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Ignition timing control method for internal combustion engines at idle

US4696272A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1986
Grant dateSep 29, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine, which controls the ignition timing of a mixture to be supplied to the engine in a feedback manner responsive to the difference between the actual engine speed and the desired idling speed. When it is determined that the engine is in a predetermined idling region and the engine temperature is above a predetermined value, the ignition timing is retarded by a predetermined amount, and the ignition timing thus retarded is corrected by a correction value calculated by multiplying the difference between the actual engine speed and the desired idling speed by a predetermined coefficient, to thereby control the ignition timing to the ignition timing value thus corrected. The ignition timing feedback control is inhibited when the voltage at a predetermined input terminal of a central processing unit is at a predetermined input level.

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