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Electronic control device for an internal combustion engine

US5345908A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 1993
Grant dateSep 13, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electronic control device for an internal combustion engine having a control unit for detecting a running state of an engine, and which controls a fuel quantity or an ignition timing of the engine in accordance with the running state, where the electronic control device monitors the transient running state of the engine, and includes a fuel property sensor for detecting a fuel property, such that the fuel quantity or the ignition timing is corrected in accordance with the fuel property under the transient running state.

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