US4617899A
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Fuel injection control device for internal combustion engine
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-04-30
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Granted: 1986-10-21
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Expires: 2005-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, which enables injection of fuel into separate cylinders to be controlled by only one timer counter, without reference to the number of cylinders, thereby simplifies the configuration of an electronic circuit for the control of the internal combustion engine, and promotes reduction of cost and improvement of reliability. A timer counter constantly takes count of clock pulses, a register is set to a first preset value which is a sum of a count value existing in said timer counter and a value corresponding to an expected delay time upon occurrence of a top dead center signal, and, subsequent to occurrence of an injection start signal, the register is set to a second preset value produced by addition of said actual fuel injection time signal to said first preset value, a comparator generates an injection start signal when a count value in the timer counter is equal to the first preset value in said register and generates an injection stop signal when said count value is equal to said second preset value, and one of the injectors for receiving said injection start and injection stop signals is selected and designated based on an injection discriminating signal and a top dead center signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsuo Nakajima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:33
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/30; F02D41/32; F02D41/36; F02D41/365; F02D41/24; F02D41/2403
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
328 words
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising means for generating a basic fuel injection time signal based on at least one signal selected from among a signal representing the revolution number of an engine, a PB sensor signal, and a throttle signal, means for generating an actual fuel injection time signal by compensating said basic fuel injection time signal based on at least one signal selected from among an engine temperature signal and an intake air temperature signal, and means for controlling durations of keeping open the valves of injectors, provided for the separate cylinders of the internal combustion engine, based on said actual fuel injection time signal thereby controlling the amounts of fuel injected into said separate cylinders, which device is further provided with means for detecting a top dead center signal and an injection discriminating signal, means for computing a signal representing a revolution number of the engine based on said top dead center signal, a timer counter for constantly taking count of clock pulses, a register adapted to permit setting therein of a first present value produced, upon occurrence of a top dead center signal, by addition of a count value existing then in said timer counter to a value corresponding to an expected delay time and, subsequent to occurrence of an injection start signal, to permit setting therein of a second preset value produced by addition of said actual fuel injection time signal to said first preset value, a comparator adatped to feed out an injection start signal when a count value in said timer counter is equalized with said first preset value in said register and feed out an injection stop signal when said count value in said timer counter is equalized with said second preset value in said register, and means for selecting and designating an injector for receiving said injection start and injection stop signals based on said injection discriminating signal and said top dead center signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
328 words
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, comprising means for generating a basic fuel injection time signal based on at least one signal selected from among a signal representing the revolution number of an engine, a PB sensor signal, and a throttle signal, means for generating an actual fuel injection time signal by compensating said basic fuel injection time signal based on at least one signal selected from among an engine temperature signal and an intake air temperature signal, and means for controlling durations of keeping open the valves of injectors, provided for the separate cylinders of the internal combustion engine, based on said actual fuel injection time signal thereby controlling the amounts of fuel injected into said separate cylinders, which device is further provided with means for detecting a top dead center signal and an injection discriminating signal, means for computing a signal representing a revolution number of the engine based on said top dead center signal, a timer counter for constantly taking count of clock pulses, a register adapted to permit setting therein of a first present value produced, upon occurrence of a top dead center signal, by addition of a count value existing then in said timer counter to a value corresponding to an expected delay time and, subsequent to occurrence of an injection start signal, to permit setting therein of a second preset value produced by addition of said actual fuel injection time signal to said first preset value, a comparator adatped to feed out an injection start signal when a count value in said timer counter is equalized with said first preset value in said register and feed out an injection stop signal when said count value in said timer counter is equalized with said second preset value in said register, and means for selecting and designating an injector for receiving said injection start and injection stop signals based on said injection discriminating signal and said top dead center signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said means for computing said signal representing said revolution number of engine comprises a second register for memorizing a count value of said timer count at the time of occurrence of an immediately preceding top dead center signal, and means for determining the difference between the memorized value of said second register and a count value of said timer counter existing at the time of occurrence of the present top dead center signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said injection start and injection stop signals are supplied in common to clock terminals of D-flipflops provided severally for separate cylinders of said internal combustion engine, a driver and an injector are connected to each of the outputs of said D-flipflops, and signals for selecting and designating injectors are supplied in a prescribed sequence to the D input terminals of said D-flipflops.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein said injection start and injection stop signals are supplied in common to clock terminals of D-flipflops provided severally for separate cylinders of said internal combustion engine, a driver and an injector are connected to each of the outputs of said D-flipflops, and signals for selecting and designating injectors are supplied in a prescribed sequence to the D input terminals of said D-flipflops.
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