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PURPOSE:To suppress knocking without using any knock sensor and the like and to suppress worsening of fuel consumption. CONSTITUTION:An opening/closing timing of an intake valve is altered by driving a VVT 23 by an oil pressure. An ECU 70 computes a driving area of an engine 1 on the basis of signals of an air flow meter 62, a rotational speed sensor 66, and the like. When the computed result is in a low relation and load area or a low rotation and high load area, the opening/closing timing of the intake valve 8 drives the VVT 23 for spark-advance. On the other hand, when the computed result is in a low rotation and medium load area or in an area of more than medium rotation, the VVT 23 is driven so as to delay the opening/closing timing of the intake valve 8. Therefore, the opening/closing timing of the intake valve 8 is delayed in a low rotation and medium load driving area, in which knocking is likely to happen, so that an intake air, which tends to escape after being introduced into a combustion chamber 4 once, is increased, and consequently, the intake air amount is reduced and an effective compression ratio is reduced.
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PURPOSE:To enable change of a fuel injection time according to the torque fluctuation amount of an internal combustion engine, in a device for controlling the fuel injection time of a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine for lean limit control. CONSTITUTION:A torque fluctuation value is detected (step 101 to 108), and it is judged whether the detected torque fluctuation value is in a prescribed value range or not, (step 110). When the torque fluctuation value is a lower limit value or less, a fuel injection completed time is advanced (step 111). When the torque fluctuation value is an upper limit value or more, the fuel injection completed time is delayed (step 112).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle equipment control system and a vehicle that enable battery capacity to be changed readily. SOLUTION: A power supply device for vehicles which can be charged from an external power source 90 provided outside the vehicles comprises a main battery BA and a battery pack 39, which is mountable to and detachable from the vehicles. The battery pack 39 includes a sub-battery BB1 for driving electric loads (inverters 14 and 22) common to the main battery BA and a connector 52, in which a first memory is provided to store data concerning the sub-battery BB1. Furthermore, the power supply device comprises a controller 30, which performs control concerning the main battery BA and reads out the data from the first memory to perform control relating to the sub-battery BB1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently operate an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle having a supercharger. SOLUTION: A hybrid system 10 is constituted so that a torque calculating part 100b of a control device 100 can calculate torque of an engine 200 from torque reaction of a motor generator MG1. A fuel consumption rate calculating means 100c is constituted so that an instantaneous fuel consumption rate in the engine 200 can be calculated on the basis of such the calculated engine torque, a fuel injection quantity and an engine speed. An operation line updating part 100d sets an operation point of the engine 200 to a fuel consumption rate minimum operation point by performing operation point learning processing on the basis of this calculated fuel consumption rate. In this case, a fluctuation in a turbo 231 and a change with the lapse of time are absorbed by controlling the opening timing of an exhaust valve. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for increasing drive efficiency of parts forming a cooling device such as a water pump, an electronic thermostat and an electric fan and for improving fuel consumption. SOLUTION: A plurality of electric water pumps are provided and at least one electric water pump among them is formed to have a different rating from ratings of the other electric water pumps. In the case where the two electric water pumps different in rating are provided, the pump of the smaller rating is driven when a demand circulation flow rate of cooling water required according to operation condition of the internal combustion engine is smaller than a first predetermined rate, when the demand circulation flow rate is larger than the first predetermined rate and smaller than a second predetermined rate, the pump of the larger rating is driven and when the demand circulation rate is larger than the second predetermined rate, the two pumps are driven together. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle in which decrease in engine performance can be restrained by suppressing decrease in driving torque. SOLUTION: The hybrid vehicle 1 comprises an internal combustion engine 10, a MG1 (a 1st motor generator), a MG2 (a 2nd motor generator), a planetary gear 20, a control system 30. The MG1 generates electric power by the power output from the internal combustion engine 10, or starts up the internal combustion engine. The MG2 is connected to a driving shaft 26 to output power at least to the driving shaft 26. In the planetary gear 20, a crankshaft 11 of the internal combustion engine 10, a rotation shaft 61 of the MG1, and the driving shaft 26 are connected, and the power output from the internal combustion engine 10 is regulated and transmitted to the driving shaft 26. The control system 30 controls the internal combustion engine 10, the MG1, and the MG2. The hybrid vehicle 1 comprises further a flywheel, by which inertia force acted on the crankshaft 11 is varied. In the flywheel 12, the inertia mass is increased in accordance with increase in the number of revolutions Ne of the internal combustion engine 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an output state detector, detecting the output state of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. SOLUTION: This output state detector of an internal combustion engine detects reaction torque of a generator 3, and detects the output state of the internal combustion engine 1 from the reaction torque. The detector includes: the internal combustion engine 1; the generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate power; torque detection means 9, 12, 23 for detecting the reaction torque of the generator 3; and output state detection means for detecting the output state of the internal combustion engine 1. The output state detection means 10, 11 detect the output state of the internal combustion engine 1 on the basis of reaction torque of the generator 3 detected by the torque detection means 9, 12, 23. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device for an internal combustion engine capable of suppressing noise of whole vehicle and cavitation while securing necessary flow rate of cooling water. SOLUTION: This device is provided with two electric water pumps W1, W2 supplying cooling water to the internal combustion engine, and drive of the electric water pumps W1, W2 is controlled according to demand flow rate calculated based on an operation condition of the engine. If demand flow rate of one electric water pump W1 (or W2) exceeds a predetermined value, another electric water pump W2 (or W1) is driven. Consequently, cooling water flow rate of one electric water pump W1 (or W2) is controlled not to exceed the predetermined value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control an engine operation characteristic changing means in a stand-by state for locking engagement so that the engagement of a lock means can be rapidly and surely performed when the lock means must be operated in the engine operation characteristic changing means capable of variably controlling intake compression ratio and being locked in a controlled one operating state by a hydraulic-operated locking means. SOLUTION: When an internal combustion engine is stopped, the engine operation characteristic changing means is set to an attitude so that hydraulic oil is easily discharged by gravity from the locking means.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control an engine operation characteristic changing means to facilitate the matching operation of the engine operation characteristic changing means for operating a lock means and assure the engagement of the lock means in the engine operation characteristic changing means capable of variably controlling an intake compression ratio and locking the compression ratio in one controlled operation state by the lock means. SOLUTION: When the engine operation characteristic changing means is locked into one operating state by the engagement of the lock means, a swing to accelerate an engagement is applied to the lock means added for the matching of the engine operation characteristic changing means for locking.