US5331933A
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Control device for internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1992-10-23
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Granted: 1994-07-26
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Expires: 2012-10-23
Abstract
Abstract A control device for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder and a spark plug, the control device including a fuel feeding means for feeding fuel into the cylinder, feeding a part of an amount of fuel to be injected during an intake stroke to form an air-fuel premixture, and feeding the remaining part of the amount of fuel to be injected during a compression stroke to form an air-fuel mixture around the spark plug for ignition; a torque fluctuation detecting means for detecting an amount of torque fluctuation of the internal combustion engine; and a fuel feeding control means for controlling a ratio of the part of the amount of fuel to be injected to the amount of fuel to be injected so that the amount of torque fluctuation detected by the torque fluctuation detecting means is less than a predetermined amount.
Inventors
- 👤 Souichi Matsushita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 00:59
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/30; F02D41/38; F02D41/40; F02D41/402; F02D35/00; F02D35/02; F02D35/023; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1497; F02D41/1498; F02D41/3011; F02D41/3017; F02D41/3023; F02D41/32; F02D41/34; F02D41/345; F02B; F02B75/00; F02B75/12; F02B2075/125; F02D2041/389; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/06; F02D2200/0602; F02D2200/10; F02D2200/1002; F02D2200/1004; F02D2200/1015; F02D2250/00; F02D2250/31; F02D41/20; F02D41/2096; F02D41/3809; F02D41/3836; F02D41/3845; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A control device for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder and a spark plug, said control device comprising: a fuel feeding means for feeding fuel into the cylinder, feeding a part of an amount of fuel to be injected during an intake stroke to form an air-fuel premixture, and feeding the remaining part of said amount of fuel to be injected during a compression stroke to form an air-fuel mixture around the spark plug for ignition; a torque fluctuation detecting means for detecting an amount of torque fluctuation of the internal combustion engine; and a fuel feeding control means for controlling a ratio of said part of said amount of fuel to be injected to said amount of fuel to be injected so that said amount of torque fluctuation detected by said torque fluctuation detecting means decreases.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A control device for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder and a spark plug, said control device comprising: a fuel feeding means for feeding fuel into the cylinder, feeding a part of an amount of fuel to be injected during an intake stroke to form an air-fuel premixture, and feeding the remaining part of said amount of fuel to be injected during a compression stroke to form an air-fuel mixture around the spark plug for ignition; a torque fluctuation detecting means for detecting an amount of torque fluctuation of the internal combustion engine; and a fuel feeding control means for controlling a ratio of said part of said amount of fuel to be injected to said amount of fuel to be injected so that said amount of torque fluctuation detected by said torque fluctuation detecting means decreases.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fuel feeding control means controls said ratio so that said amount of torque fluctuation is less than a predetermined amount.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A control device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said fuel feeding control means controls said ratio by adding a correction value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
A control device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said fuel feeding control means does not change said correction value when said amount of torque fluctuation is smaller than a predetermined amount of torque fluctuation, and changes said correction value when said amount of torque fluctuation is larger than said predetermined amount of torque fluctuation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
A control device as set forth in claim 4, wherein, when said amount of .torque fluctuation is larger than said predetermined amount of torque fluctuation, said fuel feeding control means increases said correction value when an air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is rich, and decreases said correction value when the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is lean.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
71 words
A control device as set forth in claim 5, wherein it is determined that the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is rich when said correction value is smaller than a predetermined first value, and it is determined that the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is lean when said correction value is larger than a predetermined second value which is larger than said predetermined first value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
91 words
A control device as set forth in claim 5, wherein said fuel feeding control means calculates an average of said amount of torque fluctuation, and wherein it is determined that the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is rich when said average of said amount of torque fluctuation is smaller than a predetermined torque fluctuation value, and it is determined that the air-fuel mixture around the spark plug at ignition is lean when said average of said amount of torque fluctuation is larger than said pedetermined torque fluctuation value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fuel feeding control means controls said ratio so that said amount of torque fluctuation detected by said torque fluctuation detecting means is minimum.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A control device as set forth in claim 8, wherein said fuel feeding control means controls said ratio by adding a correction value.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A control device as set forth in claim 9, wherein said correction value is increased or decreased by a constant value so that said amount of torque fluctuation is minimum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
91 words
A control device as set forth in claim 10, wherein said torque fluctuation detecting means successively detects said amount of torque fluctuation, a sign of said constant value is not changed when an amount of torque fluctuation detected at a present time is smaller than an amount of torque fluctuation detected at a time immediately preceding, and the sign of the said constant value is changed when the amount of torque fluctuation detected at a present time is larger than the amount of torque fluctuation detected at a time immediately preceding.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said torque fluctuation detecting means detects said amount of torque fluctuation on the basis of an engine speed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said torque fluctuation detecting means detects said amount of torque fluctuation on the basis of a combustion pressure.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fuel feeding means has a single fuel injector in each cylinder, said fuel injector injects said part of said amount of fuel to be injected during the intake stroke and injects said remaining part of said amount of fuel to be injected during the compression stroke.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
75 words
A control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fuel feeding means has a first fuel injector arranged in the cylinder and a second fuel injector which injects fuel in an intake port, said second fuel injector injects said part of said amount of fuel to be injected during the intake stroke, and said first fuel injector injects said remaining part of said amount of fuel to be injected during the compression stroke.
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