Nixon Peabody LLP
Control device for direct injection engine
 A control device for a direct injection engine includes an identifier for judging whether a catalyst is in its unheated state in which its temperature is lower than its activation temperature, an engine temperature state detector for sensing the temperature state of the engine, and a fuel injection controller for controlling fuel injection from the injector. The fuel injection controller controls an injector in such a way that it makes at least two-step split injection including an earlier injection cycle performed during an intake stroke and a later injection cycle performed in a middle portion of a compression stroke or later when the catalyst is in its unheated state, and the later injection cycle is retarded when the catalyst is still in its unheated state but the engine temperature has become higher than a specified temperature compared to a case where the temperature of the engine is equal to or lower than the specified temperature. 
Mazda Motor Corporation
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Keiji Hirofumi Hiroyuki Seiko Youichi
Araki Nishimura Yamashita Kono Kuji