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Cylinder intake-air quantity calculating apparatus and method for internal combustion engine

US6564785B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2002
Grant dateMay 20, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02N2300/104
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In apparatus and method for calculating a mass air quantity sucked into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, income and outgo calculations between a mass air quantity flowing into an intake manifold and that flowing out from the intake manifold is performed to calculate the mass air quantity within the intake manifold and calculates a mass air quantity sucked into a corresponding cylinder of the engine on the basis of the mass air quantity within the intake manifold and a volume of the corresponding cylinder; and the mass air quantity within the intake manifold calculated as a result of the income and outgo calculations of the mass air quantity during a stop of the engine is corrected on the basis of a crank angular position during a step of the engine to calculate finally the mass air quantity within the intake manifold during the stop of the engine.

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