Fuel control apparatus for an n-cycle engine

Claim 2

A fuel control apparatus for an n-cycle engine which comprises: a turning angle sensor which outputs a turning angle position signal each time the crank shaft of said n-cycle engine turns a predetermined angle, and outputs a reference signal of a predetermined range of the turning angle for each of the cylinders in n-cycle operations; a cylinder discriminating means which counts the turning angle position signals in a rising time period or a falling time period in said reference signal, compares a counted value with a set value, and renews data of cylinder for the cylinders with respect to a specified cylinder said; and, a fuel-injection control means for controlling injection of fuel to the cylinders having the renewed data, wherein when said cylinder discriminating means detects that said counted value is out said predetermined range, said fuel-injection control means performs simultaneous injection of fuel to all of said cylinders, and the fuel injection is prohibited until said cylinder discriminating means detects said specified cylinder.

Claim 3

The fuel control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when said counted value is out said predetermined range, a cylinder failure flag is set before the simultaneous injection of fuel.

Claim 4

The fuel control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said counted value is respectively compared with first, second and third set values in which said first set value is determined to be higher than a reference value for said specified cylinder; said second set value is determined to be lower than set values for the cylinders other than said specified cylinder, and said third set value is between said first and second set values, and wherein when said counted value is greater than said first set value or smaller than said second set value, a cylinder failure flag is set; when said counted value is between said first set value and said third set value, said data of cylinder are renewed at which time said cylinder failure flag is reset, and when said counted value is between said second set value and said third set value, the numerical value of "1" is added to said data of cylinder.

Claim 5

A fuel control apparatus for an n-cycle engine which comprises: a turning angle sensor which outputs a turning angle position signal each time the crank shaft of said n-cycle engine turns a predetermined angle, and outputs a reference signal of a predetermined range of the turning angle for each of the cylinders in n-cycle operations; a cylinder discriminating means which counts the turning angle position signals in a rising time period or a falling time period in said reference signal, compares a counted value with a set value, and renews data of cylinder for the cylinders with respect to a specified cylinder; a fuel-injection control means for controlling injection of fuel to the cylinders having the renewed data; and, a detection means for detecting said data of cylinder being in disorder, wherein when said detection mean detects the data being in disorder, said fuel-injection control means performs simultaneous injection of fuel to all of said cylinders, and the fuel injection is prohibited until said cylinder discriminating means detects said specified cylinder.

Claim 6

A fuel control apparatus for an n-cycle engine which comprises: a turning angle sensor which outputs a turning angle position signal each time the crank shaft of said n-cycle engine turns a predetermined angle, and outputs a reference signal of a predetermined range of the turning angle for each of the cylinders in n-cycle operations; a cylinder discriminating means which counts the turning angle position signals in a rising time period or a falling time period in said reference signal, compares a counted value with a set value, and renews data of cylinder for the cylinders with respect to a specified cylinder; a fuel-injection control means for controlling injection of fuel to the cylinders having the renewed data; and, a detection means for detecting said data of cylinder being in disorder, wherein when said detection mean detects the data being in disorder, said fuel-injection control means performs simultaneous injection of fuel to all of said cylinders, and the fuel injection is prohibited until said cylinder discriminating means detects said specified cylinder.

Claim 7

The fuel control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when said counted value is out said predetermined range, a cylinder failure flag is set before the simultaneous injection of fuel.

Claim 8

The fuel control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein in a case where said engine has 6 cylinders, determination is made respectively as to whether or not the previous data of cylinder show the numerical value of "6" and the present data of cylinder show the numerical value of "1", and wherein when the previous data≠6, determination is made as to whether or not the value of the present data minus the value of the previous data equals to "1"; when the previous data=6 is affirmative, determination is made as the value of the present data is 1, and when the value of the present data≠1 or the value of the present data-the value of the previous data≠1, a cylinder failure flag is set.