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Electronically controlled, fuel injection method

Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1980-11-20
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 2000-11-20
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Abstract

Abstract An electronically controlled fuel injection method for controlling a fuel injection valve of an intake system by electric signals characterized in that: from an input level X n-1 to be fed into a computation section from sensors at a previous fuel injection rate computation time T n-1 , an input level X n to be fed into the sensors at a present fuel injection rate computation time T n , a delay time until a physical amount to be detected reaches an input point in the computation section by way of the sensors, and a time A n at which a cylinder to which a fuel is supplied by an amount based on the present fuel injection rate computation reaches a bottom dead center on a subsequent intake stroke, the following equation is computed; ##EQU1## and, C n is used as data on the physical amount for executing a present fuel injection rate computation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takayoshi Nakatomi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 15:45
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/30; F02D41/32; F02D41/24; F02D41/26

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 154 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method for controlling a fuel injection valve of an intake system by electric signals characterized in that: from an input level X n-1 to be fed into a computation section from sensors at a previous fuel injection rate computation time T n-1 , an input level X n to be fed into said sensors at a present fuel injection rate computation time T n , a delay time until a physical amount to be detected reaches an input point in the computation section by way of said sensors, and a time A n at which a cylinder to which a fuel is supplied by an amount based on the present fuel injection rate computation reaches a bottom dead center on a subsequent intake stroke, the following equation is computed; ##EQU5## and, C n is used as data on said physical amount for executing a present fuel injection rate computation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 154 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method for controlling a fuel injection valve of an intake system by electric signals characterized in that: from an input level X n-1 to be fed into a computation section from sensors at a previous fuel injection rate computation time T n-1 , an input level X n to be fed into said sensors at a present fuel injection rate computation time T n , a delay time until a physical amount to be detected reaches an input point in the computation section by way of said sensors, and a time A n at which a cylinder to which a fuel is supplied by an amount based on the present fuel injection rate computation reaches a bottom dead center on a subsequent intake stroke, the following equation is computed; ##EQU5## and, C n is used as data on said physical amount for executing a present fuel injection rate computation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method as defined in claim 1, wherein said physical amount is an intake pipe pressure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method as defined in claim 2, wherein the intake pipe pressure is detected in the surge tank provided on the downstream of a throttle valve in the intake system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method as defined in claim 3, wherein a time at which the cylinder reaches at the bottom dead center on said intake stroke is detected by rotation of a crank shaft.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
An electronically controlled fuel injection method as defined in claim 4, wherein computation of a rate of fuel being injected is executed by a micro-processor.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1986-01-31 1986-08-02 1987-02-01 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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