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Fuel injection control for internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1986-06-25
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Granted: 1987-09-29
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Expires: 2006-06-25
Abstract
Abstract Fuel injection is adjusted in accordance with an air-fuel reation feedback correction coefficient which is calculated in accordance with a concentration of a specific compound in the exhaust gas of an engine. At least one of the amplitude and frequency of the air-fuel ratio feedback correction coefficient is controlled in accordance with the intake air flow of the engine.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunihiko Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 11:23
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1438; F02D41/1477; F02D41/1483; F02D41/1473; F02D41/1474
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising: means for detecting a concentration of a specific component of an engine exhaust gas; means for calculating at predetermined intervals of time an air-fuel ratio feedback correction coefficient in accordance with the detected concentration of the specific component, said calculating means including means for integrating the detected concentration of the specific component with respect to time by using an integration constant; means for detecting an intake air flow of the engine; and means for selecting the integration constant, in accordance with the detected intake air flow, so that at least the envelope of a correction signal based on a plurality of feedback correction coefficients has an amplitude that is constant even if the intake air flow rate is changed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising: means for detecting a concentration of a specific component of an engine exhaust gas; means for calculating at predetermined intervals of time an air-fuel ratio feedback correction coefficient in accordance with the detected concentration of the specific component, said calculating means including means for integrating the detected concentration of the specific component with respect to time by using an integration constant; means for detecting an intake air flow of the engine; and means for selecting the integration constant, in accordance with the detected intake air flow, so that at least the envelope of a correction signal based on a plurality of feedback correction coefficients has an amplitude that is constant even if the intake air flow rate is changed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said integration constant is a value obtained from a Q-K function table corresponding to intake air flow.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said integration constant increases with greater amounts of the intake air flow, and an increment rate of the integration constant corresponding to that of the intake air flow is set so as to decrease with the greater amounts of the intake air flow.
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