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Fuel supply control system
Assignee: Bosch Corp
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Filing: 1984-03-02
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Granted: 1985-10-15
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Expires: 2004-03-02
Abstract
Abstract A fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine has first and second step motor drivers for driving a step motor operatively coupled to a fuel supply control means such as a throttle valve. An initial step position setting memory stores an initial preset step position of the step motor, and a target step memory stores a target step position of the step motor dependent on an accelerator pedal position. A driver selector selects the first step motor driver for driving the step motor to the initial preset step position in response to a signal from a power-on detector, and selects the second step motor driver for driving the step motor to the target step position in response to a signal from an engine self-operation detector.
Inventors
- 👤 Kouichi Moriya
- 👤 Kouki Iwata
- 👤 Hideyasu Takefuta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:47
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D11/00; F02D11/06; F02D11/10; F02B; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02D2011/101; F02D2011/102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A fuel supply control system for controlling an amount of fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine by driving a step motor operatively coupled to fuel supply control means of the engine, comprising: (a) power-on detector means for detecting when a main power supply voltage is applied; (b) engine self-operation detector means for detecting when the engine is operating by itself; (c) an accelerator-pedal position detector means for detecting a position to which an accelerator pedal is depressed; (d) initial step position setting memory means for storing an initial preset step position of the step motor; (e) target step position memory means for storing a target step position of the step motor corresponding to said position to which the accelerator pedal is depressed; (f) first step motor driver means for driving the step motor stepwise to the initial preset step position stred in said initial step position setting memory means; (g) second step motor driver means for driving the step motor stepwise to the target step position stored in said target step position memory means; and (h) selector means for selecting said first step motor driver means in response to a signal from said power-on detector means and for selecting said second step motor driver means in response to a signal from said engine self-operation detector means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
A fuel supply control system for controlling an amount of fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine by driving a step motor operatively coupled to fuel supply control means of the engine, comprising: (a) power-on detector means for detecting when a main power supply voltage is applied; (b) engine self-operation detector means for detecting when the engine is operating by itself; (c) an accelerator-pedal position detector means for detecting a position to which an accelerator pedal is depressed; (d) initial step position setting memory means for storing an initial preset step position of the step motor; (e) target step position memory means for storing a target step position of the step motor corresponding to said position to which the accelerator pedal is depressed; (f) first step motor driver means for driving the step motor stepwise to the initial preset step position stred in said initial step position setting memory means; (g) second step motor driver means for driving the step motor stepwise to the target step position stored in said target step position memory means; and (h) selector means for selecting said first step motor driver means in response to a signal from said power-on detector means and for selecting said second step motor driver means in response to a signal from said engine self-operation detector means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A fuel supply control system according to claim 1, further including voltage detector means for detecting the value of the main power supply voltage and for enabling said selector means to select said second step motor driver means when the detected value of the main power supply voltage is equal to or higher than a preset value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A fuel supply control system according to claim 2, further including starter operation detector means for detecting operation of a starter for starting the engine, said voltage detector means detecting the value of the main power supply voltage after said starter operation detector means has detected operation of the starter.
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