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Electronically-controlled fuel injection system

Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-09-08
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2007-09-08
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Abstract

Abstract An electronically-controlled fuel injection system having a synchronous counter which receives main injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected synchronously to engine revolutions, and an asynchronous counter which receives increment injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected at a selected time interval asynchronously to the engine revolutions, wherein the synchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the main injection time data upon receiving a synchronous signal which is generated synchronously to the engine revolutions, while the asynchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the increment injection time data upon receiving an asynchronous signal which is generated at the selected time interval, so as to open a fuel injection valve by pulses which are output from the respective counters during the operations thereof. The electronically-controlled fuel injection system is provided with timers which ad a predetermined period of time after the end of the operation of each of said respective counters, and delay means operating when, during the operation of one of the two counters, a synchronous signal or an asynchronous signal for operating the other counter has been generated to delay the input of the signal to the other counter until the timekeeping of the timer ends.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masahiko Yakuwa
  • 👤 Yoshio Suzuki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 14:55
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/10; F02D41/105

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 231 words
In an electronically-controlled fuel injection system having a synchronous counter which receives main injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected synchronously to engine revolutions, and an asynchronous counter which receives increment injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected at a selected time interval asynchronously to the engine revolutions, wherein the synchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the main injection time data upon receiving a synchronous signal which is generated synchronously to the engine revolutions, while the asynchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the increment time data upon receiving an asynchronous signal which is generated at the selected time interval, so as to open a fuel injection valve by pulses which are output from the respective counters during the operations thereof, comprising, timer means which add a predetermined period of time after an end of the operation of each of said respective counters, and delay means operating when, during the operation of one of the two counters, a synchronous signal or an asynchronous signal for operating the other counter has been generated for delaying the input of said synchronous signal or asynchronous signal to the other counter until the timer means completes the timing of the addition of said predetermined period of time after the end of operation of said one counter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 231 words
In an electronically-controlled fuel injection system having a synchronous counter which receives main injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected synchronously to engine revolutions, and an asynchronous counter which receives increment injection time data corresponding to an amount of fuel to be injected at a selected time interval asynchronously to the engine revolutions, wherein the synchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the main injection time data upon receiving a synchronous signal which is generated synchronously to the engine revolutions, while the asynchronous counter is operated for a period of time equal to the increment time data upon receiving an asynchronous signal which is generated at the selected time interval, so as to open a fuel injection valve by pulses which are output from the respective counters during the operations thereof, comprising, timer means which add a predetermined period of time after an end of the operation of each of said respective counters, and delay means operating when, during the operation of one of the two counters, a synchronous signal or an asynchronous signal for operating the other counter has been generated for delaying the input of said synchronous signal or asynchronous signal to the other counter until the timer means completes the timing of the addition of said predetermined period of time after the end of operation of said one counter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said delay means operates to prevent overlap of said pulses with each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 59 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said main injection time data comprises desired synchronous injection time plus a correction time equal to the lag of the rise for each of said pulses, and wherein said increment time data comprises desired asynchronous injection time plus a correction time equal to the lag of the rise for each of said pulses.

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