JPH0121179Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a fuel injection device for an engine.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 56-148636, in partial load regions where high engine output is not required, fuel is injected almost in the latter half of the intake stroke in the upper layer of the combustion chamber where the spark plug is located. There is one that stratifies the air-fuel mixture in the upper part and stratifies the air in the lower part, and performs combustion in this state. In this type of fuel injection device, the air-fuel mixture in the upper layer only needs to be brought to an air-fuel ratio that can be ignited by a spark plug, while the air-fuel mixture in the lower layer is only air or has a very lean mixture, so the air-fuel ratio as a whole is becomes extremely lean and can greatly improve fuel efficiency, and
This has the advantage of reducing unburned components such as NOx and CO. Furthermore, the mixture layer in the combustion chamber is concentrated in a narrow area near the spark plug, and the end gas zone is occupied by air or a very thin mixture, making it difficult for abnormal combustion of the mixture to occur and causing knocking. It also has the advantage of less occurrence of.

However, with conventional fuel injection systems using this method, no consideration is given to the fuel injection state, and as a result, the air-fuel ratio distribution of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber varies, causing the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug to become lean. If a misfire occurs or the spray angle of the fuel injector is wide, some of the injected fuel may adhere to the inner wall of the intake passage and be sucked into the next intake stroke, causing problems such as disrupting stratified combustion. be.

One possible way to solve this problem is to directly inject fuel into the combustion chamber through the gap between the open intake valve and the intake port opening. Although this method can solve the problem of some of the fuel adhering to the inner wall of the intake passage and disrupting stratified combustion, there still remains the problem of misfires occurring due to variations in the air-fuel ratio distribution.
Moreover, the problem arises that the spray adheres to the top surface of the piston and the inner wall surface of the cylinder, making it difficult to burn, increasing the amount of unburned components in the exhaust gas, and deteriorating the emissions.

[Purpose of invention]

In view of these conventional problems, this invention aims to provide a fuel injection device for an engine that can prevent misfires from occurring and also prevent fuel from adhering to the inner wall of the intake passage, the upper surface of the piston, or the inner wall surface of the cylinder. It is something.

[Structure of the idea]

Therefore, this invention was developed to provide a fuel injection system for an engine in which fuel is injected from a fuel injection valve provided in the intake passage of each cylinder during the intake stroke of the corresponding cylinder in synchronization with the second half of the intake stroke of the corresponding cylinder. The valve spray is applied to the back of the umbrella of the open intake valve and collected around the spark plug.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a fuel injection device for an engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1
1 is an engine having four cylinders, first to fourth (however, only one cylinder is shown in the figure), and the cylinder head 1a of the engine 1 has a combustion chamber 17 opening thereto for intake; Exhaust ports 1b and 1c are provided, the intake port 1b is formed as a swirl port, and both ports 1b and 1c are provided with intake and exhaust ports 2a and 3a for opening and closing them. In addition, intake and exhaust pipes 2 and 3 are connected to each cylinder of the engine 1, throttle valves 4a and 4b are provided at the meeting point of the intake pipe 2, and the cylinder head 1a of the engine 1 is provided with an ignition valve. A plug 18 is provided.

Further, each intake pipe 2 is provided with a fuel injection valve 6 adjacent to the intake port 1b.
is connected to the fuel tank (not shown) through the regulator.
The fuel injection valve 6 is connected to the fuel injection valve 6 through the regulator so that fuel pressure is supplied to the fuel injection valve 6 so that the pressure difference between the intake pipe pressure and the intake pipe pressure is always constant. The mounting position and spray angle of the fuel injection valve 6 are set such that the spray F hits the back surface of the umbrella portion of the intake valve 2a in the open state and collects around the spark plug 18.

