaust port 9b is provided with a three-way catalyst 18 for purifying an exhaust gas, and a muffler which is not illustrated.
  • An intake valve 20 is disposed on the intake port 9a, and an exhaust valve 21 is disposed on the exhaust port 9b.
  • the intake valve 20 and the exhaust valve 21 are urged against the valve closing side by the valve spring 22 and the valves are opened by an intake cam shaft 23 and an exhaust cam shaft 24 which are rotationally driven in synchronization with the crank shaft 6 on the cylinder head 9.
  • the intake valve 20 and the exhaust valve 21 are opened or closed at a predetermined timing in synchronization with a reciprocating operation of the piston 4, and a combustion cycle of the engine 1 that includes four strokes of intake, compression, expansion, and exhaust is repeated at each crank angle of 720°CA.
  • the injector 16 described above is supplied with the fuel (gasoline) stored in the fuel tank 25 from the fuel pump 26.
  • the fuel pump 26 according to this embodiment is one type of plunger-type fuel pumps. The configuration and operating state of the fuel pump will be described below.
  • the fuel pump 26 is configured in such a manner that the fuel having a predetermined pressure necessary for operating the injector 16 can be pressurized and pumped using a combination of a diaphragm and a plunger (hereinafter referred to also as a diaphragm/plunger combined type).
  • the fuel pump 26 is integrated with the injector 16.
  • the fuel pump 26 and the injector 16 are connected to the fuel tank 25 through a supply hose 27 and a return hose 28, respectively.
  • the fuel in the fuel tank 25 is guided into the fuel pump 26 through the supply hose 27 and pressurized to the predetermined pressure, and the pressurized fuel is supplied to the injector 16 and excess fuel is collected into the fuel tank 25 through the return hose 28.
  • the fuel having the predetermined pressure is constantly supplied to the injector 16, and the fuel is injected toward the intake port 9a at a predetermined injection timing and injection amount according to the valve opening of the injector 16.
  • an outside air is sucked into the intake passage 11 through the air cleaner 12 by a negative pressure generated in accordance with a descending motion of the piston 4 in the intake stroke, and the sucked air flows into the cylinder of the engine 1 during the valve opening of the intake valve 20 while the sucked air is mixed with the fuel injected from the injector 16, after the flow rate of the sucked air is adjusted according to the opening of the throttle valve 13.
  • An air-fuel mixture is subjected to the compression in the subsequent compression stroke and is ignited by the ignition plug 10 in the vicinity of a dead center on the compression, and the air-fuel mixture is burnt during the expansion stroke and a torque is given to the crank shaft 6 through the piston 4.
  • the exhaust gas after the combustion is discharged from the cylinder during the valve opening of the exhaust valve 21, and is further discharged to the outside through the three-way catalyst 18 and the muffler while being circulated through the exhaust passage 17.
  • the combustion cycle of the engine 1 described above is executed based on the control of the ECU 31 (engine control unit). Accordingly, the input side of the ECU 31 is connected to various sensors, such as an electromagnetic pickup 32, which is disposed to be opposed to the flywheel 7 and outputs a signal in synchronization with the reluctor 7a, a throttle sensor 33, which detects opening of the throttle valve 13, an O 2 sensor 34, which is disposed in the exhaust passage 17 and varies an output stepwise according to a fluctuation of the exhaust air fuel ratio based on a stoichiometry (theoretical air fuel ratio), and a water temperature sensor 35 which detects a cooling water temperature Tw of the engine 1.
  • the output side of the ECU 31 is connected to various devices such as the injector 16, the fuel pump 26, and an ignitor 36 for driving the ignition plug 10.
  • the ECU 31 operates the engine 1 by executing various control operations, such as a fuel injection control for driving the injector 16, an ignition timing control for driving the ignition plug 10, and a pump control for driving the fuel pump 26.
  • various control operations such as a fuel injection control for driving the injector 16, an ignition timing control for driving the ignition plug 10, and a pump control for driving the fuel pump 26.
