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US5002031A
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Fuel control apparatus for an internal-combustion engine
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1990-05-09
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Granted: 1991-03-26
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Expires: 2010-05-09
Abstract
Abstract A fuel control apparatus for an internal-combustion engine, capable of accurately determining fuel injection quantity according to exhaust gas recirculation rate regardless of bypass air flow rate and the atmospheric pressure. The fuel control apparatus comprises exhaust gas recirculation control means for controlling the rate of recirculation of the exhaust gas to the intake system according to negative pressure varying with the opening of the throttle valve of the engine, coefficient calculating means for determining, according to the current operating condition of the engine, a first coefficient for calculating fuel injection quantity for an exhaust gas recirculation stop mode in which the exhaust gas is not recirculated and second coefficient for calculating fuel injection quantity for an exhaust gas recirculation mode in which the exhaust gas is recirculated, and fuel injection quantity calculating means for calculating fuel injection quantity by using first and second corrected coefficients obtained by correcting the first and second coefficients according to the opening of the throttle valve, and parameters representing the operating condition of the engine.
Inventors
- 👤 Hajime Kako
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-02 07:41
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/18; F02D43/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; F02D41/0065; F02B; F02B75/00; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/027; F02D41/0002; F02D2041/0017; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine, comprising: exhaust gas recirculation control means for controlling the rate of recirculation of the exhaust gas to the intake system according to negative pressure varying with the opening of the throttle valve of the engine; coefficient calculating means for determining, according to the current operating condition of the engine, a first coefficient for calculating fuel injection quantity for the operation of the engine in an exhaust gas recirculation stop mode in which the exhaust gas is not recirculated and second coefficients for calculating fuel injection quantity for the operation of the engine in an exhaust gas recirculation mode in which the exhaust gas is recirculated; and fuel injection quantity calculating means for calculating fuel injection quantity by using first and second corrected coefficients obtained by correcting the first and second coefficients according to the opening of the throttle valve, and parameters representing the current operating condition of the engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine, comprising: exhaust gas recirculation control means for controlling the rate of recirculation of the exhaust gas to the intake system according to negative pressure varying with the opening of the throttle valve of the engine; coefficient calculating means for determining, according to the current operating condition of the engine, a first coefficient for calculating fuel injection quantity for the operation of the engine in an exhaust gas recirculation stop mode in which the exhaust gas is not recirculated and second coefficients for calculating fuel injection quantity for the operation of the engine in an exhaust gas recirculation mode in which the exhaust gas is recirculated; and fuel injection quantity calculating means for calculating fuel injection quantity by using first and second corrected coefficients obtained by correcting the first and second coefficients according to the opening of the throttle valve, and parameters representing the current operating condition of the engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine according to claim 1, wherein the first and second coefficients for calculating fuel injection quantity are fist and second volumetric efficiencies, respectively, obtained by mapping two-dimensional maps indexed by engine speed data and intake pipe pressure data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine according to claim 1, wherein said fuel injection quantity calculating means includes a one-dimensional map indexed by throttle valve opening and exhaust gas recirculation ratio.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine according to claim 2, wherein said first and second volumetric efficiencies are those respectively for the exhaust gas recirculation stop mode and the exhaust gas recirculation mode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine, comprising: exhaust gas recirculation control means for controlling the rate of supply of the exhaust gas to the intake system according to negative pressure varying with the opening of the throttle valve; first calculating means for correcting a given exhaust gas recirculating ratio corresponding to an operating mode of the engine with reference to the opening of the throttle valve; and second calculating means for calculating fuel injection quantity by using the corrected exhaust gas recirculation ratio and parameters representing the operating condition of the engine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
93 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine, comprising: exhaust gas recirculation control means for controlling the rate of supply of the exhaust gas to the intake system according to negative pressure varying with the opening of the throttle valve; first calculating means for correcting a given exhaust gas recirculating ratio corresponding to an operating mode of the engine with reference to the opening of the throttle valve; and second calculating means for calculating fuel injection quantity by using the corrected exhaust gas recirculation ratio and parameters representing the operating condition of the engine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
A fuel control apparatus for an engine according to claim 5, wherein said second-calculating means calculates fuel injection quantity by using intake pipe pressure data, volumetric efficiency for an exhaust gas recirculation stop mode in which the exhaust gas is not recirculated, exhaust gas recirculation ratio and a correction coefficient for correcting exhaust gas recirculation ratio.
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