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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor-driven pump control device capable of uniformizing service lives of a plurality of motor-driven pumps to the utmost by driving each of the motor-driven pumps in a manner responding to performance decline of each of the motor-driven pumps accompanied by their use. SOLUTION: In a circulation path 2 provided in a cooling system of an automobile, a motor-driven water pump WP1 and a motor-driven water pump WP2 which are controlled and driven by an electronic control device 10 are arranged in each of an upstream side and a downstream side of an internal combustion engine 1. To grasp load conditions of the motor-driven water pumps WP1, WP2, a detection signal from an intake air temperature sensor 15 and drive voltage of the motor-driven water pumps WP1, WP2 are read to the electronic control device 10. The electronic control device 10 compares integrated values of values obtained by weighting driving time of each of the motor-driven water pumps WP1, WP2 in accordance with the load conditions, and selects the smaller integrated value as a drive target. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel supply device capable of improving hot startability of an internal combustion engine by securing sufficient fuel injection pressure. SOLUTION: The fuel supply device 10 included in the internal combustion engine 1 supplies fuel to each injector 4 from a fuel tank 11 via a fuel delivery pipe 14 by a fuel pump 12, and is provided with a fuel return pipe L2 connecting the fuel delivery pipe 14 and the fuel tank 11, an open close valve 16 regulating or permitting flow of fuel into the fuel return pipe L2 from the fuel delivery pipe 14, a water temperature sensor 21 for acquiring temperature of fuel in each injector 4, and ECU 20 releasing the open and close valve 16 to permit fuel to flow into the fuel return pipe L2 from the fuel delivery pipe 14 if temperature of fuel acquired by using the water temperature sensor 21 exceeds a predetermined value at a time of start of the internal combustion engine 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of degradation in vehicle power performance caused by delay in responsiveness of an engine output displacement variable mechanism resulting in continuing a period wherein power actually output is smaller than required power for a while, when an operation point is changed between different operation lines, in a conventional hybrid vehicle including an engine output variable mechanism and having a plurality of engine operation lines. SOLUTION: When the engine operation point is changed from a first operation line to a second operation line, firstly, an operation point outputting the required power on the first operation line is used as a target operation point. The engine operation point is controlled to be moved toward the target operation point along the first operation line, and thereby the required power is quickly output regardless of delay in responsiveness of the engine output variable mechanism. Then the operation point is controlled to be moved on an equal power line of the required power and to be changed according to the responsiveness of the engine output variable mechanism. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform cylinder reduction operation selection control of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine for a vehicle capable of performing cylinder reduction operation for realizing non-operation of a partial cylinder of the engine selectively by keeping proper harmony between saving of fossil fuel resource and protection of natural environment by ensuring vehicle operation property and improving fuel economy. SOLUTION: Whether cylinder reduction operation is possible or not is determined by referring to engine output torque detected by an engine output torque detection means. A map in which a normal operation region and a cylinder reduction operation region are divided and set in a two-dimensional region using the number of revolutions of the engine and engine output torque as variables to determine the possibility. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enjoy effects such as low fuel consumption, low pollution, and high thermal efficiency that can be obtained by self-ignition combustion without inconveniences such as difficulties of output control and ignition timing control even if an engine carries out self-ignition combustion and the like. SOLUTION: This hybrid vehicle comprises an engine; a motor generator device capable of generating a power and outputting a drive power via a drive shaft using at least one part of the output of the engine; and a control means for controlling the motor generator device in a manner to decide a target speed of the engine based on the output required for the engine, and rotate the engine at the target speed by transmitting the power from the motor generator device to the engine (see a step S22). COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the engine efficiency of a hybrid vehicle by allowing a change in piston speed characteristics according to a plurality of engine operation conditions such as a knocked region or an unknocked region. SOLUTION: The control device for controlling the engine provided in a hybrid vehicle and having a piston and a crank shaft connected thereto, has a driving force imparting means such as a motor generator for imparting the driving force to the piston. The device is further provided with a control means such as EFIECU for controlling the imparting means to impart the driving force in at least one direction of the forward and backward operation directions of the piston according to the crank angle of the crank shaft and the operation conditions of the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an onboard equipment control system and vehicle that can facilitate changing a battery capacity.SOLUTION: A power unit of a vehicle, which can be charged from an external power supply 90 prepared in the external of the vehicle, includes: a main battery BA; and a battery pack 39 removable from the vehicle. The battery pack 39 includes a sub-battery BB1 for driving the electric load (inverters 14 and 22) common to the main battery BA; and a connector 52 in which a first memory unit which stores information about the sub-battery BB1 is provided. The power unit of the vehicle further includes a control device 30 which reads information from the first memory unit and performs control about the sub-battery BB1, while performing control about the main battery BA.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently operate an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: A hybrid system 10 calculates the torque of an engine 200 from torque reaction of a motor generator MG1. A fuel consumption rate calculating part 100c calculates an instantaneous fuel consumption rate in the engine 200 on the basis of such the calculated engine torque, a fuel injection quantity and an engine speed. An operation line updating part 100d updates an operation line by performing operation point learning processing on the basis of this calculated fuel consumption rate. In this case, the operation line updating part 100d updates the operation line by calculating the fuel consumption rate by taking into consideration a purge quantity when the engine 200 is purging. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology to perform a rich spike control without causing a torque shock. SOLUTION: In a control method of a hybrid vehicle having a lean combustible internal combustion engine equipped with an NOx occlusion reduction catalyst to hold NOx and reduce the NOx in the exhaust gas corresponding to the exhaust gas air fuel ratio, and a motor, the torque output by the internal combustion engine and the torque output by the motor can be output from one output shaft at the same time. When performing the rich spike control to reduce the NOx held in the NOx occlusion reduction catalyst by temporarily making the exhaust gas air fuel ratio rich, a deviation in the driving torque of the hybrid vehicle from the target torque owing to that injected fuel is adhered to a wall surface is corrected by the torque the motor outputs. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of restraining a torque fluctuation caused by performing rich spike control, in a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine having a supercharger and an NOx storing reducing catalyst. SOLUTION: In this control method of the hybrid vehicle having the supercharger having a turbine driven by exhaust gas, the internal combustion engine having the NOx storing reducing catalyst for holding NOx in the exhaust gas and reducing the held NOx in response to the exhaust air-fuel ratio and a motor generator having both the function as an electric motor for outputting motive power and the function as a generator for generating electric power by using motive power outputted by the internal combustion engine; the ignition timing is delayed by an ignition timing delay quantity determined by taking into consideration atmospheric pressure when performing the rich spike control for reducing the NOx held by the NOx storing reducing catalyst by temporarily making the exhaust air-fuel ratio rich. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI