Nissan Motor Company Limited

Tsuyoshi Arinaga

Shinichi Takemura

Shin Ishizaki

Shunichi Aoyama

Makoto Kobayashi

Ryosuke Hiyoshi

Kenshi Ushijima

Takanobu Sugiyama

Takashi Tanabe

Toru Fukami

Hiroki Ichihara

Tomoya Tojo

Naozumi Kato

Mitsuo Gunji

Shunishi Aoyama

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a motor generator, wherein the internal combustion engine includes a variable compression ratio mechanism structured to vary in mechanical compression ratio depending on variation in position of a compression ratio control member structured to move due to driving of an electric actuator. A control method for the hybrid vehicle includes: measuring a state of charge of a battery connected to the motor generator; and in response to regenerative operation of the motor generator in a state that the state of charge of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, consuming generated electric power by driving the electric actuator of the variable compression ratio mechanism.

Control method and control device for hybrid vehicle

An intake system piping structure of an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold connected to an end-side first cylinder and an end-side second cylinder which are provided farthest from each other in a cylinder bank in which a plurality of cylinders is placed in line, and an intercooler connected to the intake manifold. The intercooler is arranged in such a manner that a widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of an intake inlet and a widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the manifold are offset to the side of the end-side second cylinder from a cylinder bank direction center line in center between an axial center line of the end-side first cylinder and an axial center line of the end-side second cylinder. Furthermore, the intercooler is also arranged in such a manner that an offset amount of the widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the intake inlet from the cylinder bank direction center line is greater than an offset amount of the widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the manifold from the cylinder bank direction center line.

Intake system piping structure of internal combustion engine

A variable valve device includes: a drive shaft () that rotates in synchronization with a crankshaft of an engine; a drive cam () provided on the drive shaft (); a rocker cam () pivotally supported on the drive shaft (); an engine valve that is driven to open and close by the rocker cam (); a rocker shaft () disposed parallel to the drive shaft (); a rocker arm () pivotally supported on the rocker shaft (); a first link () that links the rocker arm () and the drive cam (); a second link () that links the rocker arm () and the rocker cam (); and a rocker shaft position modifying means () for modifying an operating angle and a lift of the engine valve by varying a position of the rocker shaft () relative to the drive shaft (), wherein the position of the rocker shaft () relative to the drive shaft () is modified such that within a predetermined operating angle range of the engine valve, a variation of a maximum lift of the engine valve accompanying control of the operating angle is suppressed in comparison with a case in which the operating angle is modified outside of the predetermined operating angle range.

Variable valve device

A variable valve system for an internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft, a drive cam provided on the drive shaft, a link arm fitted on the outer periphery of the drive cam such as to rotate relative to the drive cam, a crank-shaped control shaft including a main shaft and an eccentric cam, an oscillating arm rotatably attached to the eccentric cam and oscillated by the link arm, and an oscillating cam connected to the oscillating arm via a link rod so as to actuate a valve. Lubricant is communicated from a main lubricant flow path in the drive shaft through three lubricant paths to sliding contact areas between the drive cam and the link arm, between the pin of the oscillating arm and the link arm, and between the eccentric cam and the oscillating arm.

Variable valve system for internal combustion engine

A valve operating device that opens and closes a valve of an internal combustion engine by driving a valve stem in an axial direction includes a rocker cam that rocks in accordance with a rotation of a drive shaft and has a driving cam portion and a lift restricting cam portion; a cam follower that lifts the valve by contacting the driving cam portion slidingly; and a restricting member that prevents the cam follower from separating from the driving cam portion in cooperation with the lift restricting cam portion. A gap is formed between the restricting member and the rocker cam in a state where the cam follower is in contact with the driving cam portion and disappears such that the restricting member and the rocker cam come into contact with each other only when the cam follower separates from the driving cam portion.

Valve operating device for internal combustion engine

A valvetrain mechanism of an engine, including a drive shaft configured to rotate in synchronization with the engine, a link arm having a large end and a small end, the drive shaft being inserted into and passed through the large end, a valve lift control shaft disposed parallel to the drive shaft and having an eccentric portion, an oscillating arm disposed rotatably at the eccentric portion of the valve lift control shaft and interconnected with the small end of the link arm via a first rotation support point, a link rod interconnected with the oscillating arm via a second rotation support point positioned at a same side as the first rotation support point with respect to the valve lift control shaft, and an oscillating cam interconnected with the link rod via a third rotation support point and operated correspondingly with an operation of the drive shaft to thereby open a valve. A thickness of the small end of the link arm in a direction of the drive shaft is thinner than a thickness of the large end of the link arm in the direction of the drive shaft.

Valvetrain mechanism of engine

In an internal combustion engine, a variable lift and/or operating angle mechanism variably controls a lift and/or operating angle of an exhaust valve in accordance with a driving condition of the engine, a variable phase mechanism variably controls a phase of a lift center angle of the exhaust valve in accordance with the driving condition of the engine, a present position detecting section detects a present operating position of each of the variable lift and/or operating angle mechanism and variable phase mechanism, and a controlling section controls one of the variable lift and/or operating angle mechanism and the variable phase mechanism which operates normally in a direction in which an in-cylinder residual gas quantity becomes minimum when the other of the variable lift and/or operating angle mechanism and the variable phase mechanism has failed.

Internal combustion engine

There is provided a system for controlling an intake valve of an internal combustion engine, including a variable valve mechanism having a control shaft to continuously vary a valve lift amount of the intake valve according to a rotational angle of the control shaft and an actuator to drive the control shaft, and a control unit that controls the actuator so as to set the control shaft to a first rotational angle position at which the valve lift amount takes a first value during an engine idling period and to a second rotational angle position at which the valve lift amount takes on a second value larger than the first value to provide a required intake quantity to start the engine during a time from the beginning of an engine speed decrease period, through an engine stop period, until the completion of a cranking period of the engine.

Intake valve control system and method for internal combustion engine

An intake control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a variable valve operating mechanism capable of varying a lift and operation angle of an intake valve continuously and a control unit that controls an intake air amount by varying the lift and operation angle of the intake valve in accordance with an operating condition of the engine. The control unit has a learning section that learns a controlled position of the variable valve operating mechanism at a learning position that is a predetermined lift and operation angle located between a minimum value and a maximum value of the lift and operation angle that can be actually realized by the variable valve operating mechanism.

Intake control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine

An intake valve control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a first variable valve operating mechanism capable of varying an operation angle of an intake valve continuously, a second variable valve operating mechanism capable of varying a maximum lift phase of the intake valve continuously, and a controller that controls an intake air amount mainly by varying the operation angle and the maximum lift phase of the intake valve. The controller is configured to, when one of the first and second variable valve operating mechanisms is at a phase position different from a predetermined start stage phase position at engine start, correct a phase position of the other of the first and second variable valve operating mechanisms in accordance with a present phase position of the one of the first and second variable valve operating mechanisms. An intake valve control method is also provided.

Intake valve control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine

A lift and operating angle varying mechanism is arranged to vary an intake valve operation angle and an intake valve lift of the engine continuously by rotating a control shaft with an actuator disposed at an end of the control shaft which is rotatably supported by a plurality of bearings. A lubricating oil is supplied to the bearings so as to reduce nonuniformity in temperature distribution of the control shaft in the longitudinal direction.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tsuyoshi Arinaga