Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo K.k.

Atsushi Totsune

Yoshitaka Hibino

Masahiko Asakura

Takeshi Fukuzawa

Hiromitsu Sato

Shinichi Kubota

Takefumi Hosaka

Koji Kajita

Norimitsu Kurihara

Hiroshi Hasebe

Kunio Noguchi

Hitoshi Yamabe

Akira Kikuchi

Satoru Kubo

Hiroshi Goto

Takeshi Kijima

Kogi Kajita

Yasuhito Itoh

A current detecting device for detecting current flowing in a first electric wire arranged close to a second electric wire having a portion extending in a predetermined direction. The device comprises: a portion of the first electric wire extending at right angles to the second electric wire; a magnetic core arranged around the above portion of the first electric wire, the magnetic core having an axis thereof extending at right angles to the above portion of the second electric wire; and a magnetic-to-electric transducer associated with the magnetic core for generating an electric signal indicative of the intensity of a magnetic field generated around the above portion of the first electric wire by current flowing in the first electric wire.

Device for detecting current flowing in an electric wire

An apparatus for detecting a neutral state of a transmission gear of a vehicle detects an engine rotational speed, a vehicle speed, and a condition in which the engine output power is transmitted to the transmission gear through a clutch. The apparatus judges that the transmission gear is in the neutral state when a ratio between the engine rotational speed and the vehicle speed is in any one of predetermined ranges. The apparatus also judges that the transmission gear is in the neutral state when a variation of the ratio between the engine rotational speed and the vehicle speed within a predetermined time period is greater than a predetermined value.

Apparatus for detecting a neutral state of a transmission gear of a

A method of detecting abnormality in an air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine, the air-fuel ratio control system having a proportional control valve arranged in an air supply passage for supplying secondary air therethrough to the engine and controlled in response to an output signal from an oxygen concentration sensor arranged in an exhaust system of the engine in a manner such that its valve opening varies in proportion to the magnitude of driving current supplied thereto. A circuit is provided which includes a first transistor, the proportional control valve, and a second transistor arranged in the order mentioned and serially connected with each other between a power source for supplying a predetermined voltage and ground. A value of voltage at a predetermined location in said circuit is sensed while the first and second transistors are in predetermined states of conduction and non-conduction. It is determined whether there is abnormality in the air-fuel ratio control system, on the basis of the sensed voltage value.

Abnormality detecting method for air-fuel ratio control system for

The invention is provided with a load detecting means for detecting the value of an electric load connected to an electric generator driven by an internal combustion engine. An idling speed-up means stepwise increases an idling speed of the engine. A control means causes the idling speed-up means to operate when the detected value of the electric load continuously remains above a predetermined value for a predetermined length of waiting time. The control means is provided with a variable setting means which variably sets the waiting time in such a manner that the larger the detected value of the electric load, the shorter the length of the waiting time.

Idling speed-up control apparatus internal combustion engine

In a method for determining a control parameter of an air/fuel ratio control system of an internal combustion engine by means of an oxygen concentration sensor disposed in an exhaust system of the engine, the control parameter of the air/fuel ratio is determined independently of the output signal of the oxygen concentration sensor when a light load operation of the engine continued for more than a predetermined time period is detected.

Control method of controlling an air/fuel ratio control system in an

A method determines a control parameter of an air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine having an idle rotational speed control device by which the throttle valve is opened when an electric unit such as the head light or the air conditioner is turned on during the idling of the engine. The air/fuel ratio is controlled to be leaner than a target air fuel ratio when the engine is idling, and controlled to a further leaner side when the electric unit is operating during the idling of the engine.

Method of controlling an air/fuel ratio of a vehicle mounted internal

An air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine having a carburetor with a slow speed circuit, includes a feedback control means by which an air intake side secondary air is supplied to the carburetor, on the downstream side of the throttle valve, in response to a result of detection of air-fuel ratio in terms of the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas of the engine. Under a predetermined operating condition of the engine, the feedback control of the air-fuel ratio by means of the control of the air intake side secondary air is performed while the supply of the fuel through the slow speed circuit of the fuel supply system is controlled in response to the result of the detection of the air-fuel ratio. In a variation of the system, the supply of the fuel through the slow speed circuit is stopped during the predetermined operating condition of the engine.

Air-fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine

There is disclosed herein a generator control system for use in a power supply system for vehicles in which a battery and an engine-driven generator are connected in parallel with a load. The total load current fed to the load is detected and the generated voltage level is changed by performing field regulation for the generator in accordance with the detected value. Switching of the generated voltage level of the generator is controlled according to the state of the load applied so as to improve power generation efficiency. Certain parameters, such as battery state, engine speed, auto choke and load state, can be provided as an input or inputs to a voltage regulator for the generator.

Control system for engine-driven generator

Apparatus for controlling exhaust gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine employs a first control valve in an exhaust gas recirculation passageway, a second control valve in an air conduit connecting the intake passage to atmosphere through selective restriction means, and a regulating valve responsive to differential vacuum intensities for actuating the control valves. The restriction means comprise a plurality of individual restrictions one or more of which are selectively put into operation depending upon engine operating parameters such as coolant temperature and driving speed.

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Atsushi Totsune