Patent · US Expired

Internal combustion engine

US4361123A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
5References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1981
Grant dateNov 30, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 3, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An internal combustion engine comprising a main intake passage supplying air-fuel mixture to a combustion chamber, an auxiliary intake passage supplying air or an air-fuel mixture to the combustion chamber through an injection port, a fuel supplement passage for supplementally supplying fuel to the auxiliary intake passage, a solenoid valve provided in the fuel supplement passage, and a control device for controlling opening and closing of the solenoid valve in response to a signal from an oxygen sensor disposed in an exhaust passage, said solenoid valve controlling supply of fuel to the auxiliary intake passage, thereby regulating an overall air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the combustion chamber approximately to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.