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Fuel supply system for internal combustion engines

US4335694A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1980
Grant dateJun 22, 1982
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/182
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel control system for an internal combustion engine in which the accelerator pedal is set by the operator and defines an air flow control variable which is applied to a control loop that actuates a servo motor or other suitable rotary means to set the relative position of an air flow control flap within the induction tube. The control loop attempts to maintain the position of the air flow flap in continuous correspondence with the accelerator pedal position. The actuating current for the final control element is used as one input datum for a stored data field. Another input variable to the data field is the actual position of the air flow valve or flap. The data field contains empirically obtained data relating these two variables with the prevailing air flow rate and generates an output signal that is used as the air flow rate signal in a control pulse generator. The control pulse generator also receives other signals related, for example, to temperature, engine speed, etc. From this set of signals, the generator produces a fuel admission control signal, for example a fuel injection control pulse. The system includes special circuits for applying, for example, an engine idling…

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