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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of improving resistance against engine stall of an engine even when a target value of idling speed is set to be a provisional value lower than a reference value during braking of a vehicle in a half-warmed-up state of the engine. SOLUTION: During braking of the vehicle in the half-warmed state, the target value NeX of the idling speed is gradually varied from the reference value Nebase to a second provisional value Ne02 larger than a first provisional value Ne01 in accordance with a temperature of cooling water in the half-warmed-up state, and is varied to the second provisional value Ne02. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress execution of rotation reduction preventing control along with reduction of a target rotation speed during a travel stopping process of a vehicle, and to avoid difficulty for quickly performing travel stop of the vehicle caused by sudden rise of an engine rotation speed due to the rotation reduction preventing control. SOLUTION: When an engine 1 shifts to idling operation in the travel stopping process of an automobile, the target rotation speed of idling rotation speed control is reduced only under a condition that a road surface has low friction coefficient, and a determination speed of the rotation reduction preventing control is also reduced along with the reduction of the target rotation speed. When an engine rotation speed is reduced along with the reduction of the target rotation speed thereby, the engine rotation speed is reduced by action of disturbance in an rotation stop direction to a driving wheel 6 (such as frictional force from a road surface side). The engine rotation speed is restrained from being equal to or lower than the determination rotation speed. Accordingly, when the target rotation speed is reduced during the travel stopping process of the automobile, the execution of the rotation reduction preventing control is restrained in association therewith. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assure favorable engine control based on fuel property upon restart of operation of an engine after oiling. SOLUTION: A fuel tank 19 is provided with an oil supply chamber 19f and a remaining fuel chamber 19r connected by a shut-off valve 20. When oil is supplied, the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber connected with each other till then are shut off, and then, the oil is supplied only to the oil supply chamber. When the operation of the engine is restarted after the oil supply, firstly, only the fuel in the remaining fuel chamber is supplied to the engine with the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber kept shut off with each other, and then, the engine control is executed corresponding to the previously obtained fuel property in the remaining fuel chamber. Next, the fuel in the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber is supplied to the engine by a preset percentage, the property of the supplied fuel is obtained, and the average property of the fuel in the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber is obtained. Then, the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber are connected with each other, and the fuel is supplied to the engine from at least one of the oil supply chamber and the remaining fuel chamber to executed the engine control according to the average fuel property. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To materialize good operation even if single low boiling point component fuel is used. SOLUTION: A multi-fuel internal combustion engine operated by introducing single low boiling point component fuel and at least one kind of fuel having properties different from those of the single low boiling point component fuel to a combustion chamber CC independently or together, is provided with a lubricating oil temperature detection means (temperature sensor 91) detecting temperature of lubricating oil or a lubricating oil temperature estimation means estimating the temperature, and a purge control means (electronic control device 1) prohibiting purge control by an evaporation gas purge device (an evaporation gas passage 42, a check valve 43, a canister 44, and an open/close valve 45) or reducing purge flow quantity of evaporation gas by the purge control when detected or estimated temperature of lubricating oil is close to boiling point temperature of the single low boiling point component fuel. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel property determining device of an internal combustion engine capable of determining fuel property while keeping drivability when fuel with different property is supplied to the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: A main tank 21 and a sub tank 22 are provided, and a communication cutoff valve 25 is provided between the two tanks. The sub tank 22, to which a sub fuel pipe 42 is connected, is provided to supply the fuel to a cylinder group A. The main tank 21, to which an oil supply pipe 27 and a main fuel pipe 41 are connected, is provided to supply the fuel to a cylinder group B. When the fuel is supplied, the main tank 21 and the sub tank 22 are cut off and the cylinder group A can be operated with the fuel stored in the sub tank 22 before fuel supply. The cylinder group B can be operated with the fuel containing the supplied fuel, and the fuel property can be determined. Accordingly, the fuel property can be determined while keeping drivability when the fuel with different property is supplied to the internal combustion engine 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of an internal combustion engine capable of reducing compression work of cranking, while securing combustion stability, when starting the internal combustion engine, by properly setting an intake valve opening characteristic on the basis of a piston stopping position, after stopping the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: The intake valve opening characteristic is set to intake valve delay opening on one cylinder group where the piston stopping position acquired after stopping the internal combustion engine is before intake TDC (Step 104). Among the other cylinder group, a cylinder where the piston stopping position is nearest to compression TDC before the compression TDC is specified (Step 106). When the piston stopping position of a specific cylinder is not included in a valve opening period in intake valve delay closing, the specific cylinder is set to the intake valve delay opening, and the other cylinder group except for the specific cylinder is set to the intake valve delay closing (Step 112). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lift performance detection device capable of detecting the lift performance precisely by inhibiting the generation of noise from the output voltage of a sensor caused by the affection from the metallic member. SOLUTION: The tip part 32 of the eddy current sensor 30 a slanted cross section 32a is formed. The eddy current sensor 30 is fixed with the fixing member 50 so as to be parallel to the slanted cross section 32a with the upper surface 14a of the retainer 14 provided on the valve 10. The eddy current sensor 30 is fixed with the fixing member 50 so as to slant to the upper surface 14a of the retainer. The eddy current sensor 30 is connected with the sensor controller 46. The sensor controller 46 detects the lift performance of the valve 10 based on the output voltage of the eddy current sensor 30. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of an internal combustion engine capable of separating a diluted fuel from an oil while ensuring the excellent emission characteristic when oil dilution occurs. SOLUTION: When it is determined that oil dilution occurs, the rise of oil is generated by the in-cylinder negative pressure generated by delaying and/or advancing an intake valve, and a fuel is evaporated from the oil diluted with the fuel (Step 106). In this step 106, discharge of the evaporated fuel to an exhaust passage is prevented by stopping an exhaust valve in a closed state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can suppress variation in an intake air amount between cylinders while sufficiently exerting the effect of improving fuel economy. SOLUTION: When detected variation in lift amount and detected variation in working angle between cylinders are larger than a reference value, a mean value of valve closing timing of an intake valve on the most advanced side and valve closing timing of the intake valve on the most delayed side is calculated (a step 112). Target valve closing timing of the intake valve is set so that the calculated mean value becomes the bottom dead center (a step 114). Since the variation in position of a piston in closing the intake valve becomes minimum, the variation in intake air amount between cylinders is sufficiently suppressed. Valve closing timing of an exhaust valve is set to be the same as valve opening timing of the intake valve or to be on the more delayed side than the valve opening timing of the intake valve (a step 116). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal combustion engine capable of accurately detecting dispersion of intake air quantity among cylinders with a simple detection structure. SOLUTION: This internal combustion engine 10 includes two banks (A bank and B bank) composed of only cylinders in which lift operating angle of an intake valve does not overlap each other and intake air collecting passages 15a/15b having intake air branch passages 17a/17b individually connected to each cylinder #1-#4/#5-#8 collected and connected to are provided for each bank. Intake air pressure sensor 52a/52b detecting intake air pressure are provided in surge tanks 16a/16b provided in the intake air collecting passages 15a/15b. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI