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Revolution control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine provided with that revolution control apparatus

US7467039B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 2005
Grant dateDec 16, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2041/1432
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine revolution in an expansion stroke of a cylinder is calculated, and stored, from a time that is required for a crank shaft to rotate by a predetermined angle from a compression upper dead center of that cylinder, and to determine the fuel injection amount, in averaging these stored revolutions from the cylinder immediately prior to a cylinder before the cylinder that is immediately prior to obtain a revolution that serves as the engine revolution, how many past cylinders are retroactively averaged is switched according to the engine operation state.

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