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Electronic control device for internal-combustion engines

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-16
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Granted: 1989-10-31
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Expires: 2007-12-16
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Abstract

Abstract An electronic control device for internal-combustion engines wherein the quantity of air taken in is decreased when the engine speed is greater than a target value, that is, when the deviation of the number of revolutions of engine is positive, with the engine in a slow-speed hunting state, and the quantity of air taken in is increased when the engine speed is less than a target value, that is, when the deviation of the number of revolutions is negative, or wherein the quantity of air taken in is decreased when at least one of the quantity of air taken into the engine, intake pipe pressure, and a value obtained by dividing the quantity of air taken in by the number of revolutions is greater than the target value, that is, when the deviation is positive, with the engine in the slow-speed hunting state, and also the quantity of air taken in is increased when it is less than the target value, that is, when the deviation is negative, thereby controlling the aforementioned parameters to their target values and accordingly controlling the engine speed.

Inventors

  • 👤 Setsuhiro Shimomura
  • 👤 Ryoji Nishiyama

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 11:45
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/16; F02D41/1497; F02D41/1498; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/10; F02D2200/1015

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 195 words
An electronic control device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: means for sensing the number of revolutions per minute (rpm) of said engine; means for sensing a minimum loaded condition of said engine; means for controlling the quantity of air intake into said engine; control means for applying a correction signal to said means for controlling, said correction signal including at least one of an integral value and a proportional value of a difference between said number of rpm sensed by said sensing means and a target number of rpm, to adjust the quantity of air intake into said engine such that said difference will decrease, when said sensed rpm and said vehicle speed are within a predetermined range and said engine is in said minumum loaded condition; said integral value and proportional value being multiplied by an integral gain and a proportional gain respectively to obtain said correction signal; and means for sensing a variable speed ratio of said engine or a ratio of said sensed rpm to said vehicle speed and changing at least one of said integral gain and said proportional gain in accordance with the sensed ratio.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 195 words
An electronic control device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: means for sensing the number of revolutions per minute (rpm) of said engine; means for sensing a minimum loaded condition of said engine; means for controlling the quantity of air intake into said engine; control means for applying a correction signal to said means for controlling, said correction signal including at least one of an integral value and a proportional value of a difference between said number of rpm sensed by said sensing means and a target number of rpm, to adjust the quantity of air intake into said engine such that said difference will decrease, when said sensed rpm and said vehicle speed are within a predetermined range and said engine is in said minumum loaded condition; said integral value and proportional value being multiplied by an integral gain and a proportional gain respectively to obtain said correction signal; and means for sensing a variable speed ratio of said engine or a ratio of said sensed rpm to said vehicle speed and changing at least one of said integral gain and said proportional gain in accordance with the sensed ratio.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 79 words
An electronic control device for an internal-combustion engines as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application of said correction signal to said intake control means is stopped when the transient state of the engine has been detected from at least one value of the number of rpm of the engine, vehicle speed, throttle valve opening, quantity of air taken in, intake pressure, and a value given by dividing the quantity of air taken in by the number of rpm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 51 words
An electronic device for an internal-combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a mean value of the number of rpm of said engine is calculated by each specific time or by each specific engine crank angle, and this mean value is used as said target number of rpm.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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