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Air-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engine

US6292739A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
4References
35Claims
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Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2041/1433
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An allowable range (adaptive allowable range) for limiting a manipulated variable generated in order to converge the difference between an output from an O.sub.2 sensor disposed downstream of a catalytic converter and a target value thereof to "0" is sequentially updated depending on how the manipulated variable deviates from the allowable range.

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