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Fuel injection control apparatus and method for variably operated engine valve equipped internal combustion

US6494185B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2002
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In fuel injection control apparatus and method for an engine having a variably operated engine valve in which at least a closure timing of an intake valve is variably controlled, a controller determines whether an actual closure timing of the intake valve is in a steady state, calculates a volume of a cylinder calculated from a target control value of the closure timing of the intake valve when determining that the actual closure timing is in the steady state and a fresh-air rate within the cylinder, calculates a mass air quantity sucked into the cylinder on the basis of a mass air quantity within an intake manifold calculated by income and outgo calculations of inflow and outflow quantities of a mass air within the intake manifold and a volume of the manifold, and calculates a fuel injection quantity on the basis of the mass air quantity sucked into the cylinder.

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