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Control apparatus for a fuel supply system for mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1980-04-08
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Granted: 1982-04-06
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Expires: 2000-04-08
Abstract
Abstract A control apparatus for a fuel supply system for mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines is proposed, which serves to interrupt the fuel supply to the engine during overrunning. The control apparatus comprises sensors which furnish signals according to the attitude of the throttle valve, as well as the rpm of the internal combustion engine and the temperature of a catalytic converter situated in the exhaust pipe, and further comprises means for the evaluation of these signals as well as for the interruption of the fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and the introduction of supplementary air during overrunning at catalytic converter temperatures above the proper operating temperature for that device.
Inventors
- 👤 Gunter Wossner
- 👤 Helmut Maurer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 14:57
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/18; F02D41/182; F02D41/04; F02D41/12; F02D41/123; F02M; F02M69/00; F02M69/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A control apparatus of a fuel supply system for mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines having a means supplying only fuel of a fuel/air mixture, an induction line and an exhaust line, a throttle member in said induction line, at least one catalytic converter situated in said exhaust line, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of said catalytic converter and control means responsive to the temperature of said temperature sensor, further wherein the control means is connected to the means for supplying only fuel, such that the control means interrupts the supply of fuel during overrunning of the internal combustion engine only when the minimum operational temperature of said catalytic converter is exceeded.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A control apparatus of a fuel supply system for mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines having a means supplying only fuel of a fuel/air mixture, an induction line and an exhaust line, a throttle member in said induction line, at least one catalytic converter situated in said exhaust line, a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of said catalytic converter and control means responsive to the temperature of said temperature sensor, further wherein the control means is connected to the means for supplying only fuel, such that the control means interrupts the supply of fuel during overrunning of the internal combustion engine only when the minimum operational temperature of said catalytic converter is exceeded.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A control apparatus according to claim 1 including an air bypass means disposed in the induction line, said air bypass means being arranged to be opened during overrunning of the internal combustion engine for the duration of the interruption of said fuel supply by said interrupting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said induction line includes sections upstream and downstream of said throttle member, wherein said air bypass means in said induction line straddles said throttle member and provides communication between upstream and downstream sections of said induction line.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A control apparatus according to claim 2 including an air metering device disposed in the induction line upstream of said throttle member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
71 words
A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said fuel supply includes a delivery pump, a pressure regulator, a distributor and a line extending from said delivery pump through said pressure regulator to said distributor that transports fuel to fuel injection valves, a shutoff valve means disposed in said line between said pressure regulator and said distributor, said shutoff valve means being arranged to feed fuel back to said delivery pump.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said shutoff valve means only transports fuel back to the delivery pump during overrunning of said engine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said fuel supply includes a fuel supply point and wherein said air bypass means in said induction line is connected between a location upstream of said fuel supply point and a location downstream of said throttle member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said air bypass means in said induction line is connected between a location upstream of said air metering device and a location downstream of said throttle member.
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