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Evaporative fuel control apparatus of internal combustion engine

US5143040A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 1991
Grant dateSep 1, 1992
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/0042
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An evaporative fuel control apparatus of an internal combustion engine for controlling a purge correction amount and a fuel injection amount in response to a concentration of fuel vapor in intake mixture. The apparatus includes a detection part for detecting operating conditions of the engine and for supplying signals indicative of the operating conditions, a purge valve for controlling a flow of fuel vapor from a fuel tank to an intake passage, and a calculation part for calculating the fuel injection amount in response to the signals. The apparatus also includes a first injection control part for varying a feedback correction factor of an air-fuel ratio in response to the signals so as to maintain the air-fuel ratio at a stoichiometric value, and for correcting the fuel injection amount with the feedback correction factor, a second injection control part for correcting the fuel injection amount in response to the fuel vapor concentration which is determined from the varied feedback correction factor, and a purge correction part for correcting a purging amount of fuel vapor being fed by the purge valve to the intake passage in response to the fuel vapor concentration.

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