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Method for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1981-07-16
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Granted: 1984-06-19
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Expires: 2001-07-16
Abstract
Abstract A method and an apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine in which the calculation of the presumed amount of fuel attached to the wall of the intake port of the engine is effected for correcting the amount of the fuel supplied to the engine in order to compensate for the variation of the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture used in the combustion of the engine.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigenori Isomura
- 👤 Toshio Kondo
- 👤 Katsuhiko Kodama
- 👤 Akio Kobayashi
- 👤 Shuji Sakakibara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 16:14
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/24; F02D41/26; F02D41/263; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/047
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine having an intake port passage into which fuel is injected, comprising the steps of: detecting the rotational speed of the engine to generate a first electrical signal which indicates the detected rotational speed N e ; detecting the flow rate of air sucked into the engine to generate a second electrical signal which indicates the detected air flow rate Q a ; detecting the warm-up condition of the engine to generate a third electrical signal which indicates the detected warm-up conditions T c ; calculating a fuel-injection pulse-width W o in accordance with said first and second electrical signals; calculating a wall-temperature T w of said intake port passage using said third electrical signal; damping said fuel injection pulse-width W o in accordance with a predetermined filtering function to obtain a damped signal; subtracting said damped signal from said fuel-injection pulse-width W o to generate a first correction value; generating a second correction value from said wall temperature T w ; and determining a desired fuel injection amount from said fuel-injection pulse-width W o , said first correction value and said second correction value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
194 words
An air-fuel ratio control method for an internal combustion engine having an intake port passage into which fuel is injected, comprising the steps of: detecting the rotational speed of the engine to generate a first electrical signal which indicates the detected rotational speed N e ; detecting the flow rate of air sucked into the engine to generate a second electrical signal which indicates the detected air flow rate Q a ; detecting the warm-up condition of the engine to generate a third electrical signal which indicates the detected warm-up conditions T c ; calculating a fuel-injection pulse-width W o in accordance with said first and second electrical signals; calculating a wall-temperature T w of said intake port passage using said third electrical signal; damping said fuel injection pulse-width W o in accordance with a predetermined filtering function to obtain a damped signal; subtracting said damped signal from said fuel-injection pulse-width W o to generate a first correction value; generating a second correction value from said wall temperature T w ; and determining a desired fuel injection amount from said fuel-injection pulse-width W o , said first correction value and said second correction value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said damping step includes the step of generating an average value W n using said fuel-injection pulse-width W o , from the algebraic function W.sub.n =-1/32(W.sub.n-1 ×31+W.sub.o) where W n-1 is the last calculated average value.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
187 words
A method for controlling the amount of fuel injected into an internal combustion engine in accordance with parameters of the operation of the engine, said fuel being injected toward the intake port of each of the cylinders of the engine, said method comprising the steps of: generating a load signal related to the load on said engine at predetermined crank angle intervals of engine rotation; generating a warm-up signal related to the temperature of said engine; damping said load signal at predetermined crank angle intervals in accordance with a predetermined filtering function to obtain a damped value for estimating the change of amount of fuel deposited on a wall of the intake port of the engine; generating a first correction value related to the difference between said damped value and said load signal; estimating the temperature of the wall of the intake port of the engine from said warm-up signal and generating a second correction value corresponding to the estimated temperature; and determining the amount of fuel injection for the engine on the basis of said load signal, said first correction value, and said second correction value.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
187 words
A method for controlling the amount of fuel injected into an internal combustion engine in accordance with parameters of the operation of the engine, said fuel being injected toward the intake port of each of the cylinders of the engine, said method comprising the steps of: generating a load signal related to the load on said engine at predetermined crank angle intervals of engine rotation; generating a warm-up signal related to the temperature of said engine; damping said load signal at predetermined crank angle intervals in accordance with a predetermined filtering function to obtain a damped value for estimating the change of amount of fuel deposited on a wall of the intake port of the engine; generating a first correction value related to the difference between said damped value and said load signal; estimating the temperature of the wall of the intake port of the engine from said warm-up signal and generating a second correction value corresponding to the estimated temperature; and determining the amount of fuel injection for the engine on the basis of said load signal, said first correction value, and said second correction value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the total number of engine revolutions from the start of said engine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the accumulated duration of fuel injection pulse signals from the start of said engine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the length of time from the start of said engine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
110 words
A method as defined in claim 2, wherein said determining step includes a step of correcting said fuel-injection pulse-width W o using said first correction value, the polarity of said first correction value indicating whether said fuel-injection pulse-width W o is greater than or smaller than said average value W n , said correcting increasing said fuel-injection pulse-width W o by said first correction value when said fuel injection pulse-width W o is greater than said average value W n , and decreasing said fuel injection pulse-width W o by said first correction value when said fuel injection pulse-width W o is smaller than said average value W n .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said wall-temperature is calculated, using the detected warm-up condition T c , from the algebraic functions of ΔT.sub.n =1/K.sub.1 {(K.sub.1 -1)ΔT.sub.n-1 +K.sub.2 } T.sub.w =ΔT.sub.n +T.sub.c where ΔT n is the presently calculated value, ΔT n-1 is the last calculated value, K 1 and K 2 are constants.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of said wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the total number of engine revolutions from the start of said engine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the accumulated duration of fuel injection pulse signals from the start of said engine.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said warm-up signal generating step generates said warm-up signal using the temperature of the coolant of said engine and the length of time from the start of said engine.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said load signal generating step generates said load signal using the variations of the fuel injection pulse signals.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said load signal generating step generates said load signal using variations in the engine parameters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein said load signal generating step generates said load signal using the duration of fuel injection pulse signals.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as defined in claim 3 wherein the amount of filtering by said filtering function varies in accordance with engine parameters.
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