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Fuel supply control apparatus for internal combustion engine

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1987-03-24
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Granted: 1988-01-26
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Expires: 2007-03-24
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Abstract

Abstract A fuel supply control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which, when an air quantity detected at a predetermined crank angle of the internal combustion engine is represented by Qa and the (n-1)th air intake quantity and the next (n)th air intake quantity of the internal combustion engine at the predetermined crank angles thereof by Qe(n-1) and Qe(n) respectively, judges the optimum fuel supply quantity of the internal combustion engine by an equation: Qe(n)=K·Qe(n-1)+(1-K)·Qa with filtering using the filter constant K, and which varies the filter constant K corresponding to an operating condition of the internal combustion engine, for example reduces K during idling, so that the fuel supply quantity can be controlled most suitably during idling and loaded operation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshiaki Kanno
  • 👤 Katsuya Nakamoto
  • 👤 Jiro Sumitani

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 09:28
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/18; F02D41/04; F02D41/045; F02D41/08; F02D41/185

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
A fuel supply control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, being provided with a throttle valve for adjusting an air intake quantity of said internal combustion engine to be controlled, an air flow sensor for detecting the air intake quantity adjusted by said throttle valve, an AN detecting means which detects the output of said air flow sensor at a predetermined crank angle of said internal combustion engine to thereby detect a ratio of said output to the number of revolutions of said internal combustion engine, an AN computing means which, when the detecting result of said AN detecting means is represented by Qa, the (n-1)th air intake quantity and (n)th air intake quantity by said internal combustion engine at the predetermined crank angles thereof are represented by Qe(n-1) and Qe(n) respectively, and the filter constant is represented by K, computes Qe(n) from the following equation: Qe(n)=K·Qe(n-1)+(1-K)·Qa and a control means for controlling a fuel supply quantity to said internal combustion engine on the basis of the output Qe(n) of said AN computing means, is characterized in that said filter constant K is varied corresponding to an operating condition of said internal combustion engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
A fuel supply control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, being provided with a throttle valve for adjusting an air intake quantity of said internal combustion engine to be controlled, an air flow sensor for detecting the air intake quantity adjusted by said throttle valve, an AN detecting means which detects the output of said air flow sensor at a predetermined crank angle of said internal combustion engine to thereby detect a ratio of said output to the number of revolutions of said internal combustion engine, an AN computing means which, when the detecting result of said AN detecting means is represented by Qa, the (n-1)th air intake quantity and (n)th air intake quantity by said internal combustion engine at the predetermined crank angles thereof are represented by Qe(n-1) and Qe(n) respectively, and the filter constant is represented by K, computes Qe(n) from the following equation: Qe(n)=K·Qe(n-1)+(1-K)·Qa and a control means for controlling a fuel supply quantity to said internal combustion engine on the basis of the output Qe(n) of said AN computing means, is characterized in that said filter constant K is varied corresponding to an operating condition of said internal combustion engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A fuel supply control apparatus for an internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 1, wherein said filter constant K is made to be relatively small when said internal combustion engine is idling.

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