In the figure, 8 is a pressure sensor that detects the pressure downstream of the throttle in the intake pipe 2, 9 is a water temperature sensor that detects the cooling water temperature of the engine 1, and 10 is a sensor that detects the crank angle of the engine from the rotation angle of the distributor. A crank angle sensor detects the piston top dead center TDC of the cylinder, 11 is an ignition switch,
12 is the starter motor, 13 is the interface 1
4. This is a fuel injection control circuit consisting of a CPU 15 and a memory 16. The memory 16 stores programs for arithmetic processing of the CPU 15 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. And the above CPU
15 applies a starting injection pulse to the fuel injection valve 6 so that a predetermined amount of fuel is injected when starting the engine, and after starting the engine, calculates the actual fuel injection amount according to the operating state of the engine and A fuel injection pulse corresponding to the actual fuel injection amount is applied to the fuel injection valve 6 so that its final phase is approximately at a predetermined injection end crank angle position at the intake valve fully closed timing, thereby injecting fuel almost at the latter half of the intake stroke. Fuel injection control is performed to supply fuel. Here, almost the second half of the intake stroke refers to the valve lift amount of the intake valve (the sixth
This is the period from around the crank angle position where the intake valve (see figure) is almost at its maximum until the intake valve is fully closed. Note that 7 is a catalyst provided in the exhaust system.

Next, the calculation processing operation of the CPU 15 is shown in Figures 4 to 6.
This will be explained in more detail using figures. Here, FIG. 5 shows the relationship between the opening/closing timing of the intake valve and the fuel injection timing, and FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the valve lift amount of the intake valve and the fully closing timing of the intake valve. In the figure, θvo indicates the opening timing of the intake valve.

When the engine operates, the CPU 15 controls the crank angle sensor 10, the pressure sensor 8, and the water temperature sensor 9.
Read each signal and store each value in register T,
B, W ₁ (steps 20 to 2)
2) Read the starter signal from the ignition switch 11 and store it in the register S (step 23), and then judge from the contents of the register S whether or not it is time to start the engine (step 2).
4). When the engine is started, the CPU 15 determines YES in step 24 and proceeds to step 2.
5, where a predetermined starting injection amount β is stored in register I, a starting injection pulse is created based on the value of register I, and the fuel injection valve of the cylinder is determined according to the TDC signal of the first cylinder. 6 (step 26), the process returns to step 20 and the above-described process is repeated. The reason why a preset starting injection pulse is generated when starting the engine is because the fuel injection amount cannot be calculated based on the intake air amount at this starting time.

When the engine starts, the CPU 15 makes a negative determination in step 24 and proceeds to step 27, where the engine speed is calculated using the crank angle in register T and stored in register R. The basic fuel injection amount is calculated using the engine speed and intake negative pressure in R and B, and it is stored in register I (step 2).
8). Next, the CPU 15 compares the engine coolant temperature in the register _W1 with a set value W, for example 60°C, and if the coolant temperature is below the set value W, the difference between the two (W-
W ₁ ) is multiplied by the correction coefficient C ₁ and added as a temperature correction amount to the basic fuel injection amount in register I to obtain the actual fuel injection amount, and the value I+C ₁ (W−
W ₁ ) is stored in register I (step 29), the injection angle θ (see FIG. 5) is determined from the actual fuel injection amount in register I, and it is stored in register θ (step 30). The injection end timing θic (see FIG. 5) is determined based on the intake valve fully closed timing θvc (see FIG. 5) and a predetermined injection end timing correction amount Δθ (step 31). Here, the full closing timing θvc of the intake valve may be set at a crank angle position at which intake air does not blow back at the reference engine speed, for example, 3000 rpm, which is the maximum torque. In the valve lift characteristic diagram of the intake valve, this is the initial crank angle position of ramp portion A at the end of the intake stroke.

When the injection end time θic is determined in this way, the CPU 15 determines the injection start time θio (see FIG. 5) according to the actual injection amount θ in the register θ based on the injection end time θic (step 1). 32), wait in step 33 until injection start time θio,
When the injection start time θio is reached, a "1" signal is applied to the fuel injection valve 6 in step 34, and the system waits in step 35 while continuing to drive the valve 6, and the injection end time θic is reached.
When the signal becomes 1, the output of the “1” signal is stopped (step 3).
6), After applying the fuel injection pulse in this way,
Return to step 20 above. In this way, after the engine is started, control is performed to determine the injection start timing according to the engine operating condition based on the predetermined injection end timing, and to apply fuel injection pulses from this injection start time to the injection end time. It will be.

