Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazumasa Iida

Katsuhiko Miyamoto

Masato Yoshida

Muneyoshi Nanba

Yoshihiko Kato

Takanao Yokoyama

Yoshiaki Danno

Hiroki Tamura

Akira Takahashi

Hitoshi Kamura

Atsuyoshi Kojima

Mitsuru Kishimoto

Katsunori Ueda

Toshio Iwata

Toru Hashimoto

Yasuki Tamura

Jun Aoki

Hiromitsu Ando

Kazuhiro Ichimoto

Osamu Nakayama

Kazuchika Tashima

Shogo Omori

Toshiro Nomura

Kiyotaka Hosono

Tetsuo Chamoto

Yasuyuki Okamoto

Takanoa Yokoyama

Yuichi Tonomura

Kenzo Nakao

An idle speed control apparatus includes an electronic control unit connected to sensors and switches for detecting the on-off states of an air conditioner and other devices, throttle opening, engine speed, etc. The electronic control unit selectively drives fuel injection valves for adjusting the injection quantity, air bypass valve for adjusting the suction air amount, and/or EGR valve for adjusting the exhaust gas recirculation rate in accordance with an engine load detected by the sensors and switches, thereby selectively executing air-fuel ratio adjustment, suction air amount adjustment, and/or exhaust gas recirculation rate adjustment as required, giving priority to the air-fuel ratio adjustment and suction air amount adjustment in the order named. Thus, idle speed control to cope with engine load fluctuations can be carried out with stability.

Idle speed control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

A control apparatus for a cylinder-injection engine includes an electronic control unit which calculates an average effective pressure according to throttle opening and engine rotation speed, calculates an intake air amount per intake stroke according to an intake air amount detected by an airflow sensor and engine rotation speed, and calculates a volumetric efficiency based on the calculated intake air amount. A fuel injection amount is calculated according to an intake air amount and a target air-fuel ratio calculated based on a target average effective pressure when a compression-stroke injection mode is selected, and according to the intake air amount and a target air-fuel ratio calculated based on the volumetric efficiency when an intake-stroke injection mode is selected, whereby a fuel injection control is made based on the target air-fuel ratio suited to the injection mode, while managing the target air-fuel ratio, thereby always ensuring a proper combustion control and a stabilized engine operating state. During the changeover of injection mode, the target air-fuel ratio, determined for an injection mode before the changeover, is changed, at a speed which changes stepwise, to that determined for an injection mode after the changeover, whereby an engine torque change caused by a sudden change in fuel injection amount is suppressed to a minimum, thereby reducing a torque shock.

Control apparatus for a cylinder-injection spark-ignition internal

Control device for cylinder-injection and spark-ignition type internal

An apparatus for controlling an ignition timing of a cylinder-injection gasoline engine includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling the operation of an ignition coil. The ECU advances the ignition timing in accordance with the throttle opening in consideration of a delay in increase of the wall temperature of a combustion chamber when the acceleration of a vehicle is detected by the change of the throttle opening. In order to prevent knocking of the engine attributable to the increase of the wall temperature, the ECU gradually decreases an advance angle for the ignition timing to 0 with the passage of control time. When the engine is reaccelerated during the advance angle correction, the ECU newly sets an advance angle for the ignition timing and a control time, corresponding to the increase of the wall temperature.

Apparatus and a method for controlling the ignition timing of a

Fuel injection control apparatus and method for an internal combustion

When starting of an in-cylinder injection engine 1 is detected, a cylinder discrimination, which discriminates each cylinder, is effected. After each cylinder is discriminated, it is determined whether or not a water temperature detected by a water temperature sensor 16 exceeds a predetermined value. When the water temperature is below the predetermined value, fuel injection is started from the fuel injection valve 4 of a cylinder subjected to at least one compression stroke. Thereby, the cylinder discrimination is effected quickly, and it is made possible to raise the temperature within the combustion chamber 5, by means lapse of at least one compression stroke, at low water temperatures at which the starting ability tends to be deteriorated, and the starting ability of the in-cylinder injection engine 1 at low water temperatures is improved while shortening the starting time.

Control device and control method for internal-combustion engine

An engine control unit of a control apparatus for an in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine sets a fuel injection timing for a compression-stroke injection mode in accordance with a fuel injection quantity, and corrects the fuel injection timing according to an engine cooling water temperature. When the cooling water temperature is lower than a temperature observed when a warm-up operation is completed, the fuel injection timing for the compression-stroke injection mode is corrected for advance or retard on the basis of the engine characteristic proper, and fuel is injected at an appropriate time such that the fuel evaporation rate and the fuel stratification degree which permit the stabilized combustion of the fuel injected into the combustion chamber are attained, whereby the fuel is evaporated satisfactorily. Thus, the occurrence of misfire and the emission of harmful gas components can be restrained effectively during the warm-up operation in the compression-stroke injection mode.

Control apparatus for an in-cylinder injection internal combustion engine

Cylinder-injection type internal combustion engine and a fuel injection

An idle speed control apparatus includes an electronic control unit connected to sensors and switches for detecting the on-off states of an air conditioner and other devices, throttle opening, engine speed, etc. The electronic control unit selectively drives fuel injection valves for adjusting the injection quantity, air bypass valve for adjusting the suction rate, and/or EGR valve for adjusting the exhaust gas recirculation rate in accordance with an engine load detected by the sensors and switches, thereby selectively executing air-fuel ratio adjustment, suction rate adjustment, and/or exhaust gas recirculation rate adjustment as required, giving priority to the air-fuel ratio adjustment and suction rate adjustment in the order named. Thus, idle speed control to cope with engine load fluctuations can be carried out with stability.

Control system for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine

Automotive vehicle engine with cylinder suspending mechanism for

Automobile engine

In a fuel blending ratio detecting method, a first blending ratio of the methanol in the fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine is detected by a blending ratio sensor; an air/fuel ratio feedback compensation coefficient computed on the basis of an output of an O.sub.2 sensor is used to compute a feedback learned value, and the current blending ratio compensation coefficient is multiplied by this value to compute the next blending ratio compensation coefficient so as to obtain a second blending ratio; the current blending ratio compensation coefficient is multiplied by a peak mean value of the computed feedback compensation coefficient to compute the next blending ratio compensation coefficient so as to obtain a third blending ratio; and the first, second or third blending ratio is selected according to the operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. Thus, the selected blending ratio is always used as the control blending ratio very close to the true ratio, so that the internal combustion engine can be accurately controlled.

Method for detecting fuel blending ratio

In an operation control method of an engine using a mixed fuel of a mixture of a plurality of fuels having different properties, operation condition of the engine being controlled according to a detection signal from a fuel blend ratio detector for detecting the blend ratio of the plurality of fuels in the mixed fuel, and when a malfunction occurs in the detection by the fuel blend ratio detector, the engine is provided with blend ratio storage for storing a plurality of emergency blend ratios for ignition timing control and for air fuel ratio control, and operation condition of the engine is controlled according to the plurality of emergency blend ratios.

Engine fueled with mixed fuel and operation control method thereof

A method includes a step of calculating an estimated blending ratio of a mixed fuel supplied to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a following equation is effected in this step to derive the estimated blending ratio:

Method for detecting blending ratio of mixed fuel to be supplied to

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Kyoto, Japan

Kazumasa Iida