Internal combustion engine with fuel injection system

Claim 2

An internal combustion engine with a fuel injection system comprising: an injector for injecting fuel; a rotational sensor for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; a throttle sensor for detecting an opening degree of a throttle valve of said engine; a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in an intake manifold of said engine; first calculating means for calculating a basic injection time period, during which said injector injects fuel, based on the engine rotational speed detected by said rotation sensor and intake manifold pressure detected by said pressure sensor; second calculating means for calculating a change with time of said opening degree detected by said throttle sensor and a change with time of said intake manifold pressure detected by said pressure sensor; and correcting means for correcting said basic injection time period under acceleration of said engine by alternatively using a first value effective when the increasing change of the opening degree of the throttle valve exceeds a first level and a second value effective when the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure exceeds a second level, said first value being large enough to provide a quick engine response and being attenuated when the change of the opening degree of the throttle value is below the first level and said second value being used to correct the basic injection time period only after the first value is below the second value.

Claim 3

An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 1, wherein said corresponding means comprises: comparing means for comparing said change with time of the opening degree and said change with time of the intake manifold pressure with predetermined values, respectively; memory means for storing a first and a second values corresponding to predetermined fuel increase and fuel decrease commensurate to said change with time of the opening degree, and a third and a fourth values corresponding to predetermined fuel increase and fuel decrease commensurate to said change with time of the intake manifold pressure, on the basis of the results of comparison made by said comparing means; and third calculating means for calculating a correcting coefficient by use of said respective values stored in said memory means and correcting said basic injection time period by said correcting coefficient.

Claim 4

An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 2, wherein said correcting coefficient is made to be (1+the content of said memory means), and said basic injection time period is multiplied by said correction coefficient to correct said basic injection time.

Claim 5

An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 3, wherein, when said first value is larger than said third value, said correction coefficient is made to be (1+said first value), when the case is contrary to the above, said correction coefficient is made to be (1+said third value), when said second value is larger than said fourth value, said correction coefficient is made to be (1+said second value), and, when the case is contrary to the above, said correction coefficient is made to be (1+said fourth value).

Claim 6

An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 2, wherein, when said change with time of the opening degree or said change with time of the intake manifold pressure is smaller than the respective predetermined values, the first through fourth values stored in said memory means are caused to attenuate, respectively, whereby said correction coefficient is caused to approach "1".

Claim 7

An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 5, wherein, when said first through fourth values are "0", said attenuation calculation is terminated.

Claim 8

An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, said second value being attenuated when the change of the intake manifold pressure is below the second level, whereby the corrected basic injection time period is attenuated to approach to the basic injection time period.

Claim 9

An internal combustion engine according to claim 7, wherein the attenuation rate of the first value is larger than that of the second value.

Claim 10

An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said correcting means further corrects said basic injection time period under deceleration of the motor vehicle by alternatively using a third value effective when the decreasing change of the opening degree of the throttle valve exceeds a third level and a fourth value effective when the decreasing change of the intake manifold pressure exceeds a fourth level, said third value being large enough to provide an improved emission and being attenuated when the decreasing change of the opening degree of the throttle valve is below the third level, and said fourth value being used to correct the basic injection time period only after the third value is below the fourth value.

Claim 11

An internal combustion engine with a fuel injection system comprising: an injector for injecting fuel; a rotational sensor for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; a throttle sensor for detecting an opening degree of a throttle valve of said engine; a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in an intake manifold of said engine; first calculating means for calculating a basic injection time period, during which said injector injects fuel, based on the engine rotational speed detected by said rotation sensor and intake manifold pressure detected by said pressure sensor; second calculating means for calculating a change with time of said opening degree detected by said throttle sensor and a change with time of said intake manifold pressure detected by said pressurre sensor; and correcting means for correcting said basic injection time period under acceleration of the engine such that, when the increasing change of the opening degree exceeds a first level, said basic injection time period is stepwise increased by a first value being large enough to provide a quick engine response, when the increasing change of the opening degree is below the first level, said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in accordance with attenuation of the first value until the first value is below a second value effective when the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure exceeds a second level, the second value being added to the basic injection time period until the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure is below the second level, and said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in response to the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure being below the second level.

Claim 12

An internal combustion engine with a fuel injection system comprising: an injector for injecting fuel; a rotational sensor for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; a throttle sensor for detecting an opening degree of a throttle valve of said engine; a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in an intake manifold of said engine; first calculating means for calculating a basic injection time period, during which said injector injects fuel, based on the engine rotational speed detected by said rotation sensor and intake manifold pressure detected by said pressure sensor; second calculating means for calculating a change with time of said opening degree detected by said throttle sensor and a change with time of said intake manifold pressure detected by said pressurre sensor; and correcting means for correcting said basic injection time period under acceleration of the engine such that, when the increasing change of the opening degree exceeds a first level, said basic injection time period is stepwise increased by a first value being large enough to provide a quick engine response, when the increasing change of the opening degree is below the first level, said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in accordance with attenuation of the first value until the first value is below a second value effective when the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure exceeds a second level, the second value being added to the basic injection time period until the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure is below the second level, and said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in response to the increasing change of the intake manifold pressure being below the second level.

Claim 13

An internal combustion engine according to claim 10, wherein the attenuation rate of the first value is larger than that of the second value.

Claim 14

An internal combustion engine according to claim 10, wherein said correcting means further corrects the basic injection time under deceleration of the motor vehicle in such a manner that, when the decreasing change of the opening degree exceeds a third level, said basic injection time period is stepwise decreased by a third value being large enough to provide an improved emission and, when the decreasing change of the opening degree is below the third level, said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in accordance with attenuation of the third value until the third value is below a fourth value effective when the decreasing change of the intake manifold pressure exceeds a fourth level, the fourth value being subtracted from the basic injection time period until the decreasing change of the intake manifold pressure is below the fourth level, and said corrected basic injection time period is attenuated in response to the decreasing change of the intake manifold pressure being below the fourth level.