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Fuel injection quantity control device for two cycle engines

Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-06-25
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Granted: 1992-12-29
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Expires: 2011-06-25
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Abstract

Abstract A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber includes a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal. An opening Θ detection device is provided for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal. A basic injection quantity setting device is provided for setting a basis injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal. A fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges the conditions of the fuel-air mixture and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device corrects the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture to ignition, and outputs the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal the fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire at the present time based on a misfire in the past.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takaaki Fujii
  • 👤 Osamu Kudou
  • 👤 Sumitaka Ogawa
  • 👤 Hiroshi Uike

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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D35/00; F02D35/02; F02D35/023; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1497; F02B; F02B75/00; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/025; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/10; F02D2200/1015; F02D2400/00; F02D2400/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim 224 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture to ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire condition at the present time based on a previous judgment of a misfire condition in the past.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 224 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture to ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire condition at the present time based on a previous judgment of a misfire condition in the past.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 185 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 1, wherein the fuel-air mixture condition judging devices comprises: a negative pressure PB detection section for generating a negative pressure PB signal by detecting negative pressure in said intake passage; an indicated pressure PI detection section for detecting the indicated pressure PI in said combustion chamber and for generating an indicated pressure PI signal; a first misfire judging section for judging based on said negative pressure PB signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and a second misfire judging section for judging based on said indicated pressure PI signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and said injection quantity instruction generating device comprises: a first correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said first misfire judging section judges misfire; and a second correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said second misfire judging section judges misfire; and said first correction section reduces said basic injection quantity by a quantity smaller than the quantity in said second correction section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 96 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 2, wherein said injection quantity instruction signal generating device comprises a first counter of the number of times of misfire which counts the number of times of misfire judging by said first misfire judging section and outputs a first signal of the number of times of misfire, and said second misfire judging section judges whether or not said fuel-air mixture has misfired when said first signal of the number of times of misfire is more than a standard number of times of misfire that is beforehand specified.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 45 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 2, wherein said first correction section corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity based on the difference of said negative pressure PB signal and a standard negative pressure PB value that is beforehand specified.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 2, wherein said second correction section corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity based on said rotational speed Ne signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 81 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 2, wherein said injection quantity instruction signal generating device includes a second counter of the number of times of misfire which counts the number of times of misfire judged as misfire by said second misfire judging device and outputs a second signal of the number of times of misfire, and said second correction section corrects said basic injection quantity in response to said second signal of the number of times of misfire.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 51 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 2, wherein said fuel-air mixture condition judging device includes a judging section for condition change from misfire to ignition and said injection quantity instruction signal generating device has a third correction device which corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 64 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 7, wherein said fuel-air mixture condition judging device includes a counter of the number of times of condition change to count the number of times of said condition change judging and said third correction device corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to said number of times of condition change judging.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 104 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 1, wherein said fuel injection quantity control device further comprises: a stretched-out condition detection device for detecting high-load condition of said two cycle engine, and outputs a stretched-out condition signal; a continuation time counter means for receiving said stretched-out condition signal and for counting reception continuation time of said stretched-out condition signal and for outputting stretched-out time signal; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting said basic injection quantity to increase the quantity based on said stretched-out time signal and outputs said corrected basic injection quantity as said injection quantity instruction signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 35 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 9, wherein said stretched-out condition detection device judges as said stretched-out condition a beforehand specified high engine rotational speed and a beforehand specified high throttle opening.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 104 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for a two-cycle engine for providing an angular delay in ignition timing for the fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber at the time of a high rotational speed of said engine, and includes a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of said two cycle engine and for generating rotational speed Ne signal, and an indicated pressure PI in said combustion chamber and for generating an indicated pressure PI signal, comprising: a detection timing setting section for setting detection timing of said indicated pressure PI detection section based on said rotational speed Ne signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 104 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for a two-cycle engine for providing an angular delay in ignition timing for the fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber at the time of a high rotational speed of said engine, and includes a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of said two cycle engine and for generating rotational speed Ne signal, and an indicated pressure PI in said combustion chamber and for generating an indicated pressure PI signal, comprising: a detection timing setting section for setting detection timing of said indicated pressure PI detection section based on said rotational speed Ne signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 45 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 11, wherein said detection timing setting section sets said detection timing at least after a top dead center with a delay when said rotational speed Ne signal has a value over a standard rotational speed value.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 41 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 11, and further including a misfire judging section for judging based on said indicated pressure PI signal in response to said detection timing whether or not misfire of said fuel-air mixture exists.