  • the ECU 31 determines a target fuel injection amount based on an engine rotational speed Ne calculated from the signal of the electromagnetic pickup 32, a throttle opening ⁇ th detected by the throttle sensor 33, and the like, and drives the injector 16 at a predetermined timing in synchronization with the combustion cycle of the engine 1 and executes the fuel injection.
  • the ECU 31 determines the target ignition timing based on the engine rotational speed Ne, the throttle opening ⁇ th, and the like, while performing waveform shaping on the signal of the electromagnetic pickup 32 to generate a crank angle signal having a rectangular wave in synchronization with the reluctor 7a (in other words, a crank angle). Further, the ECU 31 specifies the timing corresponding to the target ignition timing based on the crank angle signal, and drives the ignitor 36 to ignite the ignition plug 10.
  • the ECU 31 incorporates a driver circuit 31a for driving a motor (DC motor 42 described below) as a drive source for the fuel pump 26.
  • the ECU 31 drives the fuel pump 26 by supplying a drive current to the motor from the driver circuit 31a during the operation of the engine 1, and pumps the fuel pressurized to the predetermined pressure to the injector 16 (motor control unit).
  • the fuel pump 26 since the fuel pump 26 according to this embodiment is a diaphragm/plunger combined type fuel pump, it is necessary to take measures for suppressing variations in the amount of fuel injection due to a fluctuation of the fuel pressure.
  • a motor is used as the drive source, it is difficult to synchronize driving of the fuel pump with the rotation of the engine, like in the plunger-type fuel pump using the magnet coil as the drive source as disclosed in Patent Document 1.
  • the rotational period of the motor is set to be different from the rotational period of the engine 1, to thereby solve the problem.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view illustrating details of the fuel pump 26.
  • the casing of the fuel pump 26 is composed of a motor casing 41a, a pump casing 41b, and a regulator casing 41c.
  • the motor casing 41a includes a DC motor 42 (indicated by a dashed line) as a drive source.
  • a cam 43 is fixed to the output shaft 42a of the DC motor 42.
  • a cam receiving member 44 reciprocates in a horizontal direction in the drawings (this direction is hereinafter referred to as an axis L direction).
  • a central part of a diaphragm 46 is fixed to the cam receiving member 44.
  • the diaphragm 46 defines a diaphragm chamber 47 between the motor casing 41a and the pump casing 41b.
  • the diaphragm 46 reciprocates rightward (hereinafter referred to as an intake side) and leftward (hereinafter referred to as a discharge side) alternately in the drawings according to a reciprocating motion of the cam receiving member 44.
  • the diaphragm 46 When the diaphragm 46 is moved to the intake side, the fuel flows into the diaphragm chamber 47 through the supply hose 27 and the supply passage 50 from the fuel tank 25.
  • a plunger 56 is slidably disposed along the axis L direction, is coupled to the cam receiving member 44, and reciprocates between the intake side and the discharge side in synchronization with the reciprocating motion of the diaphragm 46.
  • a part of the fuel in the diaphragm chamber 47 flows into the plunger 56 through the intake port 56a, and further flows into the pressurization chamber 57 through the check valve 58.
  • the fuel in the pressurization chamber 57 is pressurized when the plunger 56 is thereafter moved to the discharge side, and the pressurization of the fuel is repeated for each reciprocating motion of the plunger 56.
  • the fuel pressurized in the pressurization chamber 57 by a reciprocating motion of the plunger 56 is supplied to a pressure adjustment mechanism 59, which is provided in the regulator casing 41c, through a check valve 60, and the fuel is adjusted to a set pressure by the pressure adjustment mechanism 59.
  • An excess fuel generated by pressure adjustment is discharged to a relief passage 69, and is collected into the fuel tank 25 together with the excess fuel from the diaphragm chamber 47.
  • the fuel whose pressure has been adjusted by the pressure adjustment mechanism 59 is pumped to the injector 16 (illustrated in FIG. 1 ) from the pressure adjustment chamber 66 through the injector passage 68, and is injected toward the intake port 9a of the engine 1 in accordance with the valve opening of the injector 16.
