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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technique capable of suitably restraining deterioration of control caused by change of a driving transmission state in a vehicle control device during air-fuel ratio lowering control. SOLUTION: During air-fuel ratio lowering control, a speed change line map is switched from an ordinary speed change line map to an air-fuel ratio lowering control speed change line map wherein timing of shift-up is delayed, and thereby, timing for changing the driving transmission state by a transmission is delayed later than the prescribed timing. During delay, an engine rotation speed is not rapidly changed, and exhaust flow rate flowing into an exhaust emission control catalyst is not drastically changed. Thus, during delay, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust can be stably controlled so as to be a target air-fuel ratio. Accordingly, control deterioration by shift-up in air-fuel ratio lowering control can be suitably restrained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology enabling to keep air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing in a catalyst having oxidation function at an appropriate value in an exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This device is provided with the catalyst provided in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine and having oxidation function, a secondary air supply means supplying the exhaust gas passage in an upstream of the catalyst having oxidation function with secondary air, and an air fuel ratio fluctuation detection means detecting fluctuation of air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing in the catalyst having oxidation function. Quantity of secondary air supplied by the secondary air supply means is adjusted according to fluctuation of air fuel ratio detected by the air fuel ratio fluctuation detection means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique capable of improving the controllability of air-fuel ratio in a storage/reduction type NOx catalyst by reducing the arrival time of fuel to the storage/reduction type NOx catalyst in an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This exhaust emission control device comprises a fuel adding means for adding a fuel into an exhaust passage, the storage/reduction type NOx catalyst for reducing the stored NOx by the fuel added by the fuel adding means, and an adhered fuel amount variable control means (S204) for variably controlling a fuel amount adhered onto the wall surface of the exhaust passage based on the time in which the fuel added by the fuel adding means arrives at the storage/reduction type NOx catalyst. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent engine stall of an internal combustion engine provided with a supercharger and a motor for raising supercharging pressure of the supercharger and improve overall performance of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: ECU 100 performs an engine stall prevention process in parallel with a fuel injection process. In the engine stall prevention process, ECU 100 operates a motor of MAT 206 to assist rise of supercharging pressure when rotation speed Ne of an engine 200 gets less than a threshold rotation speed A. An upper limit value Qf of fuel injection quantity defined as limit to generate material to be removed such as smoke rises with accompanying rise of actual supercharging pressure Pr by assist by the motor, and quantity of fuel which can be injected increases. Consequently, fuel to secure low speed torque can be injected in low rotation speed zone and engine stall can be prevented. Also, ECU 100 operates MAT 206 in a period other than transient period to raise supercharging pressure as high as possible. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger and a driving means for assisting the supercharger and avoiding deterioration of power performance. SOLUTION: The engine 200 is equipped with a MAT (Motor Assist Turbocharger) 206. In a transitional operation period of the engine 200, when assist capacity of the MAT 206 becomes insufficient due to, for instance, insufficient remaining power of a battery 219 or the like and an actual charging pressure Pr become lower than a target charging pressure Pa, increase correction is made to a reference injection quantity specified according to the actual charging pressure Pr. In this case, a correction amount is calculated based on a differential pressure between the actual charging pressure Pr and an estimate charging pressure Pest estimated on the assumption that the maximum assist capacity is provided by the motor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimally control the combustion state of a diesel engine. SOLUTION: Cylinder pressure sensors 29a to 29d detecting pressures in combustion chambers are installed in the cylinders of the diesel engine 1. Based on outputs from the cylinder pressure sensors, the electronic control unit (ECU) 20 of the engine calculates a crank angle θmax at which the product PV of a cylinder pressure and an actual cylinder displacement becomes maximum, calculates a period ΔT from the start of fuel injection to θmax, and feedback-controls the opening of an EGR valve 35 controlling the supplied amount of EGR gas to the engine so that the calculated ΔT becomes a target value determined based on an accelerator opening and an engine speed at present. Since ΔT can be calculated without increasing the calculation load of the electronic control unit 20 of the engine, an increase in the calculation load is not induced and the amount of EGR gas (EGR rate) can be accurately controlled to an optimum value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel economy of a vehicle by accurately controlling a drive amount of a motor. SOLUTION: As engine rotation speed NE is higher, base assist amount Dn(%) is calculated smaller (step 102). As a gear position is in lower gear position side, namely gear ratio is larger, coefficient k is established smaller (step 104). Final assist amount Df (%) is calculated (step 106) by multiplying base assist amount Dn and the coefficient k. When battery voltage is higher than a predetermined value, the motor is driven by the final assist amount Df(%) (step 110). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To actualize smooth uphill-slope start by sufficiently increasing supercharging pressure. SOLUTION: Pre-assist base power Vpreb is calculated corresponding to a vehicle weight W(kg). Along therewith, the inclination of an uphill slope where a vehicle is located is calculated from an acceleration A(m/s2) and pre-assist inclination correcting power Vprei is calculated corresponding to the inclination (Step 102). By adding the pre-assist base power Vpreb to the pre-assist inclination correcting power Vprei, pre-assist final power Vpref is calculated (Step 104). When the pre-start of the vehicle is determined in Step 106, the pre-assist final power Vpref is supplied to the motor of a MAT in Step 108 (MAT pre-assist ON). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vibration reduction device for a hydraulic vehicle reducing vibration at a time of engine start of the hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: This vibration reduction device for the hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and a motor generator cranking the engine reduces start torque 103 by the motor generator before each compression top dead center TDC of a plurality of cylinders of the engine at start of the engine and reaction force of starting torque by the motor generator is generated in a rotation direction of the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the exhaust gas purification performance by improving the reduction efficiency of a NOx catalyst for occluding unpurified NOx and a reducing agent while preventing flowing out thereof in an exhaust emission purification device in a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: The exhaust emission purification device 50 is provided with a first catalyst 51 and a second catalyst 52 capable of being reduced by occluding NOx in the exhaust emission in an exhaust pipe 46, and a fuel addition valve 61 to feed fuel as the reducing agent to each catalyst 51, 52. At EV running by MGs 12, 13 in stopping DE 11 when fuel is injected from the fuel addition valve 61 into an exhaust port 33, while a low pressure EGR valve 59 is opened and a shutter valve 68 is closed, an electrically assisted turbosupercharger is actuated, the NOx and fuel flowed out from the first catalyst 51 and the second catalyst 52 are returned into a suction pipe 37 through an low pressure EGR passage 58, and circulated into the first catalyst 51 and the second catalyst 52. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI