EP1316720A1 - Common rail fuel injection system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a common rail type fuel injection system that supplies high-pressure fuel, accumulated in a common pressurized rail, to combustion chamber engine cylinders by injection through injectors. Specifically, the present invention relates to an improvement in detecting accuracy of the pressure in a common rail of a common rail type fuel injection system having a plurality of pressure sensors in the common rail.
- an electronically controlled common rail type fuel injection systems that pressurize fuel and supply the high-pressure fuel under pressure to a common rail, in which the fuel is accumulated under pressure, by a high-pressure supply pump driven and driven by an engine, such as a multi-cylinder diesel engine, is known, as described in Japanese Patent Application Examined Publication No. 1995-122422.
- the fuel injection system distributes the high-pressure fuel accumulated in the common rail to injectors mounted in the engine cylinders and injects the high-pressure fuel to the cylinder combustion chambers.
- the common rail type fuel injection system has only one common rail pressure sensor.
- the fuel injection system calculates injection pulse duration and injection periods based on a target injection quantity.
- the target injection quantity is set in accordance with pressure in the common rail, detected by the common rail pressure sensor, and driving conditions of the engine.
- the fuel injection system applies injection pulses, corresponding to the injection pulse duration, to the injectors.
- the fuel injection system controls the fuel injection so that the quantity of the fuel injected to the combustion chambers of the respective cylinders is equal to an optimum value corresponding to the operating conditions of the engine.
- the common rail type fuel injection system is capable of injecting high-pressure fuel and is very flexible with regard to control.
- the accuracy of fuel injection quantities deteriorates due to drops in pressure detection accuracy in the common rail by the common rail pressure detecting means.
- a standard of characteristics (threshold of a value) or a range of tolerance of a fuel pressure sensor that outputs a fuel pressure signal corresponding to a fuel injection pressure is divided into two or more parts (ranges).
- a plurality of fuel pressure sensors within the divided characteristics standards or ranges of the tolerance is disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- a common rail pressure corresponding to the fuel injection pressure is detected by averaging respective fuel pressure signals output by the plurality of fuel pressure sensors disposed in the common rail fuel injection system. Accordingly, the detection accuracy of the common rail pressure by the common rail pressure detecting means is improved.
- the extraction rate is the failure rate of the fuel pressure sensor. That is, a sensor is extracted, or pulled from manufacturing, when some of its physical quantities are not within the permissible range or tolerance.
- injection duration is determined based on a target injection quantity set in accordance with operating conditions of an engine and a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means.
- Injection quantity to the respective cylinders of the engine is precisely controlled by outputting driving signals corresponding to the injection duration to a plurality of injectors. Accordingly, the fuel injection quantities are controlled to optimum values in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine.
- a quantity of fuel supplied from a fuel supply pump to a common rail is determined based on a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means.
- the common rail pressure is controlled by outputting driving signals in accordance with the determined injection quantity to the fuel supply pump.
- variations in fuel injection are reduced.
- a plurality of fuel pressure sensors are disposed integrally within a housing mounted in a common rail. Therefore, space for installation, labor hours for assembling, and a number of parts are reduced.
- FIGS. 1 to 5 show the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the construction of a common rail type fuel injection system having two common rail pressure sensors.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing construction of the common rail pressure sensor.
- a common rail type fuel injection system has a common rail 1, a plurality of injectors 2, a supply pump 3, and an electronic control unit (ECU) 10.
- the common rail 1 is an accumulator vessel that accumulates high-pressure fuel under a pressure corresponding to an injection pressure.
- the injectors 2 are fuel injection valves of the present invention.
- the injectors 2 are connected to the common rail 1 and inject fuel into respective cylinders of a four-cylinder engine such as a multi-cylinder diesel engine. There are four injectors 2 in the embodiment shown.
- the supply pump 3 is rotationally driven by the engine.
- the ECU 10 is a controller that electronically controls the injectors 2 and the supply pump 3. In FIG. 1, only one injector 2 corresponding to one cylinder of the four-cylinder engine is shown, and the other injectors 2 are not shown.
- the common rail 1 needs to continuously accumulate a high pressure corresponding to the fuel injection pressure. Therefore, the supply pump 3 supplies the high-pressure fuel through a high-pressure passage 11 to the common rail 1, and the fuel is accumulated in the common rail 1.
- the injector 2 is an electromagnetic valve that comprises a fuel injection nozzle, an electromagnetic actuator, a biasing means such as a spring, and the like.
- the fuel injection nozzle is connected with a lower end of each of the high-pressure passages 12 branching from the common rail 1 and injects the fuel into the cylinder of the engine.
- the electromagnetic actuator drives a nozzle needle disposed in the fuel injection nozzle in a direction to open the valve.
- the biasing means biases the nozzle needle in a direction to close the valve.
- the fuel injection from each injector 2 to the engine is electronically controlled by turning on and off the current supply to an injection controlling electromagnetic valve 4.
- the injection controlling electromagnetic valve 4 operates as an electromagnetic actuator for controlling back pressure of the nozzle needles of the fuel injection nozzles. More specifically, high-pressure fuel accumulated in the common rail 1 is supplied to each cylinder of the engine by injection while the injection controlling electromagnetic valve 4 of the injector 2 of each cylinder is open.
- the supply pump 3 comprises a known feed pump, a plunger and a pressurizing chamber.
- the feed pump is a low-pressure supply pump that draws low-pressure fuel from a fuel tank 5 by rotation of a pump-driving shaft that rotates with a crankshaft of the engine.
- the plunger is driven by the pump-driving shaft.
- the pressurizing chamber is a plunger chamber that pressurizes the fuel by reciprocation of the plunger.
- the supply pump 3 is a fuel supply pump, that is, a high-pressure supply pump, that pressurize the low-pressure fuel drawn by the feed pump from the fuel tank 5 through a filter 6 and supplies the fuel to the common rail 1 under pressure through the high-pressure passage 11.
- a suction control valve (SCV) is disposed in an inlet passage of the pressurizing chamber of the supply pump 3.
- the suction control valve (SCV) operates as an electromagnetic actuator that changes the quantity of the fuel supply from the supply pump 3 to the common rail 1 by opening and closing the inlet passage.
- a pressure limiter 7 disposed in the high-pressure passage 11 operates as a pressure relief valve that prevents a common rail pressure, that is, pressure in the common rail, from rising to an extraordinary level. Specifically, when the common rail pressure surpasses a predetermined pressure limit, the pressure limiter 7 releases the fuel into the low-pressure passage 15 by opening a valve member 16 against the biasing force of a spring 17 and reduces the fuel pressure under the limit pressure.
- the ECU 10 has a microcomputer with a known construction.
- the microcomputer functions as a CPU that performs control transactions and calculation transactions.
- the microcomputer also has a ROM that stores various programs and data, a RAM, an input circuit, an output circuit, a power supply circuit, a pump driving circuit and the like.
- Sensor signals output by the various sensors are input to the microcomputer after the signals are converted from analog signals to digital signals by an A/D converter.
- the ECU 10 has a common rail pressure controlling means that calculates a target common rail pressure that corresponds to an optimum fuel injection pressure suitable for operating conditions of the engine and controls the common rail pressure by regulating pump-driving signals that are transmitted to the suction control valve (SCV) of the supply pump 3.
- the common rail pressure controlling means has a target common rail pressure determining means, a pump driving means, and an SCV controlling means.
- the target common rail pressure determining means determines a target common rail pressure based on the engine rotation speed detected by a rotation speed sensor 21 and information on the operations of the engine. Operations include items such as the opening of the accelerator detected by an accelerator opening detection sensor 22 and adding a modification made with the temperature of the engine cooling water to the determination.
- the temperature of engine cooling water is detected by a cooling water temperature sensor 23.
- the pump driving means controls the common rail pressure by outputting the pump-driving signals to the suction control valve (SCV) of the supply pump 3 in order to attain the target common rail pressure.
- the pump-driving signals, driving current, to the suction control valve (SCV) of the supply pump 3 should be controlled in a feedback control so that an actual common rail pressure P c, which is a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means (explained later), is generally equal to the target common rail pressure P t , which is determined based on the operating conditions of the engine.
- the control of the driving current to the suction control valve (SCV) should be controlled in a duty cycle control. Precise digital control is realized by employing the duty cycle control in which opening of the suction control valve (SCV) is changed by regulating an on-off ratio of the pump-driving signals per unit time, that is, the current supply ratio or the duty ratio.
- the ECU 10 further comprises an injection quantity and timing controlling means that controls the quantity and timing of fuel injection of the injectors 2 of the respective cylinders.
- the injection quantity and timing controlling means is made up of an injection quantity and timing determining means, an injection pulse duration determining means, and an injector driving means or an INJ controlling means.
- the injection quantity and timing determining means determines optimum timing of the fuel injection, or timing to start the fuel injection, and target injection quantity, or injection period, in correspondence with the operating conditions of the engine.
- the injection pulse duration determining means calculates the injection pulse duration, or width of the pulse, corresponding to the operating conditions of the engine and the target injection quantity.
- the injector driving means applies injector (INJ) injection pulses to the injection controlling electromagnetic valves 4 of the respective cylinders through an injector driving circuit (EDU) 24.
- the ECU 10 calculates the target injection quantity (Q) based on the engine rotation speed detected by the engine rotation speed sensor 21 and information on the operating conditions of the engine, such as accelerator opening (ACCP) detected by the accelerator opening sensor 22, with the modification made with the temperature of engine cooling water (THW) detected by the cooling water temperature sensor 23 added to the calculation.
- the engine rotation speed is referred to as an engine rotation number NE, hereafter.
- the ECU 10 applies injector (INJ) injection pulses to the injection controlling electromagnetic valves 4 of the injectors 2 of the respective cylinders in accordance with the injection pulse duration T q calculated from the actual common rail pressure P c detected by the common rail pressure detecting means (explained later) and the target injection quantity Q.
- the target injection quantity Q, the injection timing T, and the target common rail pressure P t are calculated using the rotation speed sensor 21, the accelerator opening detection sensor 22 and the cooling water temperature sensor 23 as operating condition detecting means that detect the operating conditions of the engine.
- the target injection quantity Q, the injection timing T, and the target common rail pressure P t may be modified by detection signals, or information on the operation of the engine, output from other kinds of sensors as the operating condition detecting means, such as a suction temperature sensor, a fuel temperature sensor, a suction pressure sensor, a cylinder determination sensor and an injection timing sensor.
- the ECU 10 comprises the common rail detecting means that detects the actual common rail pressure P c corresponding to the pressure of the fuel injected from the injectors 2 of the respective cylinders to the engine.
- the common rail pressure detecting means is a common rail pressure calculating circuit that averages electric signals of pressure, that is, sensor output values Vc1, Vc2 output by first and second common rail pressure sensors S1 S2.
- the common rail pressure sensors S1, S2 are mounted in the common rail type fuel injection system, or in the right end of the common rail 1 as shown in FIG. 1.
- the common rail pressure detecting means calculates the actual common rail pressure P c from the average value (Vc1+Vc2)/2.
- the first and second common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 correspond to the fuel pressure sensors of the present invention.
- a semiconductor pressure sensor in which a sensor detection part 31, such as a piezoresistance element, is formed on a silicon substrate (not shown), or a circuit substrate, is used as the common rail pressure sensor S1 or S2.
- the sensor detection part 31 is a main body of the common rail pressure sensor.
- the sensor detection part 31 is housed in a housing 33 formed with a male screw part 32 that is screwed to a female screw part in an attaching joint of the common rail 1.
- each housing 33 includes each common rail pressure sensor.
- the housing 33 has a concave part in its upper end and in the concave part is a sensor pressure detection part 34 as shown in FIG. 2. Also in the housing 33 is a high pressure introduction passage 35 which interconnects with an inside of an accumulator chamber formed in the common rail 1.
- the sensor detection part 31 should be disposed on a metallic diaphragm because high-pressure fuel flows into the high pressure introduction passage 35.
- the semiconductor pressure sensor is a pressure sensor made by forming a diaphragm by manufacturing silicon single crystal and forming a strain gage resistor on the surface of the diaphragm by a diffusion process or an ion implantation process, among pressure sensors using piezo-resistance effect of semiconductor single crystal.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a standard characteristics range, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into two parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is sufficient for shipping as a product.
- FIG. 3 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of "N" test pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance.
- Table 1 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of the standard characteristics range A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of the standard characteristics range B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- Table 1 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the standard characteristics range B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the standard characteristics range A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressures, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from - ⁇ to 0.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in the range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from 0 to + ⁇ .
- a pair of the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard B, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- the actual common rail pressure P c is calculated in the ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2. Therefore, when the standard characteristics range of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ⁇ 1, the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure P c is ⁇ 0.5, which is half of the conventional value.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a characteristics standard, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into three parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is good enough for shipping as a product.
- FIG. 4 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of test pieces of "N" pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance.
- Table 2 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard C are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 2 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 2 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from - ⁇ to - ⁇ /3.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range near a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from - ⁇ /3 to + ⁇ /3.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range C is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from+ ⁇ /3 to + ⁇ .
- a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard C, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard A, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard B, are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- the actual common rail pressure P c is calculated in the ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, the sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2.
- the standard characteristics range of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ⁇ 1
- the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure P c is ⁇ 0.33, which is one third of the conventional value.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a characteristics standard, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into four parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is of a quality suitable for shipping as a product.
- FIG. 5 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of test pieces of "N" pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance.
- Table 3 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard D are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- Table 3 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard D and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Additionally, Table 3 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard C are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 3 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably falls in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from - ⁇ to - ⁇ /2.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from - ⁇ /2 to 0.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range C is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from 0 to + ⁇ /2.
- the common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range D is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value V c , corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values V c , corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from + ⁇ /2 to + ⁇ .
- the actual common rail pressure P c is calculated in the ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, the sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2. Therefore, when the characteristics standard of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ⁇ 1, the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure P c is ⁇ 0.25, which is one fourth of the conventional value. In this case, it is appropriate to dispose a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard A, a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard B, a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard C and a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard D in the common rail 1 or in the high-pressure passages. In the above explanation, examples of dividing the characteristics standard of the sensor into two, three, or 4 parts are described. Thresholds of the characteristics standards of the sensor may be changed in compliance with the desired characteristics of the sensor.
- the common rail type fuel injection system possesses a plurality of common rail pressure sensors, that is, two common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, as described in the embodiment.
- the characteristics standards of the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 are divided into two parts or more, respectively.
- the ECU 10 calculates the actual common rail pressure P c corresponding to the fuel injection pressure by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 that are within the respective characteristics standards, which are divided into two or more parts.
- the detection accuracy of the common rail sensors S1 and S2 improves as the dividing number of the characteristics standard and the range of tolerance of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is raised.
- the detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure P c is improved without increasing the extraction (failure) rate of the common rail sensors S1 and S2. Therefore, the injection pulse duration T q , which is calculated based on the target injection quantity set in accordance with the actual common rail pressure P c and the operating conditions of the engine, is set to an optimum value corresponding to the actual common rail pressure P c . Accordingly, the variation in the quantity of the fuel injected from the injectors 2 is reduced and the fuel injection accuracy is improved without requiring substantial alterations in the conventional common rail type fuel injection system.
- the detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure P c is improved without increasing the extraction (failure) rate of the common rail sensors S1 and S2. Therefore, the on-off ratio of the pump driving signal to the suction control valve (SCV) of the supply pump 3, that is, the ratio of the current supply duration or the duty ratio, is set to an optimum value.
- the pump driving signal is calculated based on the pressure difference between the actual common rail pressure P c and the target common rail pressure P t set in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine.
- FIG. 6 shows construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- a semiconductor pressure sensor is used as the common rail pressure sensor.
- the pressure sensor exhibits a sensor chip 42, which is a main body of a common rail pressure sensor, such as a piezoresistance element, and a transaction circuit 43 formed on a silicon substructure 41 as a circuit substructure.
- the common rail pressure sensor is housed in a housing 45, which is usually a steel case, that is formed with a male screw part 44 that screws into a female screw part 19, as an attaching joint, of a common rail 1.
- the housing 45 is formed with a sensor pressure detection part 46 in the housing upper end as shown in FIG. 6.
- a screw 48 that holds a metallic diaphragm 47 in the center of the sensor pressure detection part 46 is screwed and fastened to a female screw part 49.
- the sensor chip 42 is disposed on the diaphragm 47.
- the housing 45 is formed with a high pressure introduction passage 50 that connects with an interior accumulator chamber formed in the lower portion of the common rail 1 as shown in FIG. 6.
- the diaphragm 47 is formed with an interconnecting passage 51 that interconnects with the high pressure introduction passage 50.
- the lower end surface of the housing 45 in FIG. 6 and a seating surface 20 of the common rail 1 seal by the contact of the metal surfaces.
- the lower end surface of the metal diaphragm 47 in FIG. 6 and a seating surface 52 of the housing 45 also seal by contact.
- a connector 53 is made of electrical insulating plastic and is fastened to the upper end of the housing 45 in FIG. 6 by press-fitting and the like.
- a terminal 54 electrically connects the ECU 10 and the sensor chip 42 through a wiring harness (W/H).
- FIG. 7 shows construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- a semiconductor pressure sensor in which two sensor detection parts 61, 62, which are main bodies of a common rail pressure sensor such as piezoresistance elements, are formed on a silicon substructure as a circuit substructure, is used as the common rail pressure sensor.
- the common rail pressure sensors are housed in a housing 64, commonly a steel case, that is formed with a male screw part 63 that is screwed to a female screw part in an attaching joint of a common rail 1.
- the upper portion of the housing 64 has a sensor pressure detection part 65 as shown in FIG. 7.
- the housing 64 is formed with two high pressure introduction passages 66, 67 that interconnect with an inside of an accumulator chamber formed in the common rail 1 in the lower portion of the housing 64 as shown in FIG. 7. More specifically, a plurality of common rail pressure sensors is integrated by disposing the plurality, two common rail pressure sensors in the embodiment, in one housing 64. Therefore, space for installation, labor hours for assembling, and the number of parts are reduced.
- the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 are disposed directly in the common rail 1 and output electric signals corresponding to the actual common rail pressure P c suitable for the fuel injection pressure.
- fuel pressure sensors are disposed in a fuel pipe and the like between the plunger chamber, which is the pressurizing chamber, of the supply pump 3 and fuel passages in the injectors 2.
- the fuel pressure sensors output electric signals that correspond to the pressure value of the fuel discharged from the pressurizing chamber of the supply pump 3 or the fuel injection pressure of the fuel injected from the injectors 2.
- the semiconductor pressure sensor is used as the common rail pressure sensor or the fuel pressure sensor.
- a pressure sensor in which a first conversion element that generates a displacement or strain proportional to fuel pressure and a second conversion element that converts the displacement or the strain into electric signals are combined may be applied as the common pressure sensor or the fuel pressure sensor.
- Such a pressures sensor is a differential transformer pressure sensor, a strain gage pressure sensor, or an electric capacitance pressure sensor, for instances.
- the semiconductor pressure sensor the first conversion element and the second conversion element are integrated. Therefore, an adhesive layer and a base film layer are not formed differently from the strain gage pressure sensor.
- the semiconductor pressure sensor has no or little hysteresis because the first conversion elastic body thereof is a covalent crystal having a diamond structure.
- a common rail type fuel injection system improves detection accuracy of common rail pressure with an ECU without increasing the failure rate of a common rail pressure sensor.
- Two common rail pressure sensors are disposed in a common rail type fuel injection system. Characteristics standards of the two common rail pressure sensors are divided into two or more parts.
- An actual common rail pressure P c corresponding to a fuel injection pressure is calculated by averaging electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors in the respective characteristics standards divided into the two or more parts.
- the detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure P c is improved without increasing the failure rate of the common rail pressure sensor, and variations in injection quantity of fuel injected from injectors of respective cylinders are reduced.
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- The present invention relates to a common rail type fuel injection system that supplies high-pressure fuel, accumulated in a common pressurized rail, to combustion chamber engine cylinders by injection through injectors. Specifically, the present invention relates to an improvement in detecting accuracy of the pressure in a common rail of a common rail type fuel injection system having a plurality of pressure sensors in the common rail.
- Generally, an electronically controlled common rail type fuel injection systems that pressurize fuel and supply the high-pressure fuel under pressure to a common rail, in which the fuel is accumulated under pressure, by a high-pressure supply pump driven and driven by an engine, such as a multi-cylinder diesel engine, is known, as described in Japanese Patent Application Examined Publication No. 1995-122422. The fuel injection system distributes the high-pressure fuel accumulated in the common rail to injectors mounted in the engine cylinders and injects the high-pressure fuel to the cylinder combustion chambers.
- The common rail type fuel injection system has only one common rail pressure sensor. The fuel injection system calculates injection pulse duration and injection periods based on a target injection quantity. The target injection quantity is set in accordance with pressure in the common rail, detected by the common rail pressure sensor, and driving conditions of the engine. The fuel injection system applies injection pulses, corresponding to the injection pulse duration, to the injectors. Thus, the fuel injection system controls the fuel injection so that the quantity of the fuel injected to the combustion chambers of the respective cylinders is equal to an optimum value corresponding to the operating conditions of the engine.
- The common rail type fuel injection system is capable of injecting high-pressure fuel and is very flexible with regard to control. However, there is increasing need to reduce variations in injected fuel quantities by the entire fuel injection system. This is due, in part, to strengthening gas emission regulations. Specifically, in terms of the entire fuel injection system, it is known that the accuracy of fuel injection quantities deteriorates due to drops in pressure detection accuracy in the common rail by the common rail pressure detecting means.
- However, if a standard (threshold) of characteristics (values) of the common rail pressure sensor is raised or a range of tolerance thereof is narrowed in order to improve the detection accuracy of the pressure in the common rail, an extraction (failure) rate of the common rail will increase. The number of the common rail pressure sensors below the standard of characteristics or outside the tolerance range will increase, and the number of the common rail pressure sensors above the characteristics standard or inside the tolerance range will decrease compared with the current situation. As a result, productivity will deteriorate and per unit cost will increase.
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a common rail type fuel injection system that is capable of improving fuel injection accuracy without requiring substantial alterations in a conventional common rail type fuel injection system-. It is another object of the present invention to provide a common rail type fuel injection system that is capable of improving the detection accuracy of pressure in a common rail by a common rail pressure detecting means without increasing the extraction (failure) rate of the fuel pressure sensors.
- According to a first aspect of the invention, a standard of characteristics (threshold of a value) or a range of tolerance of a fuel pressure sensor that outputs a fuel pressure signal corresponding to a fuel injection pressure is divided into two or more parts (ranges). A plurality of fuel pressure sensors within the divided characteristics standards or ranges of the tolerance is disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. A common rail pressure corresponding to the fuel injection pressure is detected by averaging respective fuel pressure signals output by the plurality of fuel pressure sensors disposed in the common rail fuel injection system. Accordingly, the detection accuracy of the common rail pressure by the common rail pressure detecting means is improved. As a result, the fuel injection accuracy in the common rail type fuel injection system is improved without increasing an extraction rate of the fuel pressure sensor. The extraction rate is the failure rate of the fuel pressure sensor. That is, a sensor is extracted, or pulled from manufacturing, when some of its physical quantities are not within the permissible range or tolerance.
- According to a second aspect of the invention, injection duration is determined based on a target injection quantity set in accordance with operating conditions of an engine and a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means. Injection quantity to the respective cylinders of the engine is precisely controlled by outputting driving signals corresponding to the injection duration to a plurality of injectors. Accordingly, the fuel injection quantities are controlled to optimum values in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine.
- According to a third aspect of the invention, a quantity of fuel supplied from a fuel supply pump to a common rail is determined based on a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means. The common rail pressure is controlled by outputting driving signals in accordance with the determined injection quantity to the fuel supply pump. Thus, variations in fuel injection are reduced. In yet another aspect, a plurality of fuel pressure sensors are disposed integrally within a housing mounted in a common rail. Therefore, space for installation, labor hours for assembling, and a number of parts are reduced.
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- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a common rail type fuel injection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a common rail pressure sensor according to the first embodiment;
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a standard characteristics range of a conventional common rail pressure sensor is divided into two parts according to the first embodiment;
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a standard characteristics range of a conventional common rail pressure sensor is divided into three parts according to the first embodiment;
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a standard characteristics range of a conventional common rail pressure sensor is divided into four parts according to the first embodiment;
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to a second embodiment; and
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to a third embodiment.
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- FIGS. 1 to 5 show the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the construction of a common rail type fuel injection system having two common rail pressure sensors. FIG. 2 is a view showing construction of the common rail pressure sensor.
- A common rail type fuel injection system according to the embodiment has a
common rail 1, a plurality ofinjectors 2, asupply pump 3, and an electronic control unit (ECU) 10. Thecommon rail 1 is an accumulator vessel that accumulates high-pressure fuel under a pressure corresponding to an injection pressure. Theinjectors 2 are fuel injection valves of the present invention. Theinjectors 2 are connected to thecommon rail 1 and inject fuel into respective cylinders of a four-cylinder engine such as a multi-cylinder diesel engine. There are fourinjectors 2 in the embodiment shown. Thesupply pump 3 is rotationally driven by the engine. The ECU 10 is a controller that electronically controls theinjectors 2 and thesupply pump 3. In FIG. 1, only oneinjector 2 corresponding to one cylinder of the four-cylinder engine is shown, and theother injectors 2 are not shown. - The
common rail 1 needs to continuously accumulate a high pressure corresponding to the fuel injection pressure. Therefore, thesupply pump 3 supplies the high-pressure fuel through a high-pressure passage 11 to thecommon rail 1, and the fuel is accumulated in thecommon rail 1. Theinjector 2 is an electromagnetic valve that comprises a fuel injection nozzle, an electromagnetic actuator, a biasing means such as a spring, and the like. The fuel injection nozzle is connected with a lower end of each of the high-pressure passages 12 branching from thecommon rail 1 and injects the fuel into the cylinder of the engine. The electromagnetic actuator drives a nozzle needle disposed in the fuel injection nozzle in a direction to open the valve. The biasing means biases the nozzle needle in a direction to close the valve. The fuel injection from eachinjector 2 to the engine is electronically controlled by turning on and off the current supply to an injection controllingelectromagnetic valve 4. The injection controllingelectromagnetic valve 4 operates as an electromagnetic actuator for controlling back pressure of the nozzle needles of the fuel injection nozzles. More specifically, high-pressure fuel accumulated in thecommon rail 1 is supplied to each cylinder of the engine by injection while the injection controllingelectromagnetic valve 4 of theinjector 2 of each cylinder is open. - The
supply pump 3 comprises a known feed pump, a plunger and a pressurizing chamber. The feed pump is a low-pressure supply pump that draws low-pressure fuel from afuel tank 5 by rotation of a pump-driving shaft that rotates with a crankshaft of the engine. The plunger is driven by the pump-driving shaft. The pressurizing chamber is a plunger chamber that pressurizes the fuel by reciprocation of the plunger. Thesupply pump 3 is a fuel supply pump, that is, a high-pressure supply pump, that pressurize the low-pressure fuel drawn by the feed pump from thefuel tank 5 through afilter 6 and supplies the fuel to thecommon rail 1 under pressure through the high-pressure passage 11. A suction control valve (SCV) is disposed in an inlet passage of the pressurizing chamber of thesupply pump 3. The suction control valve (SCV) operates as an electromagnetic actuator that changes the quantity of the fuel supply from thesupply pump 3 to thecommon rail 1 by opening and closing the inlet passage. - The fuel that leaks from the
injector 2 and thesupply pump 3 is returned to thefuel tank 5 through the low-pressure passages pressure passage 15. Apressure limiter 7 disposed in the high-pressure passage 11 operates as a pressure relief valve that prevents a common rail pressure, that is, pressure in the common rail, from rising to an extraordinary level. Specifically, when the common rail pressure surpasses a predetermined pressure limit, thepressure limiter 7 releases the fuel into the low-pressure passage 15 by opening avalve member 16 against the biasing force of aspring 17 and reduces the fuel pressure under the limit pressure. - The
ECU 10 has a microcomputer with a known construction. The microcomputer functions as a CPU that performs control transactions and calculation transactions. The microcomputer also has a ROM that stores various programs and data, a RAM, an input circuit, an output circuit, a power supply circuit, a pump driving circuit and the like. Sensor signals output by the various sensors are input to the microcomputer after the signals are converted from analog signals to digital signals by an A/D converter. - The
ECU 10 has a common rail pressure controlling means that calculates a target common rail pressure that corresponds to an optimum fuel injection pressure suitable for operating conditions of the engine and controls the common rail pressure by regulating pump-driving signals that are transmitted to the suction control valve (SCV) of thesupply pump 3. The common rail pressure controlling means has a target common rail pressure determining means, a pump driving means, and an SCV controlling means. The target common rail pressure determining means determines a target common rail pressure based on the engine rotation speed detected by arotation speed sensor 21 and information on the operations of the engine. Operations include items such as the opening of the accelerator detected by an acceleratoropening detection sensor 22 and adding a modification made with the temperature of the engine cooling water to the determination. The temperature of engine cooling water is detected by a coolingwater temperature sensor 23. The pump driving means controls the common rail pressure by outputting the pump-driving signals to the suction control valve (SCV) of thesupply pump 3 in order to attain the target common rail pressure. - More preferably, the pump-driving signals, driving current, to the suction control valve (SCV) of the
supply pump 3 should be controlled in a feedback control so that an actual common rail pressure Pc, which is a common rail pressure detected by a common rail pressure detecting means (explained later), is generally equal to the target common rail pressure Pt, which is determined based on the operating conditions of the engine. Preferably, the control of the driving current to the suction control valve (SCV) should be controlled in a duty cycle control. Precise digital control is realized by employing the duty cycle control in which opening of the suction control valve (SCV) is changed by regulating an on-off ratio of the pump-driving signals per unit time, that is, the current supply ratio or the duty ratio. - The
ECU 10 further comprises an injection quantity and timing controlling means that controls the quantity and timing of fuel injection of theinjectors 2 of the respective cylinders. The injection quantity and timing controlling means is made up of an injection quantity and timing determining means, an injection pulse duration determining means, and an injector driving means or an INJ controlling means. The injection quantity and timing determining means determines optimum timing of the fuel injection, or timing to start the fuel injection, and target injection quantity, or injection period, in correspondence with the operating conditions of the engine. The injection pulse duration determining means calculates the injection pulse duration, or width of the pulse, corresponding to the operating conditions of the engine and the target injection quantity. The injector driving means applies injector (INJ) injection pulses to the injection controllingelectromagnetic valves 4 of the respective cylinders through an injector driving circuit (EDU) 24. - The
ECU 10 calculates the target injection quantity (Q) based on the engine rotation speed detected by the enginerotation speed sensor 21 and information on the operating conditions of the engine, such as accelerator opening (ACCP) detected by theaccelerator opening sensor 22, with the modification made with the temperature of engine cooling water (THW) detected by the coolingwater temperature sensor 23 added to the calculation. The engine rotation speed is referred to as an engine rotation number NE, hereafter. TheECU 10 applies injector (INJ) injection pulses to the injection controllingelectromagnetic valves 4 of theinjectors 2 of the respective cylinders in accordance with the injection pulse duration Tq calculated from the actual common rail pressure Pc detected by the common rail pressure detecting means (explained later) and the target injection quantity Q. - In the embodiment, the target injection quantity Q, the injection timing T, and the target common rail pressure Pt are calculated using the
rotation speed sensor 21, the acceleratoropening detection sensor 22 and the coolingwater temperature sensor 23 as operating condition detecting means that detect the operating conditions of the engine. The target injection quantity Q, the injection timing T, and the target common rail pressure Pt may be modified by detection signals, or information on the operation of the engine, output from other kinds of sensors as the operating condition detecting means, such as a suction temperature sensor, a fuel temperature sensor, a suction pressure sensor, a cylinder determination sensor and an injection timing sensor. - The
ECU 10 comprises the common rail detecting means that detects the actual common rail pressure Pc corresponding to the pressure of the fuel injected from theinjectors 2 of the respective cylinders to the engine. The common rail pressure detecting means is a common rail pressure calculating circuit that averages electric signals of pressure, that is, sensor output values Vc1, Vc2 output by first and second common rail pressure sensors S1 S2. The common rail pressure sensors S1, S2 are mounted in the common rail type fuel injection system, or in the right end of thecommon rail 1 as shown in FIG. 1. The common rail pressure detecting means calculates the actual common rail pressure Pc from the average value (Vc1+Vc2)/2. - The first and second common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 correspond to the fuel pressure sensors of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a semiconductor pressure sensor in which a
sensor detection part 31, such as a piezoresistance element, is formed on a silicon substrate (not shown), or a circuit substrate, is used as the common rail pressure sensor S1 or S2. Thesensor detection part 31 is a main body of the common rail pressure sensor. Thesensor detection part 31 is housed in ahousing 33 formed with amale screw part 32 that is screwed to a female screw part in an attaching joint of thecommon rail 1. Thus, in the embodiment, eachhousing 33 includes each common rail pressure sensor. - The
housing 33 has a concave part in its upper end and in the concave part is a sensorpressure detection part 34 as shown in FIG. 2. Also in thehousing 33 is a highpressure introduction passage 35 which interconnects with an inside of an accumulator chamber formed in thecommon rail 1. Preferably, thesensor detection part 31 should be disposed on a metallic diaphragm because high-pressure fuel flows into the highpressure introduction passage 35. The semiconductor pressure sensor is a pressure sensor made by forming a diaphragm by manufacturing silicon single crystal and forming a strain gage resistor on the surface of the diaphragm by a diffusion process or an ion implantation process, among pressure sensors using piezo-resistance effect of semiconductor single crystal. - Characteristics of the common rail type fuel injection system according to the first embodiment will be explained below based on FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a standard characteristics range, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into two parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is sufficient for shipping as a product. FIG. 3 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of "N" test pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance. Table 1 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of the standard characteristics range A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of the standard characteristics range B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 1 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the standard characteristics range B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the standard characteristics range A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressures, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from -α to 0.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in the range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from 0 to +α.
