US4706631A
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Fuel injection control system for internal combustion engine
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1986-10-02
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Granted: 1987-11-17
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Expires: 2006-10-02
Abstract
Abstract A fuel injection control system intended to correct for return blow. First, the sensed throttle valve opening is corrected according to the engine'rotation rate to provide a correction factor. Then this correction factor is combined with a sensed air-flow signal and an air temperature signal to provide a corrected air-flow amount.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiji Wataya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 03:03
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/30; F02D41/32; F02D41/34; F02D41/02; F02D41/18; F02D41/187
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A fuel injector control apparatus comprising: an air-flow sensor for detecting a quantity of suction air supplied to an internal combustion engine; an injector for injecting fuel into said engine; a controller for controlling a quantity of said injected fuel responsive to an output of said air-flow sensor; a throttle valve for regulating the quantity of said suction air; throttle valve opening detecting means for detecting the opening of said throttle valve; rotational frequency detecting means for detecting the rotational frequency of said engine; means for measuring the temperature of said suction air; first correcting means responsive to outputs of said throttle valve opening detecting means and said rotational frequency detecting means for correcting said output of said air-flow sensor in a return blow region of said engine; second correcting means responsive to outputs of said first correcting means and of said temperature measuring means for further correcting said output of said air-flow sensor; means responsive to an output of said second correcting means for determining the quantity of said injected fuel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A fuel injector control apparatus comprising: an air-flow sensor for detecting a quantity of suction air supplied to an internal combustion engine; an injector for injecting fuel into said engine; a controller for controlling a quantity of said injected fuel responsive to an output of said air-flow sensor; a throttle valve for regulating the quantity of said suction air; throttle valve opening detecting means for detecting the opening of said throttle valve; rotational frequency detecting means for detecting the rotational frequency of said engine; means for measuring the temperature of said suction air; first correcting means responsive to outputs of said throttle valve opening detecting means and said rotational frequency detecting means for correcting said output of said air-flow sensor in a return blow region of said engine; second correcting means responsive to outputs of said first correcting means and of said temperature measuring means for further correcting said output of said air-flow sensor; means responsive to an output of said second correcting means for determining the quantity of said injected fuel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fuel injection control system as recited in claim 1, wherein said air-flow sensor is a hot-wire air-flow sensor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fuel injection control system as recited in claim 1, further comprising third correcting means responsive to said temperature measuring means for correcting said rotational frequency.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
A fuel injection control system as recited in claim 1, wherein said first correcting means corrects said output of said air-flow sensor according to a correction factor selected from a map in a memory of said first correcting means according to said outputs of said throttle valve opening detecting means and said rotational frequency detecting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A fuel injection control system as recited in claim 3, wherein said third correcting means corrects said rotational frequency in proportion to the square root of the absolute temperature of said suction air.
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