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Electronic system for controlling the fuel injection of an internal-combustion engine
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1992-05-07
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Granted: 1993-08-31
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Expires: 2012-05-07
Abstract
Abstract An electronic system for controlling the fuel injection of an internal-combustion engine based on the load, rotational speed, and temperature, as well as at least an oxygen probe reading in the exhaust pipe. The system determines basic injection-quantity signal as well as a transition-compensation signal to adapt the injection fuel quantity in situations of acceleration and deceleration. The system stores an engine characteristics map for a wall-film-quantity signal, and dividing factors for acceleration and deceleration. The system generates a correction value (Wkor) for the wall-film quantity signal and correction factors (FWS1kor, FWS2kor) for the two dividing factors. Three methods are provided for changing the correction factors in connection with the adaptation and these are based on a direct calculation, based on an estimation of the missing quantity and incremental calculation, and based on an incremental adjustment based on the evaluation of the oxygen-probe voltage.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernhard Ebinger
- 👤 Peter-Juergen Schmidt
- 👤 Nikolaus Benninger
- 👤 Lutz Reuschenbach
- 👤 Eberhard Schnaibel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:57
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/24; F02D41/2406; F02D41/2425; F02D41/2429; F02D41/2451; F02D41/2454; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/047; F02D41/10; F02D41/107; F02D41/2441
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
225 words
A system for controlling fuel injection for an internal-combustion engine when the engine is accelerating or decelerating, comprising: (A) means for generating a basic injection-quantity signal (ti); and (B) means for generating a transition-compensation signal (UK) that connects to the means for generating the basic injection-quantity signal (ti), the means for generating the transition-compensation signal (UK) for adapting the basic fuel quantity (ti) when the engine is accelerating and decelerating, the means for generating the transition-compensation signal (UK) comprising, (1) means for storing engine characteristics maps of wall-film-quantity signal (W), and at least a first and second dividing factor (FWS1), FWS2) for acceleration and deceleration, respectively, (2) means for generating first correction signal (Wkor) for the wall-film-quantity signal (W), and for generating first and second correction factors (FWS1kor), FWS2kor) for first and second dividing factors (FWS1, FWS2), respectively, (3) means for combining the wall-film-quantity signal (W) and the first correction signal (Wkor), and for combining the first dividing factor (FWS1) with the first correction factor (FWS1kor) and the second dividing factor (FWS2) with the second correction factor (FWS2kor), the combining means further adapted to generate the transition-compensation signal (UK), and (4) means for adapting any of the first correction signal (Wkor), the first correction factor (FWS1kor) and the second correction factor (KWS2kor) for the values read out of the means for storing engine characteristics maps.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
225 words
A system for controlling fuel injection for an internal-combustion engine when the engine is accelerating or decelerating, comprising: (A) means for generating a basic injection-quantity signal (ti); and (B) means for generating a transition-compensation signal (UK) that connects to the means for generating the basic injection-quantity signal (ti), the means for generating the transition-compensation signal (UK) for adapting the basic fuel quantity (ti) when the engine is accelerating and decelerating, the means for generating the transition-compensation signal (UK) comprising, (1) means for storing engine characteristics maps of wall-film-quantity signal (W), and at least a first and second dividing factor (FWS1), FWS2) for acceleration and deceleration, respectively, (2) means for generating first correction signal (Wkor) for the wall-film-quantity signal (W), and for generating first and second correction factors (FWS1kor), FWS2kor) for first and second dividing factors (FWS1, FWS2), respectively, (3) means for combining the wall-film-quantity signal (W) and the first correction signal (Wkor), and for combining the first dividing factor (FWS1) with the first correction factor (FWS1kor) and the second dividing factor (FWS2) with the second correction factor (FWS2kor), the combining means further adapted to generate the transition-compensation signal (UK), and (4) means for adapting any of the first correction signal (Wkor), the first correction factor (FWS1kor) and the second correction factor (KWS2kor) for the values read out of the means for storing engine characteristics maps.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system according to claim 1, wherein the means for generating the transition-compensation signal (UK) further includes means for generating a wall-film differential value (Δ W) from successive wall-film values (W), with the wall-film differential value (Δ W) being corrected by the first correction value (Wkor).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system according to claim 1, wherein the transition-compensation signal (UK) is generated starting from the corrected wall-film differential value (Δ W) based upon corrected first and second dividing factors, which are corrected first and second Δ values (Ws, W1), respectively, that act at different rates.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system according to claim 3, wherein the first correction value (Wkor) is adapted starting from a determination of an entire missing quantity during transition through an integration of a lambda (λ) deviation and of the subsequent calculation of the first connection value (Wkor).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system to claim 3, wherein the first correction value (Wkor) is adapted through an integration as a function of an estimated missing quantity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system according to claim 3, wherein the first correction value (Wkor) and the first and second correction factors (FWS1kor, FWS2kor) are adapted through incremental adjustment based upon an oxygen-probe voltage.
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