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Fuel supply control system

US4290404A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1979
Grant dateSep 22, 1981
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Expiry dateNov 13, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M26/57
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel supply control system for use in an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation system is disclosed which determines an amount of fuel supplied to the engine in accordance with intake air flow derived from engine suction vacuum and engine speed and corrected in accordance with exhaust gas recirculation flow. The engine suction vacuum and exhaust gas recirculation flow measurements are made in accordance with pressure measured at suitable points by semiconductor pressure sensors.

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