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Device for determining a fuel metering signal for an internal combustion engine

US4275695A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1979
Grant dateJun 30, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 11, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/187
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device is proposed for determining a fuel metering signal for an internal combustion engine comprising a tachometer, a load detector, as well as a storage element and a summing member. The load signal is preferably selected at certain times and then stored temporarily, wherafter the load signal is optionally corrected, multiplied with a time interval, and the sum total of the multiplication results represent a value with respect to the metering signal. Preferably, the signals are processed in a digital fashion, and the load signal is corrected after having been digitized. This is done because for example, in case of a hot-wire air flowmeter, there is no linearity between air flow (air mass flow) and the output signal of the air flowmeter.

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