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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Yuji Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Naoki Toda, Nishio, JP;
Shigeo Nomura, Kariya, JP;
IMAGINEERING, INC., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine has an ignition promotion unit that has a function of promoting ignition of fuel sprays formed by the small quantity injections by supplying the fuel sprays with electric energy. The engine is provided with a control device which has a combustion control unit that carries out processing of causing the fuel injection valve to perform the plurality of times of small quantity injections so that fuel sprays formed by the first-time small quantity injection from among the plurality of times of small quantity injections are connected with one another by the fuel sprays formed by the subsequent small quantity injections from among the plurality of times of small quantity injections.