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Air/fuel ratio controller for engine

US4908765A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1987
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/1456
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an air/fuel ratio controller for an engine, which is equipped with a function to make the air/fuel ratio leaner in a light-load operation zone or the like of a lean burn engine. The controller is intended to improve the starting performance and acceleration feeling of the engine significantly. Upon generation of an acceleration command by a driver during lean burn of the engine at a lean air/fuel ratio, an air/fuel ratio enriching device is operated to set the air/fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture, which is to be fed to the engine, at a level richer than the lean air/fuel ratio while an actually accelerated state continues in the engine from the time point of generation of the acceleration command.

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