| US 7,610,896 B2 | ||
| Control device for internal combustion engine | ||
| Akihiko Kakuho, Kanagawa (Japan); Atsushi Teraji, Kanagawa (Japan); and Toru Noda, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/44,475. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-060586 (JP), filed on Mar. 09, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0221778 A1, Sep. 11, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F02M 43/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 123—304 [123/436; 123/3; 123/198 A] | 15 Claims |
| 1. An internal combustion engine system, comprising:
a primary fuel tank that stores a fuel;
a fuel reformer that reforms the fuel from the primary fuel tank;
a secondary fuel tank that stores the fuel reformed by the fuel reformer;
a fuel injection device that injects the fuel that is selectably supplied from either the primary fuel tank or secondary fuel
tank into a combustion chamber;
a sensor that detects the quantity of fuel remaining in the secondary fuel tank; and
a control device that sets and outputs a load and revolution speed of the engine, wherein
the control device is configured to set the engine load and engine revolution speed according to a request output determined
based upon an operation performed by an operator, and
the engine load and engine revolution speed when the quantity of fuel remaining in the secondary fuel tank is more than a
predetermined value, are set different than when the quantity of fuel remaining in the secondary fuel tank is less than the
predetermined value.
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