- In the embodiment, a pair of the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard B, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. The actual common rail pressure Pc is calculated in the
ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2. Therefore, when the standard characteristics range of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ±1, the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure Pc is ±0.5, which is half of the conventional value. - FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a characteristics standard, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into three parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is good enough for shipping as a product. FIG. 4 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of test pieces of "N" pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance.
- Table 2 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard C are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 2 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 2 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from -α to -α/3.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range near a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from -α/3 to +α/3.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range C is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from+α/3 to +α.
- In the embodiment, a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard C, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard A, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard B, are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. The actual common rail pressure Pc is calculated in the
ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, the sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2. Therefore, when the standard characteristics range of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ±1, the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure Pc is ±0.33, which is one third of the conventional value. In this case, it is appropriate to dispose a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard A, a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard B, and a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard C in thecommon rail 1 or in the high-pressure passages. - FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a characteristics standard, or a range of tolerance, of a conventional common rail type pressure sensor is divided into four parts, wherein the common rail type pressure sensor is of a quality suitable for shipping as a product. FIG. 5 shows a normal distribution, a Gaussian distribution, of outputs of test pieces of "N" pieces of the common rail pressure sensors, wherein "N" is more than 200, for instance. Table 3 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard D are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 3 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard D and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard A are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Additionally, Table 3 shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard C are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. Table 3 also shows variation in averaged tolerance in a case in which the common rail pressure sensor S1 in the range of characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the range of characteristics standard B are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range A is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably falls in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from -α to -α/2.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range B is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range below a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from -α/2 to 0.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range C is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from 0 to +α/2.
- The common rail pressure sensor in the standard characteristics range D is a common rail pressure sensor that has such characteristics that an output voltage value Vc, corresponding to the fuel pressure when the fuel pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, and output voltage values Vc, corresponding to the minimum and maximum fuel pressures in a range of normal use of the fuel pressure as the common rail pressure, invariably fall in a range above a basic characteristic output of the common rail pressure sensor, more specifically, in a range from +α/2 to +α.
- In the embodiment, a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard A and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard D, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard D and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard A, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard B and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard C, or a pair of the common rail pressure sensors, S1 in the characteristics standard C and the common rail pressure sensor S2 in the characteristics standard B, are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system.
- The actual common rail pressure Pc is calculated in the
ECU 10 by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, that is, the sensor output values Vc1 and Vc2. Therefore, when the characteristics standard of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is ±1, the range of the tolerance variation in the averaged actual common rail pressure Pc is ±0.25, which is one fourth of the conventional value. In this case, it is appropriate to dispose a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard A, a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard B, a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard C and a common rail pressure sensor in the characteristics standard D in thecommon rail 1 or in the high-pressure passages. In the above explanation, examples of dividing the characteristics standard of the sensor into two, three, or 4 parts are described. Thresholds of the characteristics standards of the sensor may be changed in compliance with the desired characteristics of the sensor. - As explained above, the common rail type fuel injection system, according to the embodiment, possesses a plurality of common rail pressure sensors, that is, two common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, as described in the embodiment. The characteristics standards of the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 are divided into two parts or more, respectively. The
ECU 10 calculates the actual common rail pressure Pc corresponding to the fuel injection pressure by averaging the electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 that are within the respective characteristics standards, which are divided into two or more parts. - The detection accuracy of the common rail sensors S1 and S2 improves as the dividing number of the characteristics standard and the range of tolerance of the conventional common rail pressure sensor is raised. Thus, the detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure Pc is improved without increasing the extraction (failure) rate of the common rail sensors S1 and S2. Therefore, the injection pulse duration Tq, which is calculated based on the target injection quantity set in accordance with the actual common rail pressure Pc and the operating conditions of the engine, is set to an optimum value corresponding to the actual common rail pressure Pc. Accordingly, the variation in the quantity of the fuel injected from the
injectors 2 is reduced and the fuel injection accuracy is improved without requiring substantial alterations in the conventional common rail type fuel injection system. - The detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure Pc is improved without increasing the extraction (failure) rate of the common rail sensors S1 and S2. Therefore, the on-off ratio of the pump driving signal to the suction control valve (SCV) of the