  • the fuel pump 26 causes the plunger 56 to reciprocate to pressurize the fuel. Accordingly, the fuel pressure inevitably fluctuates, while the DC motor 42 is used as the drive source, and thus the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 cannot be applied.
  • the fuel that is pressurized by the plunger 56 and subjected to pressure adjustment by the pressure adjustment mechanism 59 is supplied to the injector 16 through the injector passage 68, and the pressure of the fuel in a passage from the injector passage 68 to the injector 16 is held at a set pressure (e.g., about 300 kPa) which is stable constantly except for a fuel pumping timing by the plunger 56 (hereinafter referred to as a fuel pumping timing).
  • a set pressure e.g., about 300 kPa
  • a fuel pumping timing a fuel pumping timing
  • the fuel injection can be executed under a set fuel pressure, which is constantly stable, as long as the fuel pumping timing does not overlap the fuel injection timing of each combustion cycle, so that effects on the fuel injection amount due to a fluctuation of the fuel pressure can be eliminated.
  • the combustion cycle in which the fuel injection timing changes according to the operation area of the engine 1 and incidentally overlaps the fuel pumping timing is generated.
  • the period of fuel injection in other words, a rotational period Teg of the engine 1 described below, which is correlated with a fuel injection time TMinj
  • the period of fuel pumping in other words, a rotational period Tmo of the DC motor 42 described below, which is also correlated with a fuel pumping time TMpump
  • the combustion cycle in which the fuel pumping timing overlaps the fuel injection timing is continuously generated as long as the engine 1 remains in the operation area.
  • the problem with overlapping of the fuel injection timing with the fuel pumping timing occurs not only when the periods match each other, but also when one of the periods corresponds to the multiple of the other one of the periods.
  • the fuel pumping timing continuously overlaps the fuel injection timing in each combustion cycle, like in the case where the periods match each other.
  • the period of fuel pumping is twice the period of fuel injection
  • the fuel pumping timing overlaps the fuel injection timing once every combustion cycle, but this state causes a problem and this problem cannot be solved unless the operation area of the engine 1 is changed.
  • the operation state in which the combustion of the engine 1 is unstable due to variations in the amount of fuel injection is limited only in one combustion cycle, which does not substantially cause deterioration in exhaust gas characteristics and drivability. Accordingly, an occurrence of overlapping between the fuel injection timing and the pumping timing for one combustion cycle can be regarded as being within an allowable range.
  • the present inventor has reached a conclusion that if the rotational period of the DC motor 42 is controlled to be constantly different from the rotational period of the engine 1, the relationship between the fuel injection timing and the fuel pumping timing changes every combustion cycle, and the timings may overlap incidentally in one combustion cycle, while overlapping of the periods in continuous combustion cycles, which causes a problem, can be prevented. Accordingly, two types of methods will be sequentially described as a first embodiment and a second embodiment, respectively.
  • a rotational period of the engine 1 is monitored and compared with a rotational period of a DC motor 42, and when the periods are close to each other, the rotational period of the DC motor 42 is controlled in a direction apart from the rotational period of the engine 1. Accordingly, the ECU 31 executes a pump control routine illustrated in FIG. 3 at a predetermined control interval during an operation of the engine 1.
  • a signal is captured from the electromagnetic pickup 32 in step S1, and an engine rotational period Teg is calculated based on the signal in step S2 (engine rotational period calculation unit).
  • the engine rotational period Teg described herein refers to a period of fuel injection.
  • the period of fuel injection repeated every two rotations (720°CA) of the engine 1 is treated as the engine rotational period Teg.
  • the motor rotational period Tmt refers to a period of fuel pumping by the plunger 56 of the fuel pump 26. As described above, the period of fuel pumping repeated every rotation of the DC motor 42 is treated as the motor rotational period Tmt.
  • the ECU 31 functions as a motor control unit. Accordingly, since the drive current is supplied to the DC motor 42 through the driver circuit 31a, the rotational period of the DC motor 42 is calculated based on a duty ratio of the drive current or the like (motor rotational period calculation unit).
