Nippon Soken, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kenzi Iwamoto

Hisasi Kawai

Yasuhiro Ikuta

Koichi Moriguchi

Nobutaka Mizuno

Ryuichi Matushiro

Kimitaka Saito

Makoto Kuroyanagi

Toshihiko Igashira

Tsuneyuki Egami

Hidetaka Nohira

Hideki Obayashi

Takeshi Tanaka

Seiko Abe

Shunzo Yamaguchi

Hisashi Ohki

Kunimasa Yoshimura

Eiji Hashimoto

Tsutomu Saito

Mitsuyuki Ugajin

Katsuhiro Omata

Takesi Matuyama

Takeshi Matuyama

In an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, an air-fuel ratio signal is sampled and held for a selected cylinder, and an air-fuel ratio feedback amount is calculated in accordance with the sampled and held air-fuel ratio signal. During a learning control, a cylinder on the leanest side is determined by changing the selected cylinder. During a feedback control without the learning control, the selected cylinder is fixed as the cylinder on the leanest side.

Method and apparatus for controlling air-fuel ratio in internal

In an apparatus for the feedback control of the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine using the output signal of an air-fuel ratio sensor, a degree of deterioration of the functioning of the air-fuel ratio sensor is detected by using successive measurements of a differential waveform of an output signal of the air-fuel ratio sensor over a predetermined period of time, and an air-fuel ratio feedback control constant is controlled in accordance with the degree of functional deterioration of the air-fuel ratio sensor to correct the air-fuel ratio.

Apparatus for controlling air-fuel ratio in internal combustion engine

A fuel quantity control apparatus of a supercharged diesel engine with safety measures comprises a fuel injection pump capable of increasing the fuel quantity according to the degree of supercharging, a detector for detecting the temperature in a combustion chamber or the temperature of the exhaust gas, a control circuit receiving an output of the detector, and a three-way valve driven by the control circuit to control the amount of the increase of the fuel quantity. Through the use of the apparatus when the detected temperature reaches a predetermined abnormal temperature, the amount of increase of the fuel quantity can be made zero or decreased and accidents such as melting or damage of the engine by abnormal rise of the temperature in the combustion chamber or of the temperature of the exhaust gas can be prevented.

Fuel quantity control apparatus of supercharged diesel engine with

An ignition timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a supercharger in which a feedback control of decreasing the supercharged pressure is done in order to obviate knocking, wherein when a detection is made of a knocking with a detection of decrease in the controlled supercharged pressure under the condition of a constant throttle opening-degree, the ignition timing just at the detection of knocking is held for the control of ignition timing.

Apparatus for controlling the ignition timing of an internal combustion

An internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger including a bypass passage avoiding a turbine and disposed in parallel to an exhaust pipe, and a bypass valve mounted in the bypass passage for controlling the flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe. A control method for the internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger wherein an air intake is compressed by a compressor coaxially connected to the turbine driven by exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust pipe to supply a supercharger pressure to the engine; the temperature of exhaust gas flowing into a casing of the turbine is sensed by a temperature sensor; and the pressure of the air intake supplied to the engine as the supercharger pressure is controlled when the temperature sensor produces a signal, to thereby keep the temperature of the exhaust gas at a level below a predetermined value.

Control method and apparatus for an internal combustion engine with a

A power control system for a supercharged internal combustion engine. The system has a passage providing a communication between the compressor outlet of the supercharger and an exhaust by-pass valve actuator, the passage being communicated at its other end with the compressor inlet of the supercharger. A variable orifice valve is disposed at an intermediate portion of the passage opening to the exhaust by-pass valve actuator and the compressor inlet. Control means is provided to control the opening of the variable orifice valve in accordance with the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal of the vehicle or the opening of the throttle valve of the engine.

Power control system for a turbocharged internal combustion engine

In a knocking control device comprising an exhaust bypass valve driven by the diaphragm actuator and a knocking control circuit, the amount of bypassed exhaust gas is adjusted in accordance with the knocking, the upper and lower limits regarding the opening degree of the control valve are determined in accordance with the opening degree of the throttle valve and the signal determining the upper limit concerning the opening degree of the control valve is prior to the signal determining the opening degree of the control valve due to the knocking signal when the opening degree of the throttle valve is changed. Thus, an increase in the output of the engine and an improvement in specific fuel consumption is achieved and the durability of the engine is improved due to the elimination of knocking and a decrease in the temperature of the exhaust gas.

Knocking control device for turbocharged internal combustion engine

An apparatus for controlling the flow of the exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine including a turbocharger, a catalytic converter in an exhaust duct, and a throttle valve in an intake duct, wherein the apparatus comprises a bypass passage bypassing a turbine of the turbocharger, a waste gate valve which controls the amount of the exhaust gas passing therethrough, an actuator for actuating the waste gate valve which has first and second pressure chambers separated from one another, and a switching valve which selectively connects the second pressure chamber to the atmosphere or to the intake vacuum area, the first pressure chamber being connected to the delivery pressure area of the turbocharger by means of a conduit which is connected to an atmospheric pressure area via a restriction.

Apparatus for controlling the flow of exhaust gas in an internal

A supercharger apparatus for an internal combustion engine. A compressor impeller is arranged in a compressor housing so that a clearance is formed therebetween. The housing is slidably connected to a housing for supporting a shaft on which the compressor impeller is connected, so that the compressor housing is moved between a first position where the clearance is minimum and a second position where the clearance is maximum. A fluid chamber is provided for receiving a fluid flow to generate pressure for moving the compressor housing between the first position and the second position in accordance with the operating condition of the engine to vary the clearance.

Supercharger for an internal combustion engine

The temperature and air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine are sensed to generate signals indicative thereof and the amount of fuel to be injected into the engine is determined in accordance with the signals, thus controlling the air-fuel ratio at a predetermined value and thereby decreasing the abnormal temperature rise in the exhaust system.

Air-fuel ratio control method and apparatus for internal combustion

An intake system for intercommunicating a carburetor and a combustion chamber of internal combustion engines which has a cylinder head, an intake port provided in the cylinder head, an intake valve located in the intake port and an exhaust manifold communicated with the combustion chamber. At least two intake passages are provided to join together at that part in the intake port which is immediately before the intake valve. One of the intake passages passes through the exhaust manifold, whereby the atomized fuel particles in an air-fuel mixture to be sucked in the combustion chamber can be positively vaporized without accompanying high temperature rising of the mixture.

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Kenzi Iwamoto