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Apparatus for controlling idling speed of motor vehicle engine

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-04-09
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Granted: 1988-03-01
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Expires: 2007-04-09
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling at the time of idling the rotational speed of an engine having an injector for injecting fuel in proportion to the width of an input pulse. The control apparatus includes: a rotational speed sensor for cyclically detecting the rotational speed of the engine; an airflow meter for cyclically detecting the quantity of air being sucked into the engine; an idle switch for detecting the complete closing of a throttle valve; a judging means for judging that the engine is in the idling condition on the basis of the output of the idle switch and the output of the rotational speed sensor; and an operating means for cyclically outputting the injector a fuel injection pulse having a pulse width obtained by the following expression on the basis of the output of the rotational speed sensor and the output of the airflow meter when the judging means has judged that the engine is in the idling condition. Tp.sub.1 =k(Qa.sub.1 /N.sub.1)·α+Tp.sub.0 ·(1-α) Tp 1 : width of a pulse to be output at the present time Tp 0 : width of a pulse which was output the previous time Qa 1 : presently detected value for the quantity of air being sucked in N 1 : presently detected value for the rotational speed of the engine α: filter constant 0<α<1 k: constant

Inventors

  • 👤 Kiyomi Morita
  • 👤 Junji Miyake

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:59
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/16; F02D41/18; F02D41/182

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
An apparatus for controlling at the time of idling the rotational speed of an engine having an injector for injecting fuel in proportion to the width of an input pulse, comprising: a rotational speed sensor for cyclically detecting the rotational speed (N) of said engine; an airflow meter for cyclically detecting the quantity (Qa) of air being sucked into said engine; an idle switch for detecting the complete closing of a throttle valve; a judging means for judging that said engine is in the idling condition on the basis of the output of said idle switch and the output of said rotational speed sensor; and an operating means for cyclically outputting to said injector a fuel injection pulse having a width (Tp) obtained by the following expression on the basis of the output of said rotational speed sensor and the output of said airflow meter when said judging means has judged that said engine is in the idling condition: Tp.sub.1 =k(Qa.sub.1 /N.sub.1)·α+Tp.sub.0 ·(1-α) Tp 1 : width of a pulse to be output at the present time Tp 0 : width of a pulse which was output the previous time Qa 1 : the presently detected value for the quantity of air being sucked in N 1 : the presently detected value for the engine rotational speed α: filter constant, 0<α<1 k: constant,
Claim 2
Independent Claim 223 words
An apparatus for controlling at the time of idling the rotational speed of an engine having an injector for injecting fuel in proportion to the width of an input pulse, comprising: a rotational speed sensor for cyclically detecting the rotational speed (N) of said engine; an airflow meter for cyclically detecting the quantity (Qa) of air being sucked into said engine; an idle switch for detecting the complete closing of a throttle valve; a judging means for judging that said engine is in the idling condition on the basis of the output of said idle switch and the output of said rotational speed sensor; and an operating means for cyclically outputting to said injector a fuel injection pulse having a width (Tp) obtained by the following expression on the basis of the output of said rotational speed sensor and the output of said airflow meter when said judging means has judged that said engine is in the idling condition: Tp.sub.1 =k(Qa.sub.1 /N.sub.1)·α+Tp.sub.0 ·(1-α) Tp 1 : width of a pulse to be output at the present time Tp 0 : width of a pulse which was output the previous time Qa 1 : the presently detected value for the quantity of air being sucked in N 1 : the presently detected value for the engine rotational speed α: filter constant, 0<α<1 k: constant,
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 50 words
A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said judging means judges that said engine is in the idling condition when the output of said idle switch indicates that said throttle valve is fully closed and the value detected by said rotational speed sensor is smaller than a predetermined value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
A control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said filter constant is 0.125.

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