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Electronic speed governor for an air-compression internal-combustion engine
Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1990-04-06
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Granted: 1992-02-11
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Expires: 2010-04-06
Abstract
Abstract An electronic speed governor for an air-compression internal-combustion engine that has an electronic control unit which detects numerous operating values of the automobile. The speed governor forms a control signal from these operating values as well as from stored limit values, and shifts smoke-limit curves as a function of altitude so that the fuel mass is corrected in accordance with keeping the smoke emissions constant.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhard Frankle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-02 09:33
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D31/00; F02D31/001; F02D31/007; F02D31/009; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D2250/00; F02D2250/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
An electronic speed governor for an air-compression internal-combustion engine, comprising: means for sensing operating values of the internalcombustion engine; means for measuring an absolute pressure to determine air mass for the internal-combustion engine; a control unit having stored smoke-limit curves, said smoke-limit curves graphically providing engine operating parameters which produce a blackening value of the smoke emission, and, said control unit being coupled to the means for sensing and the means for measuring, and receiving as inputs the operating values and the determined air mass and controlling a fuel mass as a function of the operating values, the air mass and the stored smoke-limit curves, said control unit using shifted smoke-limit curves in response to decreasing atmospheric pressure so that the blackening value of the smoke emission per unit volume of the internal-combustion engine remains constant, and correcting a fuel mass according to the shifted smoke-limit curves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
An electronic speed governor for an air-compression internal-combustion engine, comprising: means for sensing operating values of the internalcombustion engine; means for measuring an absolute pressure to determine air mass for the internal-combustion engine; a control unit having stored smoke-limit curves, said smoke-limit curves graphically providing engine operating parameters which produce a blackening value of the smoke emission, and, said control unit being coupled to the means for sensing and the means for measuring, and receiving as inputs the operating values and the determined air mass and controlling a fuel mass as a function of the operating values, the air mass and the stored smoke-limit curves, said control unit using shifted smoke-limit curves in response to decreasing atmospheric pressure so that the blackening value of the smoke emission per unit volume of the internal-combustion engine remains constant, and correcting a fuel mass according to the shifted smoke-limit curves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The speed governor of claim 1, further comprising a barometric altitude cell coupled to the control unit, said barometric altitude cell operating as a signal generator of the atmospheric pressure to the control unit for shifting of the smoke-limit curves.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The speed governor of claim 1, wherein the control unit includes means for storing measured pressures over a specific period of time, and means for selecting a minimum value of these measured pressures for the specific period of time, this selected minimum value pressure being used by the control unit as a measure for the shifting of the smoke-limit curve.
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