supply pump 3, that is, the ratio of the current supply duration or the duty ratio, is set to an optimum value. The pump driving signal is calculated based on the pressure difference between the actual common rail pressure Pc and the target common rail pressure Pt set in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine. As a result, any variation in the quantity of the fuel supplied by thesupply pump 3 is reduced and the accuracy of the fuel supply, or the accuracy of the fuel supply under pressure, is improved without requiring substantial alterations in the conventional common rail type fuel injection system. In addition, since the extraction (failure) rate of the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 is not raised, productivity of the common rail pressure sensor is improved and manufacturing costs are reduced. - FIG. 6 shows construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment, a semiconductor pressure sensor is used as the common rail pressure sensor. The pressure sensor exhibits a
sensor chip 42, which is a main body of a common rail pressure sensor, such as a piezoresistance element, and atransaction circuit 43 formed on asilicon substructure 41 as a circuit substructure. The common rail pressure sensor is housed in ahousing 45, which is usually a steel case, that is formed with amale screw part 44 that screws into afemale screw part 19, as an attaching joint, of acommon rail 1. - The
housing 45 is formed with a sensorpressure detection part 46 in the housing upper end as shown in FIG. 6. In the sensorpressure detection part 46, ascrew 48 that holds ametallic diaphragm 47 in the center of the sensorpressure detection part 46 is screwed and fastened to afemale screw part 49. Thesensor chip 42 is disposed on thediaphragm 47. Thehousing 45 is formed with a highpressure introduction passage 50 that connects with an interior accumulator chamber formed in the lower portion of thecommon rail 1 as shown in FIG. 6. - Moreover, the
diaphragm 47 is formed with an interconnectingpassage 51 that interconnects with the highpressure introduction passage 50. In the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2, the lower end surface of thehousing 45 in FIG. 6 and aseating surface 20 of thecommon rail 1 seal by the contact of the metal surfaces. Likewise, the lower end surface of themetal diaphragm 47 in FIG. 6 and aseating surface 52 of thehousing 45 also seal by contact. Aconnector 53 is made of electrical insulating plastic and is fastened to the upper end of thehousing 45 in FIG. 6 by press-fitting and the like. A terminal 54 electrically connects theECU 10 and thesensor chip 42 through a wiring harness (W/H). - FIG. 7 shows construction of a common rail pressure sensor according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment, a semiconductor pressure sensor in which two
sensor detection parts housing 64, commonly a steel case, that is formed with amale screw part 63 that is screwed to a female screw part in an attaching joint of acommon rail 1. The upper portion of thehousing 64 has a sensorpressure detection part 65 as shown in FIG. 7. Thehousing 64 is formed with two highpressure introduction passages common rail 1 in the lower portion of thehousing 64 as shown in FIG. 7. More specifically, a plurality of common rail pressure sensors is integrated by disposing the plurality, two common rail pressure sensors in the embodiment, in onehousing 64. Therefore, space for installation, labor hours for assembling, and the number of parts are reduced. - In the embodiments, examples in which two common rail pressure sensors are disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system, especially in the
common rail 1, are explained. Alternatively, three or more common rail pressure sensors may be disposed in the common rail type fuel injection system. - In the embodiments, the common rail pressure sensors S1 and S2 are disposed directly in the
common rail 1 and output electric signals corresponding to the actual common rail pressure Pc suitable for the fuel injection pressure. Alternatively, a construction is possible in which fuel pressure sensors are disposed in a fuel pipe and the like between the plunger chamber, which is the pressurizing chamber, of thesupply pump 3 and fuel passages in theinjectors 2. The fuel pressure sensors output electric signals that correspond to the pressure value of the fuel discharged from the pressurizing chamber of thesupply pump 3 or the fuel injection pressure of the fuel injected from theinjectors 2. - In the embodiments, examples in which the semiconductor pressure sensor is used as the common rail pressure sensor or the fuel pressure sensor are explained. Alternatively, a pressure sensor in which a first conversion element that generates a displacement or strain proportional to fuel pressure and a second conversion element that converts the displacement or the strain into electric signals are combined may be applied as the common pressure sensor or the fuel pressure sensor. Such a pressures sensor is a differential transformer pressure sensor, a strain gage pressure sensor, or an electric capacitance pressure sensor, for instances. In the semiconductor pressure sensor, the first conversion element and the second conversion element are integrated. Therefore, an adhesive layer and a base film layer are not formed differently from the strain gage pressure sensor. In addition, the semiconductor pressure sensor has no or little hysteresis because the first conversion elastic body thereof is a covalent crystal having a diamond structure.
- A common rail type fuel injection system improves detection accuracy of common rail pressure with an ECU without increasing the failure rate of a common rail pressure sensor. Two common rail pressure sensors are disposed in a common rail type fuel injection system. Characteristics standards of the two common rail pressure sensors are divided into two or more parts. An actual common rail pressure Pc corresponding to a fuel injection pressure is calculated by averaging electric signals output by the common rail pressure sensors in the respective characteristics standards divided into the two or more parts. Thus, the detection accuracy of the actual common rail pressure Pc is improved without increasing the failure rate of the common rail pressure sensor, and variations in injection quantity of fuel injected from injectors of respective cylinders are reduced.
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- A common rail fuel injection system that accumulates high-pressure fuel in a common rail under a pressure corresponding to fuel injection pressure and delivers the high-pressure fuel accumulated in the common rail to a plurality of fuel injection valves mounted in respective cylinders of an engine, and that supplies the high-pressure fuel from the plurality of fuel injection valves to the respective cylinders of the engine by injection, the common rail fuel injection system comprising:a common rail pressure detecting means that detects a common rail pressure corresponding to the fuel injection pressure by averaging fuel pressure signals respectively output by a plurality of fuel pressure sensors disposed in the common rail fuel injection system, wherein characteristics standards or ranges of tolerance of the fuel pressure sensors outputting the fuel pressure signals corresponding to the fuel injection pressure are divided into two or more parts, and the plurality of fuel pressure sensors disposed in the common rail fuel injection system are included in the respective characteristics standards or in the respective ranges of tolerance divided into the two or more parts.
- The common rail fuel injection system set forth in claim 1, further comprising:a fuel injection quantity controlling means that controls a fuel injection quantity to the respective cylinders of the engine by determining an injection period based on a target injection quantity set in correspondence with operating conditions of the engine and the common rail pressure detected by the common rail pressure detecting means and by outputting driving signals corresponding to the determined injection period to the plurality of fuel injection valves,
- The common rail type fuel injection system set forth in claim 2, further comprising:a fuel supply pump that pressurizes the fuel to a high pressure and supplies the fuel to the common rail under pressure; anda common rail pressure controlling means that controls the common rail pressure by determining the fuel quantity to supply to the common rail by the supply pump based on the common rail pressure detected by the common rail pressure detecting means and by outputting driving signals corresponding to the fuel quantity to the fuel supply pump.
- The common rail fuel injection system set forth in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of fuel sensors are disposed integrally in a housing mounted in the common rail.
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