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Engine control system

US5257613A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1991
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/2448
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine control system corrects an air-fuel ratio of an air and fuel mixture during feedback control in a feedback region of engine operating conditions and during a learning control in a learning region of engine operating conditions. A purge region of engine operating conditions, in which purging of fuel vapor into the engine is conducted, is defined so as to have a portion overlapping with the learning control region. The air-fuel learning and the fuel vapor purging are conducted alternately. A specific region of engine operating conditions is defined in the purge region for higher flow rates of intake air. The control system undergoes the air-fuel learning prior to the fuel vapor purge when engine operating conditions are in this specific region.

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