Apparatus for controlling internal combustion engine
US6026779A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02D2041/389
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cylinder direct-injection spark-ignition engine using at least a homogeneous combustion mode where early fuel-injection on intake stroke produces a homogeneous air-fuel mixture and a stratified combustion mode where late fuel-injection on compression stroke produces a stratified air-fuel mixture, is equipped with an electronic engine control unit connected to an electronic fuel injection system, an electronic spark-timing control system, and an electronically-controlled throttle valve. The control unit permits switching to a homogeneous combustion mode and changes the manipulated variable for engine torque correction to a spark-timing correction quantity, immediately when the demand for switching from stratified to homogeneous combustion mode occurs during a high-response torque correction. When the demand for switching from homogeneous to stratified combustion mode occurs during the high-response torque correction, switching to the stratified combustion mode is inhibited for a brief time duration until a required torque correction value reaches a predetermined criterion to continue the high-response torque correction based on the spark-timing correction quantity.
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