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Throttle valve control device for internal-combustion engine
Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1998-07-15
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Granted: 2000-02-01
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Expires: 2018-07-15
Abstract
Abstract A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine having an electronically-controlled throttle valve is provided for calculating a final target opening based on an engine operation state, which includes an accelerator depression amount, and an ISC request opening for adjusting a revolutional speed of the engine to a target revolutional speed during an idling operation, and for electronically controlling the throttle valve so as to adjust the throttle valve opening to the final target opening. The device of the present invention includes a correction section for correcting the ISC request opening based on an amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine when the final target opening is identical to the ISC request opening, while prohibiting the correction of the ISC request opening when the final target opening is not identical to the ISC request opening.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunihiko Sato
- 👤 Kazutaka Nonoyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 17:08
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D31/00; F02D31/001; F02D31/002; F02D31/003; F02D31/004; F02D11/00; F02D11/06; F02D11/10; F02D11/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine having an electronically-controlled throttle valve, for calculating a final target opening based on an engine operation state, which includes an accelerator depression amount, and an ISC request opening for adjusting a revolutional speed of the engine to a target revolutional speed during an idling operation, and for electronically controlling the throttle valve so as to adjust the throttle valve opening to the final target opening, the device comprising: a correction section for correcting the ISC request opening based on an amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine when the final target opening is identical to the ISC request opening, while prohibiting the correction of the ISC request opening when the final target opening is not identical to the ISC request opening.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine having an electronically-controlled throttle valve, for calculating a final target opening based on an engine operation state, which includes an accelerator depression amount, and an ISC request opening for adjusting a revolutional speed of the engine to a target revolutional speed during an idling operation, and for electronically controlling the throttle valve so as to adjust the throttle valve opening to the final target opening, the device comprising: a correction section for correcting the ISC request opening based on an amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine when the final target opening is identical to the ISC request opening, while prohibiting the correction of the ISC request opening when the final target opening is not identical to the ISC request opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the correction section corrects the ISC request opening based on, in addition to the amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine, a deviation between the revolutional speed of the engine and the target revolutional speed and a load variation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein when a temperature of a coolant of the internal-combustion engine is equal to or less than a predetermined temperature, the correction section prohibits any correction of the ISC request opening based on the amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine which would decrease the ISC request opening.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the correction section prohibits any correction of the ISC request opening based on the amount of variation in the revolutional speed of the engine which would decrease the ISC request opening, depending on the engine operation state.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the correction section prohibits any correction of the ISC request opening when the revolutional speed of the engine is equal to or greater than a predetermined revolutional speed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
A throttle valve control device in an internal-combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the correction section determines a smoothed revolutional speed by averaging the revolutional speed of the engine, determines a dead zone based on the smoothed revolutional speed when the revolutional speed of the engine falls within a predetermined range, and prohibits any correction of the ISC request opening when the revolutional speed of the engine falls within the dead zone.
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