Patent ID: 8887675

Claim:
A control device for an engine of a cylinder fuel injection type, the control apparatus comprising: a first phase changing portion retarding a first intake valve phase relative to a second intake valve phase, a second phase changing portion changing the second intake valve phase, a throttle valve adjusting an intake air amount of the engine, and a control portion configured to perform a retard control in which the first phase changing portion is controlled to retard the first intake valve phase relative to the second intake valve phase and perform an advance control in which the second phase changing portion is controlled to advance the second intake valve phase such that an air amount in the cylinder of the engine is reduced to a target value to perform rich combustion, and the control portion configured to perform a throttle valve closing control in which the throttle valve is controlled such that the air amount in the cylinder is the target value or smaller and the rich combustion is performed after performing an intake valve phase control that is performed by controlling the first phase changing portion and the second phase changing portion when the air amount in the cylinder cannot be reduced to the target value or smaller by performing the intake valve phase control.