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Air/fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine

US5077971A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 1990
Grant dateJan 7, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/4065
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An air/fuel ratio control system is provided for use with an internal combustion engine. The system includes an air/fuel ratio detector arranged on an upstream side of a catalytic converter so as to detect the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine from components of exhaust gas, a device for controlling the air/fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine on the basis of results of a comparison between a detection value from the air/fuel ratio detector and a predetermined reference value; and a device for shifting the reference value to a lean air/fuel ratio side in a specific operation state of the internal combustion engine.

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