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 70 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 13, wherein a misfire judging standard value output device is provided for outputting misfire judging standard value beforehand specified in response to the operation conditions of said two cycle engine, and said misfire judging section judges based on the difference of said indicated pressure PI signal and said misfire judging standard value whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 391 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire at the present time based on a misfire in the past; said fuel-air mixture condition judging devices comprises: a negative pressure PB detection section for generating a negative pressure PB signal by detecting negative pressure in said intake passage; an indicated pressure PI detection section for detecting the indicated pressure PI in said combustion chamber and for generating an indicated pressure PI signal; a first misfire judging section for judging based on said negative pressure PB signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and a second misfire judging section for judging based on said indicated pressure PI signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and said injection quantity instruction generating device comprises: a first correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said first misfire judging section judges misfire; and a second correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said second misfire judging section judges misfire; and said first correction section reduces said basic injection quantity by a quantity smaller than the quantity in said second correction section.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 391 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire at the present time based on a misfire in the past; said fuel-air mixture condition judging devices comprises: a negative pressure PB detection section for generating a negative pressure PB signal by detecting negative pressure in said intake passage; an indicated pressure PI detection section for detecting the indicated pressure PI in said combustion chamber and for generating an indicated pressure PI signal; a first misfire judging section for judging based on said negative pressure PB signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and a second misfire judging section for judging based on said indicated pressure PI signal whether or not misfire exists in said fuel-air mixture; and said injection quantity instruction generating device comprises: a first correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said first misfire judging section judges misfire; and a second correction section for correcting said basic injection quantity to reduce the injection when said second misfire judging section judges misfire; and said first correction section reduces said basic injection quantity by a quantity smaller than the quantity in said second correction section.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 96 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 15, wherein said injection quantity instruction signal generating device comprises a first counter of the number of times of misfire which counts the number of times of misfire judging by said first misfire judging section and outputs a first signal of the number of times of misfire, and said second misfire judging section judges whether or not said fuel-air mixture has misfired when said first signal of the number of times of misfire is more than a standard number of times of misfire that is beforehand specified.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 45 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 15, wherein said first correction section corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity based on the difference of said negative pressure PB signal and a standard negative pressure PB value that is beforehand specified.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 31 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 15, wherein said second correction section corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity based on said rotational speed Ne signal.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 81 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 15, wherein said injection quantity instruction signal generating device includes a second counter of the number of times of misfire which counts the number of times of misfire judged as misfire by said second misfire judging device and outputs a second signal of the number of times of misfire, and said second correction section corrects said basic injection quantity in response to said second signal of the number of times of misfire.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 51 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 15, wherein said fuel-air mixture condition judging device includes a judging section for condition change from misfire to ignition and said injection quantity instruction signal generating device has a third correction device which corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 64 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 20, wherein said fuel-air mixture condition judging device includes a counter of the number of times of condition change to count the number of times of said condition change judging and said third correction device corrects said basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to said number of times of condition change judging.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 322 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture to ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire at the present time based on a misfire in the past; said fuel injection quantity control device further comprises: a stretched-out condition detection device for detecting based on said rotational speed Ne signal and said opening signal said stretched-out condition of said two cycle engine, and outputs a stretched-out condition signal; a continuation time counter for receiving said stretched-out condition signal and for counting reception continuation time of said stretched-out condition signal and for outputting stretched-out time signal; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting said basic injection quantity to increase the quantity based on said stretched-out time signal and outputs said corrected basic injection quantity as said injection quantity instruction signal.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 322 words
A fuel injection quantity control device for use with a two cycle engine being rotatably driven by receiving a fuel-air mixture injected into the engine based on fuel injection quantity instruction signals and the air supplied through an intake passage and ignition of the fuel-air mixture in a combustion chamber comprising: a rotational speed Ne detection device for detecting the rotational speed Ne of the two cycle engine and for generating a rotational speed Ne signal; an opening Θ detection device for detecting the opening Θ of a throttle provided in an intake passage for regulating the supply of air and for generating an opening Θ signal; a basic injection quantity setting device for setting a basic injection quantity of the fuel based on the rotational speed, Ne signal and the opening Θ signal; a fuel-air mixture condition judging device for judging the conditions of the fuel-air mixture; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting the basic injection quantity to reduce the quantity in response to misfire in said fuel-air mixture for changing the conditions of the fuel-air mixture to ignition, and for outputting the corrected basic injection quantity as an injection quantity instruction signal; said fuel-air mixture condition judging device judges a misfire at the present time based on a misfire in the past; said fuel injection quantity control device further comprises: a stretched-out condition detection device for detecting based on said rotational speed Ne signal and said opening signal said stretched-out condition of said two cycle engine, and outputs a stretched-out condition signal; a continuation time counter for receiving said stretched-out condition signal and for counting reception continuation time of said stretched-out condition signal and for outputting stretched-out time signal; and an injection quantity instruction signal generating device for correcting said basic injection quantity to increase the quantity based on said stretched-out time signal and outputs said corrected basic injection quantity as said injection quantity instruction signal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 35 words
The fuel injection quantity control device according to claim 22, wherein said stretched-out condition detection device judges as said stretched-out condition a beforehand specified high engine rotational speed and a beforehand specified high throttle opening.

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