METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL AN IGNITION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230358200A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18246482

    申请日:2021-10-01

    发明人: Frank LORENZ

    摘要: A multi-charge ignition system including a spark plug control unit (13) adapted to control at least two coil stages so as to successively energise and de-energise said coil stage(s) to provide a current to a spark plug, said two stages comprising a first transformer (T1) including a first primary winding (L1) inductively coupled to a first secondary winding (L2); a second transformer (T2) including a second primary winding (L3) inductively coupled to a second secondary winding (L4); a first switch Q1 electrically connected between the low side of the first primary winding L1 and the low side/earth, a second switch Q2 having a connection to the low side of the second primary winding L3; and including a first diode D1 electrically connected between the low side of said first secondary winding L3 and ground, and a second diode D2 connected to a point between the low side of said second secondary winding L4 and ground and, including means to measure the voltage at a first connection point (203a) between the first switch and the low side of L1 and/or the voltage at a second connection (203b) point between the second switch and the low side of L3; and means to control the operation of the system dependent upon said measured voltages.

    Ignition control device
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11378051B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US17495167

    申请日:2021-10-06

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    发明人: Masashi Irie

    摘要: An ignition control device includes an ignition coil, a main ignition circuit unit for performing a main ignition operation, and an energy input circuit unit for performing an energy input operation. A main ignition signal generation circuit generates a main ignition signal such that a point in time when a waiting time has passed from a detection start time of a first signal of an ignition control signal at which a signal level of the ignition control signal changed from a first level to a second level for the first time, and the signal level of the ignition control signal is the second level, is a start of the main ignition signal, and a detection end time of a second signal of the ignition control signal at which the signal level of the ignition control signal shifts to the first level thereafter is an end of the main ignition signal.

    Control device for internal combustion engine

    公开(公告)号:US11274646B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16972104

    申请日:2019-04-17

    发明人: Eiichirou Ohata

    摘要: Ignitability of a fuel by a spark plug is improved while an increase in the number of ignition coils is suppressed. A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition control unit 83 which controls energization of an ignition coil 300a and an ignition coil 300b which each provide electric energy to a spark plug which discharges in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to ignite a fuel, and a discharge amount detection unit which detects an inter-electrode voltage of the spark plug. After the ignition control unit 83 discharges the spark plug using the electric energy of the ignition coil 300a, the ignition control unit estimates a voltage which is supply-able from the ignition coil 300a to the spark plug, and controls energization of the ignition coil so as to supply the electric energy of the second ignition coil 300b to the spark plug when a difference d between the estimated supply-able voltage and a required voltage based on the voltage detected by the discharge amount detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.

    Ignition device for internal combustion engine

    公开(公告)号:US11105311B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US17036347

    申请日:2020-09-29

    摘要: An ignition device for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition coil, a first switch, a secondary current adjuster, and controller The ignition coil includes a primary coil, a core, and a secondary coil. The first switch switches an energized state of the primary coil between an ON state and an OFF state. The secondary current adjuster adjusts a current value of a secondary current flowing through the secondary coil. The controller controls the secondary current adjuster so that a current value of the secondary current in at least a part of a charging period of the ignition plug, which is a period from when the energized state of the primary coil is switched from the ON state to the OFF state by the first switch to when dielectric breakdown occurs in the ignition plug, becomes smaller than a peak value of the secondary current after the dielectric breakdown occurs.

    Ignition device
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10989161B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16804332

    申请日:2020-02-28

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: F02P15/10 F02P3/04 F02P9/00

    摘要: An ignition device includes: a primary coil including a first winding and a second winding connected in series to the first winding; a secondary coil connected to a spark plug and magnetically coupled to the primary coil; a first switch that opens or closes the electrical path between the first terminal and the ground; a second switch that opens or closes the electrical path between the power source and the second terminal; a third switch that opens or closes the electrical path between the power source and the connection point; a fourth switch that opens or closes the electrical path between the second terminal and the ground; and a switch control unit that controls the opening and closing of each switch to open or close each electrical path.

    Discharge state detecting apparatus of internal combustion engine

    公开(公告)号:US10859059B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16752931

    申请日:2020-01-27

    摘要: Even when detecting the primary voltage of the primary coil side, without detecting the secondary voltage of the secondary coil side of high voltage, it is desired to provide a discharge state detecting apparatus of an internal combustion engine which can detect a spark discharge state with good accuracy, by reducing influences of the discharge current and the resistance component of the discharge path of the secondary coil side, which are generated in the primary voltage. A discharge state detecting apparatus of an internal combustion engine performs correction which reduces a signal component generated by the secondary current in the ignition coil from the primary voltage detected by the primary voltage detector, based on the detected secondary current, and outputs a primary voltage after correction; and determines a spark discharge state based on the primary voltage after correction.

    Ignition control apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10697419B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16079120

    申请日:2017-02-13

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: An ignition control apparatus applied to an internal combustion engine including a spark plug includes an in-cylinder pressure acquisition section, a frequency signal transmitting section which transmits a frequency signal having a predetermined frequency to a switching element, and a weak discharge generating section which causes the frequency signal to be transmitted during an intake stroke and controls the frequency signal such that a weak discharge is generated at the spark plug a plurality of times. The weak discharge generating section controls the frequency signal so as to cause a duty ratio of the switching element to be changed in accordance with the in-cylinder pressure, such that the frequency of generating weak discharges during a time period in which the frequency signal is transmitted becomes higher than a predetermined frequency.