In the device of this embodiment as described above, the spray from the fuel injection valve is supplied into the combustion chamber by hitting the back of the umbrella of the open intake valve in the latter half of the intake stroke, so that part of the fuel is absorbed into the intake air. It does not adhere to the inner wall of the passage, and stratified combustion will not be disrupted. Furthermore, since the fuel does not directly adhere to the upper surface of the piston or the inner wall surface of the cylinder, there is no possibility of deterioration in emissions. Furthermore, the fuel is vaporized and atomized by the heat of the intake valve, thereby improving ignitability and combustibility. Furthermore, the spray applied to the back of the intake valve umbrella is collected around the spark plug, making it possible to enrich the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug, and as mentioned above, the heat from the intake valve improves the fuel flow. Since the fuel is vaporized and atomized, it is possible to reliably prevent misfires from occurring.

Further, FIGS. 7 and 8 show other embodiments of the present invention. In this embodiment, the cylinder head 1a has intake and exhaust ports 40a, 40b, 41 for each cylinder.
Two ports 40a and 41b are formed, and intake and exhaust valves 42a, 42b, 43a and 43b are provided in the ports 40a to 41b to open and close the ports. Further, in the intake passage 44 formed by the intake ports 40a, 40b and the intake pipe 2, a partition wall 45 is disposed toward one intake port 40a to form a low-load intake passage 44a. This is also shaped to generate intake swirl. Further, the intake passage 44 is provided with an on-off valve 46 that closes when the load is low. Then, the fuel injection valve 6 sends the spray F to both the intake valves 42a,
The mounting position and spray angle are set so that the spray hits the back surface of the umbrella portion of 42b and gathers around the spark plug 18.

In this embodiment, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, a fuel injection device for an engine that performs stratified combustion has been described, but in the present invention, fuel injection valves provided in each intake passage are injected in synchronization with the second half of the intake stroke of the corresponding cylinder. It can be applied to anything that injects fuel inside.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, the fuel injection device for an engine is configured to inject fuel from the fuel injection valve provided in the intake passage of each cylinder during the intake stroke in synchronization with the latter half of the intake stroke of the corresponding cylinder. In this system, the spray from each fuel injector is applied to the back of the cap of the open intake valve and collected around the spark plug, which prevents misfires caused by variations in the air-fuel ratio distribution and prevents the spray from occurring. It is possible to prevent the fuel from adhering to the inner wall of the intake passage, the upper surface of the piston, or the inner wall surface of the cylinder, and has the effect of improving the vaporization and atomization of the fuel, thereby improving the ignitability and combustibility.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a fuel injection device for an engine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional front view of the main part of the device, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of the device.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the arithmetic processing of the CPU 15 in the above device, Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the opening/closing timing of the intake valve and the fuel injection timing in the above device, and Fig. 6 is the valve lift of the intake valve. A diagram showing the relationship between the intake valve amount and the fully closed timing of the intake valve,
FIG. 7 is a sectional front view of a main part of a fuel injection device for an engine according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of a main part of the above device. 1...Engine, 2a, 42a, 42b...Intake valve, 6...Fuel injection valve, 17...Combustion chamber, 1
8, 44...Intake passage.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A fuel injection valve is provided in each intake passage leading to the combustion chamber via an intake valve, and fuel is sequentially injected from each fuel injection valve during the intake stroke in synchronization with the latter half of the intake stroke of the corresponding cylinder. In the fuel injection system for the engine, the installation position and spray angle of the fuel injector are set so that the spray hits the back of the umbrella part of the open intake valve and collects around the spark plug. An engine fuel injection device characterized by: