Air/fuel ratio feedback control system for internal combustion engines

Claim 1

An air/fuel ratio feedback control system for performing feedback control of the air/fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture being supplied to an internal combustion engine, which comprises: an 0 2 sensor for detecting the concentration of oxygen in exhaust gases emitted from said engine; fuel quantity adjusting means for producing said mixture being supplied to the engine; and an electrical circuit operatively connecting said O 2 sensor with said fuel quantity adjusting means in a manner effecting feedback control operation to control the air/fuel ratio of said mixture to a predetermined preset value selectively by proportional term control and by integral term control in response to an output signal produced by said O 2 sensor; said electrical circuit comprising in combination: a comparator for comparing the value of said output signal of said O 2 sensor with a predetermined reference value; a circuit responsive to an output produced by said comparator to produce a first command signal for executing proportional term control upon inversion of said output of said comparator, and a second command signal for executing integral term control when said output of said comparator remains at a certain range level; means for detecting predetermined operating conditions of said engine; means responsive to an output of the detecting means indicative of the occurrence of one of said predetermined operating conditions of said engine to interrupt said feedback control operation; and means responsive to an output of said detecting means indicative of the extinction of said one predetermined engine operating condition to cause said command signal output circuit to produce said second command signal.