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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Takao Fukuma, Numazu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The fuel injection control device includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling a fuel injection amount of the diesel engine of an automobile. The ECU determines a basic fuel injection amount in accordance with the engine operating condition such as the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal, the intake air amount and the engine speed. Further, the ECU estimates the magnitude of the torsional vibration of the output shaft system of the engine when the basic fuel injection amount of fuel is supplied to the engine using a model of the output shaft system. The ECU performs a feedforward control based on the estimated magnitude of the torsional vibration and corrects the basic fuel injection amount so that the torsional vibration becomes small. Therefore, the fuel injection amount is corrected to attenuate the torsional vibration before the torsional vibration actually occurs.