Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuichi Hokazono

Toshiaki Konomi

Kazuhiro Omae

Tsuneo Tsutsui

A device provided with a fuel injector and a reservoir for temporarily storing the fuel to be fed to the fuel injector. Fuel is injected at least two times in one engine cycle. Pulsation of fuel occurring in the fuel injector due to a prior fuel injection is propagated to the reservoir, reflected at the reservoir, and returns to the fuel injector. Due to the effects of the returned pulsation, the fuel injection amount in the later fuel injection fluctuates. The opening timing of the fuel injector and the fuel injection pressure are employed as parameters affecting the fuel injection amount in the later fuel injection, the amounts of fluctuation of the parameters due to the pulsation are estimated, and a control value relating to the operation of the fuel injector is controlled based on the estimated amounts of fluctuation of the parameters so that a target amount of fuel is injected from the fuel injector.

Fuel injection device of an engine

An intake air control device including a reed valve passage for supplying intake air via reed valves, and a sub intake passage for creating a swirl in the combustion chamber. The intake air control device further comprises a main intake passage for supplying intake air without passing same through the reed valves. A selection unit selects a passage through which the intake air is passed in response to a current engine driving condition, by selecting the sub intake passage when the current engine driving condition is a low engine speed and low engine load driving condition, selecting the reed valve passage when the current engine driving condition is a low engine speed and high engine load driving condition, and selecting the main intake passage when the current engine driving condition is a high engine speed driving condition.

Intake air control device for an internal combustion engine

An intake air control device including an intake passage provided with reed valves to prevent a back flow of intake air and exhaust gas. The intake passage has a predetermined length and a substantially uniform section, except for an enlarged portion close to an intake valve. A reed valve assembly is arranged in the enlarged portion and has side walls which divide an inside space of the enlarged portion into a first space surrounding the side walls, and a second space surrounded by the side walls, to have a section similar to the uniform section, and are mounted with reed valves to allow an intake air to flow only from upstream to the first space. When the current engine speed condition is a high engine speed condition, a closing unit for closing the second space downstream of the reed valve is opened, and a communicating unit for communicating the first space with the second space is interrupted.

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Yuichi Hokazono