US 12,013,306 B2
Apparatus and method for diagnosing failure of bypass valve
JongSuk Lim, Munich (DE); HanYong Park, Munich (DE); and DoWan Kim, Munich (DE)
Assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hannover (DE)
Appl. No. 17/418,470
Filed by Vitesco Technologies GmbH, Hannover (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078796
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104131, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0143005 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074812 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01M 3/40 (2006.01); F02B 39/10 (2006.01); F02B 39/16 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); G01M 13/003 (2019.01); G01M 15/04 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 13/003 (2019.01) [F02B 39/10 (2013.01); F02B 39/16 (2013.01); F02D 41/221 (2013.01); G01M 15/04 (2013.01); G01R 19/16571 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0406 (2013.01); F02D 2200/50 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for diagnosing bypass valve failure in an electric supercharger with a motor and an electric compressor actuated by the motor to supply supercharged air to the combustion chamber of an engine, the apparatus comprising:
a bypass valve on a bypass line branching from an intake line with the electric supercharger, wherein the bypass valve joins the intake line at the front end of a throttle valve for adjusting an intake amount supplied to the combustion chamber;
a vehicle-state input unit receiving vehicle-state information; and
a control unit which assesses the vehicle-state information to determine whether failure criteria of a bypass valve start are satisfied; and
if the failure criteria are satisfied, the control unit transmits ‘open’ or ‘close’ control instructions to the bypass valve and transmits, to the electric supercharger, a specific rotational-speed target value for determining whether the bypass valve is in the normal open state or the normal closed state, thereby determining whether the bypass valve is subject to stuck-open failure or stuck-closed failure.