Apparatus and method for controlling fuel injection of internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine
US7353814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02D41/2461
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine has a fuel injection valve. To cause an actual air-fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture burned in the engine to be equal to a target value, an electronic control device corrects a fuel injection amount from the fuel injection valve using a feedback correction value. The feedback correction value is changed based on the actual air-fuel ratio. The electronic control device computes, as a safeguard value, a value of the feedback correction value that causes a fuel injection time, which is an instruction sent to the fuel injection valve, to be a permissible minimum time. When the fuel injection time is less than the permissible minimum time, the electronic control device limits the lowest value of the feedback correction value to the safeguard value. As a result, the actual air-fuel ratio is prevented from being rich.
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