Mazda Motor Corporation

Itaru Okuno

Tadashi Kaneko

Nagahisa Fujita

Hiroyuki Oda

Tomomi Watanabe

Tadataka Nakazumi

Toshio Nishikawa

Koji Hosoda

Yoshiyuki Shinya

Makoto Hotate

Yoshitaka Tabara

Hisaaki Yamaguchi

Kobuo Takeuchi

First, second and third levers are disposed pivotably and rotatably relative to each other about a predetermined axis. The first lever is operated in association with an accelerator to be rotated in a predetermined one direction in accordance with operation in a direction of opening the accelerator. The second lever is operated in association with a throttle valve so as to open the throttle valve when the second levler is pivotted in the predetermined one direction and it is urged by a first urging member in a direction of closing the throttle valve. The first lever is provided with a first stopper section and the second lever is provided with a second stopper section as to be abuttable with the first stopper section from the predetermined one direction. The first stopper section is urged in such a manner as being brought into abut with the second stopper section by means of a second urging member larger in an urging force than the first urging member. The second lever is forcibly pivotted in the same direction as the third lever in resistance to the second urging member when the third lever is pivotted in a direction opposite to the predetermined one direction by a motor.

Throttle valve control apparatus for a vehicle

An engine control system for suppressing vibration of a car body, primarily at acceleration thereof, by varying engine output torque. The system for suppression of the car body vibration takes into consideration car vibration detection delay time created by the intermittent detection of vibration data. The system includes a detector for intermittently detecting data relating to car body vibration, a period setting device for setting a period of car body vibration, a delay time setting device for setting a delay time corresponding to a detection delay time due to the intermittent detection of the vibration data detector, and a torque controller for controlling engine output torque by advancing a phase of engine output torque control timing by the delay time corresponding to the detection delay time, which is set by the delay time setting device, in each period of car body vibration set by the period setting device.

Engine control system for suppressing car body vibration

A vehicle constant speed control system including a vehicle speed detector and a controller for controlling the engine throttle valve so that the engine output is controlled to make the vehicle speed approach a target speed. The controller compares the actual vehicle speed with the target speed and calculates a required driving torque for driving the vehicle at the target speed and a target throttle valve position which is required for producing the required driving torque. The controller then produces a driving signal to actuate the engine throttle valve so that the required driving torque is produced and the target speed is attained.

Constant speed control for a motor vehicle

An engine control system comprises an accelerator position sensor for detecting the amount of depression of the accelerator, a target intake air amount determining circuit which receives the output of the accelerator position sensor and determines a target intake air amount, a target fuel feed amount determining circuit which receives the output of the accelerator position sensor and determines a target fuel feed amount, a throttle valve driver which receives the output of the target intake air amount determining circuit and controls the throttle valve to obtain a target throttle valve opening degree corresponding to the target intake air amount, and a fuel feed control circuit which receives the output of the target fuel feed amount determining circuit and controls the amount of fuel to be fed to the engine to the target fuel feed amount.

Engine control system

Engine throttle valve control device having a step motor to operate a throttle valve which comprises detecting means for detecting the need for changing the rotational direction of the step motor, and delaying means which delays the supply of the drive signal to the step motor for a predetermined period when the need for changing the rotational direction of the step motor is detected by the detecting means. In the present invention, when it is necessary to change the rotational direction of the step motor, the step motor is not immediately driven to reverse the rotational direction but is halted for a predetermined short time. After the short time passes the step motor is driven to rotate in the opposite direction. According to the present invention, the inertial force acting on the step motor when it changes its rotational direction can be avoided or decreased. Hence, loss of control of the step motor due to the inertial force is avoided, and accurate control of the throttle valve opening is performed.

Engine throttle valve control device

An internal combustion engine throttle valve control system comprising driving means for driving a throttle valve so that the opening of the throttle valve assumes a predetermined value, engine r.p.m. detecting means for detecting engine r.p.m., and control means for controlling the rate of driving the throttle valve which receive the output signal from the engine r.p.m. detecting means and which produces, in accordance with the rate of change in the position of the accelerator pedal, a first signal to drive the throttle valve at a first rate corresponding to the rate of change in the position of the accelerator pedal under a condition where the amount of change in the position of the accelerator pedal is not larger than a predetermined value and a second signal to drive the throttle valve at a second rate smaller than the first rate under the condition where the amount of change in the position of the accelerator pedal is larger than the predetermined value and where the rate of change in the position of the accelerator pedal is larger than a predetermined value and where the engine r.p.m. is smaller than a predetermined value and controls said driving means in accordance with the engine operating condition. According to the present invention, the response of the engine to acceleration under high engine r.p.m. can be remarkably improved and knocking can be effectively prevented under low engine r.p.m. without degrading the response of the engine to acceleration when an accelerator pedal is slightly operated.

Throttle valve control system of internal combustion engine

A control system for a vehicle engine comprises a first detector for detecting a controlled variable on an accelerator, a setting device for determining a fundamental control variable on an engine output adjusting device, such as a throttle valve, based on an output of the first detector, a driving device for actuating the engine output adjusting device in accordance with the fundamental control variable, a second detector for detecting a demand for acceleration of a vehicle, a compensating device for revising the fundamental control variable to produce a compensated control variable on the engine output adjusting device so that the engine output adjusting device is actuated in accordance with the compensated control variable when the demand for acceleration of the vehicle is detected by the second detector, a restoring device for restoring the engine output adjusting device at a predetermined restoration speed to be actuated in accordance with the fundamental control variable after the engine output adjusting device is actuated in accordance with the compensated control variable, a third detector for detecting a travelling condition of the vehicle, and a restoration speed setting device for varying the predetermined restoration speed in response to the travelling condition of the vehicle detected by the third detector.

Control systems for vehicle engines

A throttle valve control system comprises an accelerator position sensor for detecting the amount of operation of the accelerator, a throttle valve opening degree determining circuit which receives the output of the accelerator position sensor and determines the opening degree of the throttle valve, and a throttle valve driving device which drives the throttle valve to the position corresponding to the opening degree determined by the throttle valve opening degree determining circuit. The throttle valve opening degree determining circuit is arranged to determine the opening degree of the throttle valve with respect to the amount of operation of the accelerator so that the change in the opening degree of the throttle valve for a given change in the amount of operation of the accelerator is relatively small when the amount of operation of the accelerator is in an intermediate range and is relatively large when the amount of operation of the accelerator is above or below the intermediate range.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Itaru Okuno