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Lean burn control method and device for internal combustion engine and fuel injection quantity control method and device including same

US5447137A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1993
Grant dateSep 5, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2200/1015
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of conducting lean burn control, such as exhaust gas emission control, always optimally regardless of a timewise change of the internal combustion engine, variations in engines, and an environmental change. The control device includes a detector for detecting a burn condition of the internal combustion engine, a lean limit air-fuel ratio factor map, a lean burn feedback logic, an oxygen concentration sensor, and a feedback control logic for controlling an air-fuel ratio to a theoretical air-fuel ratio, wherein lean burn is performed at the middle point between the lean limit air-fuel ratio and the theoretical air-fuel ratio.

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