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Fuel supply control system for an engine
Assignee: Subaru Corp
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Filing: 1987-02-25
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Granted: 1988-09-20
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Expires: 2007-02-25
Abstract
Abstract A fuel supply control system for an engine has an engine speed sensor for producing an engine speed signal, a sensor for sensing amount of lubricating oil in an oil pan of the engine and for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of the oil. In response to the engine speed signal and oil signal, fuel supply is cut off when the engine speed exceeds a predetermined engine speed above which bouncing of intake and exhaust valves of the engine occurs.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoya Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 17:25
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/22; F01; F01M; F01M1/00; F01M1/18; F01M1/20; F01M1/22; F01M1/24; F01M11/00; F01M11/10; F01M11/12; F01M2250/00; F01M2250/64
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of the oil; first means responsive to the oil signal for determining a maximum engine speed dependent on the amount of the oil, above which maximum engine speed bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves of the engine occurs; said first means being responsive to the engine speed signal for producing a fuel cutoff signal when the engine speed exceeds the maximum engine speed; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of the oil; first means responsive to the oil signal for determining a maximum engine speed dependent on the amount of the oil, above which maximum engine speed bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves of the engine occurs; said first means being responsive to the engine speed signal for producing a fuel cutoff signal when the engine speed exceeds the maximum engine speed; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 1 wherein the sensing means is a sensor for sensing the amount of lubricating oil in an oil pan of the engine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 1 wherein the maximum engine speed for producing the fuel cutoff signal decreases with decrease of the amount of the lubricating oil.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 1 wherein the first means comprises a look-up table storing data of maximum engine speeds for different amounts of the oil.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fuel supply control system accoocrding to claim 1 wherein said bouncing is a bouncing larger than a predetermined value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
160 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of oil; first means responsive to the engine speed signal for determining a minimum amount of oil dependent on the engine speed below which minimum amount of oil bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves of the engine occurs; said first means being responsive to the oil signal for producing a fuel cutoff signal when the amount of the oil is lower than minimum amount of oil; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
160 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of oil; first means responsive to the engine speed signal for determining a minimum amount of oil dependent on the engine speed below which minimum amount of oil bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves of the engine occurs; said first means being responsive to the oil signal for producing a fuel cutoff signal when the amount of the oil is lower than minimum amount of oil; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 6 wherein the first means comprises a look-up table storing data of maximum engine speeds for different amounts of oil.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 6 wherein said bouncing is a bouncing larger than a predetermined value.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
137 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of the oil; first means responsive to said engine speed signal and said oil signal for providing a fuel cutoff signal as a variable function of both engine speed and amount of oil such that bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves is prevented; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
137 words
A fuel supply control system for an engine having fuel supply means, and intake and exhaust valves, the fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the engine through the intake valves of the engine, the control system comprising: means for producing an engine speed signal dependent on speed of the engine; sensing means for sensing amount of lubricating oil in the engine, for producing an oil signal dependent on the amount of the oil; first means responsive to said engine speed signal and said oil signal for providing a fuel cutoff signal as a variable function of both engine speed and amount of oil such that bouncing of the intake and exhaust valves is prevented; and second means responsive to the fuel cutoff signal for cutting off the supply of the fuel by the fuel supply means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 9 wherein the first means comprises a look-up table storing data of maximum engine speeds for different amounts of oil.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The fuel supply control system according to claim 9 wherein said bouncing is a bouncing larger than a predetermined value.
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