  • the engine rotational period Teg and the motor rotational period Tmt may overlap each other even when the timings do not completely match due to various factors such as a control error of the engine 1 or the DC motor 42, a detection error of the electromagnetic pickup 32 or the like, or an increase or decrease in the engine rotational speed Ne generated between control periods of the ECU 31. Accordingly, a determination value ⁇ T is preliminarily set as a threshold for the purpose of controlling the rotational periods Teg and Tmt so as to be apart from each other, not only when the rotational periods Teg and Tmt completely match each other, but also when the rotational periods Teg and Tmt are close to each other to some extent (hereinafter expressed as "the periods are close to each other").
  • the above formula (1) assumes only that the engine rotational period Teg and the motor rotational period Tmt match each other, and does not assume that one of the periods corresponds to a multiple of the other one of the periods. This is because in the specifications of the engine 1 and the fuel pump 26 according to this embodiment, one of the periods does not correspond to a multiple of the other one of the periods in any operation area. As a matter of fact, in the specifications in which one of the periods may correspond to a multiple of the other one of the periods, the formula may be modified assuming the specifications.
  • step S3 When the determination result indicates No (negative) in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, and a duty ratio of the drive current supplied to the DC motor 42 is calculated by a usual method.
  • the duty ratio is calculated as a value suitable for discharging, from the fuel pump 26, the amount of fuel sufficiently enough to meet a target injection amount from the injector 16 at the point, while suppressing the rotational speed Nm of the DC motor 42 to reduce power consumption.
  • the base value of the duty ratio is calculated from the operation area of the engine 1, for example, the engine rotational speed Ne and the throttle opening ⁇ th (engine load), and the base value is corrected by a correction coefficient according to the cooling water temperature Tw and the battery voltage Vbtt to calculate the final duty ratio.
  • the process for calculating the duty ratio is not limited to this.
  • a fixed value that is preliminarily set regardless of the operation area of the engine 1 may be applied as the duty ratio.
  • the duty ratio is calculated as described above, and the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is controlled based on the duty ratio in the subsequent step S5, and then the routine is terminated.
  • step S6 the process shifts to step S6.
  • the duty ratio of the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is corrected to be increased or decreased by a predetermined value (motor speed change instruction unit, rotational speed changing step), and then the process shifts to the above-mentioned step S5.
  • the value to be corrected is a duty ratio used to achieve the motor rotational period Tmt which is applied to the calculation process in the above formula (1).
  • the motor rotational speed Nm is increased or decreased according to the direction in which the correction is made, to thereby increase or decrease the motor rotational period Tmo so as to be apart from the engine rotational period Teg.
  • step S6 aims to achieve increasing or decreasing the motor rotational speed Nm, as well as increasing or decreasing the motor rotational period Tmo, by adjusting the power to be supplied to the DC motor 42.
  • the method is not limited to the correction of the duty ratio, but instead can be modified in various ways.
  • the power to be supplied to the DC motor 42 may be adjusted by correcting the PWM period and duty ratio of the drive current.
  • step S6 in a case where the duty ratio is set according to a minimum required amount of fuel to meet the target injection amount, when the duty ratio is corrected to be decreased, there is a possibility that the motor rotational speed Nm may decrease and the target injection amount cannot be achieved. Accordingly, in this case, the duty ratio may be corrected to be increased, thereby making it possible to maintain the accurate fuel injection amount.
  • the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is normally controlled based on the duty ratio according to the operation area of the engine 1.
  • the duty ratio (or the PWM period and the duty ratio) is corrected to thereby increase or decrease the motor rotational speed Nm, thereby setting the motor rotational period Tmo to be apart from the engine rotational period Teg.
  • the motor rotational period Tmt is constantly set to be different from the engine rotational period Teg during the operation of the engine 1, thereby making it possible to change the relationship between the fuel injection timing and the fuel pumping timing for each combustion cycle. Accordingly, even if the fuel injection timing and the fuel pumping timing incidentally overlap each other in a certain combustion cycle, the timings do not overlap each other without fail in the next combustion cycle. Accordingly, the operation state in which the combustion of the engine 1 is unstable due to variations in the amount of fuel injection is instantaneously finished within one combustion cycle. Accordingly, deterioration in exhaust gas characteristics and drivability due to variations in the amount of fuel injection can be avoided by using the diaphragm/plunger combined type fuel pump 26 using the DC motor 42 as a drive source.
