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US5077971A
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Air/fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Mitsubishi Motors Corp
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Filing: 1990-06-27
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Granted: 1992-01-07
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Expires: 2010-06-27
Abstract
Abstract An air/fuel ratio control system is provided for use with an internal combustion engine. The system includes an air/fuel ratio detector arranged on an upstream side of a catalytic converter so as to detect the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine from components of exhaust gas, a device for controlling the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from the air/fuel ratio detector and a predetermined reference value; and a device for shifting the reference value to a lean air/fuel ratio side in a specific operation state of the internal combustion engine.
Inventors
- 👤 Shiro Kumagai
- 👤 Katsuo Akishino
- 👤 Reijiro Komagome
- 👤 Michiyasu Yoshida
- 👤 Tateo Kume
- 👤 Masaki Nishizawa
- 👤 Seiji Ishida
- 👤 Takehisa Fujita
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-02 21:49
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/14; F02D41/1438; F02D41/1473; F02D41/1475; F02D41/1439; F02D41/1441; G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/26; G01N27/403; G01N27/406; G01N27/4065
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
An air/fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first air/fuel ratio detection means arranged on an upstream side of a catalytic converter so as to detect the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine from components of exhaust gas, said catalytic converter being provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine and adapted to clean the exhaust gas; a second air/fuel ratio detection means arranged in the exhaust system and having a detection response speed slower than the said air/fuel ratio detection a means for controlling the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from said first air/fuel ratio detection means and a predetermined first reference value; a means for effecting a correction to the control of the air/fuel ratio by said air/fuel ratio control means on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from said second air/fuel ratio detection means and a predetermined second reference value; a means for shifting the first reference value to a lean air/fuel ratio side in a specific operation state of the internal combustion engine; and a means for prohibiting the correction by the air/fuel ratio controlling means in the specific operation state.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
An air/fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first air/fuel ratio detection means arranged on an upstream side of a catalytic converter so as to detect the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine from components of exhaust gas, said catalytic converter being provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine and adapted to clean the exhaust gas; a second air/fuel ratio detection means arranged in the exhaust system and having a detection response speed slower than the said air/fuel ratio detection a means for controlling the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from said first air/fuel ratio detection means and a predetermined first reference value; a means for effecting a correction to the control of the air/fuel ratio by said air/fuel ratio control means on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from said second air/fuel ratio detection means and a predetermined second reference value; a means for shifting the first reference value to a lean air/fuel ratio side in a specific operation state of the internal combustion engine; and a means for prohibiting the correction by the air/fuel ratio controlling means in the specific operation state.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The system of claim 1, wherein the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine is controlled to stoichiometric air/fuel ratio on the basis of the results of the comparison between the detection value from said first air/fuel ratio detection means and the first reference value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 2, wherein the specific operation state is a low-load operation state.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 3, wherein the low-load operation state is an idling operation state.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 3, wherein the low-load operation state is a low-speed and low-load operation state.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 2, wherein the specific operation state is a small intake-air-quantity operation state.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 6, further comprising a means for detecting the quantity of intake air, whereby the internal combustion engine is judged to be in the small intake-air-quantity operation state when an output from said intake-air-quantity detection means falls below a predetermined value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 7, wherein said intake-air-quantity detection means is a Karman sensor which outputs a pulse signal of a frequency based on Karman vortices of intake air and corresponding to information on the quantity of the intake air.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said second air/fuel ratio detection means is arranged on a downstream side of the catalytic converter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said second air/fuel ratio detection means is exposed to exhaust gas via an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, is formed integrally with said first air/fuel detection means, and is arranged on an upstream side of the catalytic converter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of response delay time, integral gain, proportional gain, and the first reference value to be compared with the detection value from said first air/fuel ratio detection means is corrected to effect the correction to the control of the air/fuel ratio by said air/fuel ratio control means on the basis of the results of the comparison between the detection value from said second air/fuel ratio control means and the second reference value.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 11, wherein the correction is effected when a predetermined sampling signal is generated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the sampling signal is generated whenever the detection value from said first air/fuel ratio detection means changes across the first reference value to be compared with the detection value.
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