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Air-fuel ratio controller for internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1986-03-07
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Granted: 1987-05-12
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Expires: 2006-03-07
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine, further comprising the steps of calculating a basic fuel injection duration based on an engine load and a rotational speed of the engine, obtaining a factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction for allowing a fuel injection duration to perform a proportional-plus-integral action, based on an output of an oxygen sensor for detecting an residual oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas, calculating a mean value of said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction, varying a correction value by learning so that said mean value takes a value within a predetermined range centered at a predetermined value corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio, multiplying said mean value by said correction value, providing initial adjustment of load detection apparatus applied to said internal combustion engine for determining said basic fuel injection time duration in order to set said calculation result within said predetermined range, and obtaining the fuel injection duration based on said basic fuel injection duration, said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction and said correction value, thereby, to control the air-fuel ratio.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Takeda
- 👤 Toshio Suematsu
- 👤 Osamu Harada
- 👤 Katsushi Anzai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 15:27
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/24; F02D41/2406; F02D41/2425; F02D41/2429; F02D41/2451; F02D41/2454; F02B; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
An apparatus of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine comprising: (a) means for calculating a basic fuel injection duration based on an engine load and a rotational speed of the engine; (b) means for obtaining a factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction for allowing a fuel injection duration to perform a proportional-plus-integral action, based on an output of an oxygen sensor for detecting an residual oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas; (c) means for calculating a mean value of said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction; (d) means for varying a correction value by learning so that said mean value takes a value within a predetermined range centered at a predetermined value corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio; (e) means for multiplying said mean value by said correction value; (f) means for providing initial adjustment of load detection apparatus applied to said internal combustion engine for determining said basic fuel injection time duration in order to set said calculation result within said predetermined range, and (g) means for obtaining the fuel injection duration based on said basic fuel injection duration, said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction and said correction value, thereby, to control the air-fuel ratio.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
199 words
An apparatus of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine comprising: (a) means for calculating a basic fuel injection duration based on an engine load and a rotational speed of the engine; (b) means for obtaining a factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction for allowing a fuel injection duration to perform a proportional-plus-integral action, based on an output of an oxygen sensor for detecting an residual oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas; (c) means for calculating a mean value of said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction; (d) means for varying a correction value by learning so that said mean value takes a value within a predetermined range centered at a predetermined value corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio; (e) means for multiplying said mean value by said correction value; (f) means for providing initial adjustment of load detection apparatus applied to said internal combustion engine for determining said basic fuel injection time duration in order to set said calculation result within said predetermined range, and (g) means for obtaining the fuel injection duration based on said basic fuel injection duration, said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction and said correction value, thereby, to control the air-fuel ratio.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of: (a) calculating a basic fuel injection duration based on an engine load and a rotational speed of the engine; (b) obtaining a factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction for allowing a fuel injection duration to perform a proportional-plus-integral action, based on an output of an oxygen sensor for detecting an residual oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas; (c) calculating a mean value of said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction; (d) varying a correction value by learning so that said mean value takes a value within a predetermined range centered at a predetermined value corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio; (e) multiplying said mean value by said correction value; (f) providing initial adjustment of load detection apparatus applied to said internal combustion engine for determining said basic fuel injection duration in order to set said calculation result within said predetermined range, and (g) obtaining the fuel injection duration based on said basic fuel injection duration, said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction and said correction value, thereby, to control the air-fuel ratio.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of: (a) calculating a basic fuel injection duration based on an engine load and a rotational speed of the engine; (b) obtaining a factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction for allowing a fuel injection duration to perform a proportional-plus-integral action, based on an output of an oxygen sensor for detecting an residual oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas; (c) calculating a mean value of said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction; (d) varying a correction value by learning so that said mean value takes a value within a predetermined range centered at a predetermined value corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio; (e) multiplying said mean value by said correction value; (f) providing initial adjustment of load detection apparatus applied to said internal combustion engine for determining said basic fuel injection duration in order to set said calculation result within said predetermined range, and (g) obtaining the fuel injection duration based on said basic fuel injection duration, said factor of air-fuel ratio feedback correction and said correction value, thereby, to control the air-fuel ratio.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 2, wherein said step of varying said correction value comprising: increasing correction value when said mean value exceeds the upperlimit value of said predetermined range, and decreasing correction value when said mean value is less than the lowerlimit value of said predetermined range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method of controlling an air-fuel ratio for internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 2 wherein said step of varying said correction value comprising: updating said correction value to be learned at the preset interval by load of said internal combustion engine.
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