  • the duty ratio setting process is switched (step S4 in FIG. 3 ) based on the result of a comparison between the engine rotational period Teg and the motor rotational period Tmt, while in this embodiment, the fuel pumping timing of the plunger 56 is specified based on a change of a drive current value supplied to the DC motor 42, and the duty ratio setting process is switched based on the result of a comparison between the fuel pumping timing and the fuel injection timing of the engine 1. Accordingly, differences in the process of the ECU 31 are focused in the following description.
  • a current detection circuit 31b as indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 1 is provided in the ECU 31 of this embodiment to detect a drive current value to be supplied to the DC motor 42 from the driver circuit 31a, and the ECU 31 is configured to be able to specify the fuel pumping timing of the plunger 56 based on the detection result of the current detection circuit 31b (fuel pumping timing specifying unit).
  • the ECU 31 first captures the drive current value of the DC motor 42 in step S11, and specifies the fuel pumping timing of the plunger 56 in the current combustion cycle in step S12 based on a change of the drive current value. Since the drive current value of the DC motor 42 has such characteristics that the drive current value is rapidly increased at a timing when the fuel is pumped by the plunger 56, the timing for changing the drive current value to be increased is regarded as the fuel pumping time TMpump.
  • step S13 it is determined whether the fuel injection time TMinj of the injector 16 is different from the fuel pumping time TMpump, according to the following formula (2) (determination unit, period determination step). Since the ECU 31 itself drives and controls the injector 16 in the fuel injection control, the drive timing is regarded as the fuel injection time TMinj (fuel injection timing specifying unit).
  • the determination value ⁇ TM is set in a manner similar to the determination value ⁇ T in Formula (1), and is preliminarily set not only when the fuel injection time TMinj and the fuel pumping time TMpump completely match each other, but also when the timings are close to each other to some extent (hereinafter expressed as "the periods are close to each other").
  • step S13 the duty ratio of the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is calculated from the operation area of the engine 1 by a normal method in step S14.
  • step S13 the duty ratio (or the PWM period and the duty ratio) of the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is corrected to be increased or decreased in step S16 (motor speed change instruction unit, rotational speed changing step), and then the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is controlled in step S15.
  • the drive current to be supplied to the DC motor 42 is normally controlled based on the duty ratio according to the operation area of the engine 1.
  • the motor rotational speed Nm is increased or decreased by correcting the duty ratio.
  • An increase or decrease in the motor rotational speed Nm indicates that the motor rotational period Tmo is set to be apart from the engine rotational period Teg, and also indicates that the fuel pumping time TMpump is set to be apart from the fuel injection time TMinj.
  • the motor rotational period Tmt is constantly set to be different from the engine rotational period Teg during the operation of the engine 1, thereby making it possible to change the relationship between the fuel injection time TMinj and the fuel pumping time TMpump for each combustion cycle. Accordingly, deterioration in exhaust gas characteristics and drivability due to variations in the amount of fuel injection can be avoided by using the diaphragm/plunger combined type fuel pump 26 using the DC motor 42 as a drive source.
  • the aspects of the present invention are not limited to the above embodiments.
  • the above embodiments embody the present invention as the control device for the fuel pump 26 for the engine 1 mounted on a two-wheel vehicle, but the vehicle on which the engine 1 is mounted is not limited to the two-wheel vehicle.
  • the present invention may be embodied as a control device for a fuel pump for an engine mounted on a three-wheel vehicle or a generator, and a control method for the control device.
  • the present invention is applied to the diaphragm/plunger combined type fuel pump 26, but the configuration of the fuel pump 26 is not limited to this.
  • the present invention can also be applied to a plunger-type fuel pump in which fuel is pressurized and supplied only by the plunger 56, without using the diaphragm 46.

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