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Idling engine speed controlling apparatus for an engine

US5057764A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 14, 1989
Grant dateOct 15, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02J7/24
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An idling engine speed controlling apparatus for an engine having a generator driven by an engine to charge a battery, a switching means for controlling the supply and interruption of an exciting current to a field winding for the generator so that a voltage generated from the generator or a voltage of a battery becomes a predetermined level, a continuous detecting means for detecting a total excitation time of the field winding during each rotational time period, and a regulator means having a control unit responsive to an output of continuous detecting means for adjusting a quantity of intake air supplied to the engine by detecting an excitation time of the field winding for each time period of the engine.

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