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Idle revolution number control apparatus for carbureter

Assignee: Subaru Corp
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Filing: 1989-10-13
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Granted: 1990-09-11
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Expires: 2009-10-13
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Abstract

Abstract An idling engine speed control apparatus for an engine with a carbureter having a main fuel passage for supplying fuel to an engine and a slow fuel passage for supplying fuel to the engine in accordance with an opening degree of a throttle valve mounted within the carbureter. There are provided an opener for opening and closing the throttle valve, and a bypass having a shutter valve, the bypass opening at the downstream of the throttle valve of the carbureter. The engine is subjected to an idle-up control by using at least one of the opener and the shutter valve of the bypass. The opener causes the throttle valve to open by a predetermined amount in accordance with the load conditions except that of an air conditioner, and the shutter valve of the bypass is opened when the air conditioner is used. The opener may cause the throttle valve to open for a predetermined time immediately after the start of using the air conditioner. The opener and the shutter valve of the bypass may be operated at a time when the air conditioner is used and the engine revolution number becomes lower than a predetermined value.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masato Tohmiya

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 15:14
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D31/00; F02D31/001; F02D31/002; F02D31/003; F02D31/005; F02M; F02M3/00; F02M3/06; F02M3/07; F02M3/075

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 144 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus for an engine with a carbureter having a main fuel passage for supplying fuel to the engine and a slow fuel passage for supplying fuel to the engine in accordance with an opening degree of a throttle valve mounted within the carbureter comprising: throttle opener means for opening said throttle valve to a predetermined opening degree; bypass means for selectively supplying fuel to the downstream of said throttle valve; load detector means for detecting a plurality of load conditions of said engine and producing load signals; engine operating condition detector means for detecting an engine operating condition and producing an engine operating condition signal; and control means responsive to the load signals and to the engine operating condition signal for determining an idling condition and for actuating one or both of said throttle opener means and bypass means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 144 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus for an engine with a carbureter having a main fuel passage for supplying fuel to the engine and a slow fuel passage for supplying fuel to the engine in accordance with an opening degree of a throttle valve mounted within the carbureter comprising: throttle opener means for opening said throttle valve to a predetermined opening degree; bypass means for selectively supplying fuel to the downstream of said throttle valve; load detector means for detecting a plurality of load conditions of said engine and producing load signals; engine operating condition detector means for detecting an engine operating condition and producing an engine operating condition signal; and control means responsive to the load signals and to the engine operating condition signal for determining an idling condition and for actuating one or both of said throttle opener means and bypass means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said opener means causes said throttle valve to open in accordance with the load conditions except that of an air conditioner; and said bypass means is actuated when said air conditioner is operated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said opener means causes said throttle valve to open for a predetermined time immediately after the start of operating said air conditioner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said opener means and said bypass means are operated at a time when said air conditioner is operated and the engine speed becomes lower than a predetermined value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
An idling engine speed control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said bypass means comprises a shutter valve selectively opened and closed by the control means.

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