Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kengo Sugiura

Hiroshi Ito

Atsushi Suzuki

Masumi Kinugawa

Susumu Akiyama

Yoshihisa Sato

Tiaki Mizuno

Toshitaka Yamada

Yasutaka Yamauchi

A heater, which comprises an element whose resistance varies with changes in temperature, and a temperature element are provided in the air intake pipe of an engine. This heater and temperature element together with resistors form a bridge circuit to which heating power is supplied via a transistor. An engine control unit generates start signals Tin simultaneously with the rotation of the engine. A flip-flop circuit is set by these start signals and, when set, the transistor is turned on and the heating power rises. The output signal from the bridge circuit is supplied to a comparator and the output signal of the comparator resets the flip-flop circuit, which outputs a pulse-shaped signal representing the airflow quantity as a length of time. This pulse-shaped time signal is sent via a constant current circuit to another comparator, where it is compared with a reference voltage and the output signal from the comparator is supplied together with the above time signal to an exclusive OR circuit. This exclusive OR circuit outputs a first and second pulse signal as the measurement output signal Tout synchronously with the rise and fall of the time signal and this signal is supplied to the engine control unit.

Heat-wire type airflow quantity measuring apparatus

In or idling speed control system for engines, a bypass passage is branched off from a main intake passage located upstream of a throttle valve and is connected to the main intake passage located downstream of the throttle valve. A flow control valve, actuated by a step motor, is arranged in the bypass passage. The step motor is controlled by an electronic control unit so that the engine speed becomes equal to a predetermined speed. When the engine is stopped, the flow control valve opens the bypass passage to the maximum extent so that the engine can be easily started at the time of next engine start.

Idling speed control for engines

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Kengo Sugiura