Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.

Aisan Idustry Co., Ltd.

Tadao Mitsuda

Takeru Yasuda

Masatoshi Sugiura

Minoru Iwata

Shigetaka Takada

Yukihiro Watanabe

Yoshiki Fukumori

Kazusato Kasuya

Toshimichi Asai

Sigeru Okuda

An apparatus for controlling the amount of secondary air fed into an internal combustion engine includes means for controlling the response speed of a secondary air flow control means in accordance with the amount of exhaust gas emitted from the engine. Thus, the equivalent air-fuel ratio can be correctly controlled, without delay, in response to changes in the operating condition of the engine.

Apparatus for controlling the amount of secondary air fed into an

Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the amount of secondary air fed into an internal combustion engine. This apparatus includes means for causing a sudden change of the level of the absolute pressure signal for driving the secondary air flow control means each time the level of the output voltage of the air-fuel ratio sensor changes. Thus, the equivalent air-fuel ratio is maintained for a long time within a desired range so that the highest purifying efficiency of the three-way catalytic converter can be attained.

An apparatus for controlling the amount of secondary air fed into an internal combustion engine which includes means for controlling the response speed of a secondary air flow control means in accordance with an electrical signal. This signal is generated by integrating the value of an intake air amount signal, which is generated by multiplying the rotational speed of the engine and the load of the engine, in an interval direction determined by an equivalent air-fuel ratio condition of the engine. Thus, the equivalent air-fuel ratio can be controlled with a response speed corresponding to the amount of the flow of the exhaust gas. Furthermore, excessive control of the equivalent air-fuel ratio can be prevented.

Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling the amount of secondary air fed into an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes an independent means for rapidly applying an absolute pressure signal to a secondary air flow control means, so that secondary air is rapidly supplied into the engine when the secondary air flow control means is being reset in its initial position, and then, next, a rich signal is applied. Thus, the equivalent air-fuel ratio can be correctly controlled, without delay, in response to changes in the operating condition of the engine.

Disclosed is an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus of an internal combustion engine, provided with a three-way catalytic converter, an air-fuel ratio sensor and a secondary air injection system. The secondary air injection system has a diaphragm-operated flow control valve for increasing or decreasing the amount of secondary air introduced into the exhaust manifold of the engine in accordance with electrical signals transmitted from the air-fuel ratio sensor. Means are provided for rapidly increasing or decreasing the air-fuel ratio to a stoichiometric value at the moment when the amount of secondary air passed through the flow control valve is increased or decreased. Therefore, the air-fuel ratio is maintained quite near the stoichiometric value at which the three-way catalytic converter can effectively operate to clean the three major toxic components in the exhaust gas.

Exhaust gas cleaning apparatus for an internal combustion engine

Disclosed is an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus of an internal combustion engine, provided with a three-way catalytic converter and a vacuum-operated flow control valve having a diaphragm for controlling the amount of secondary air directed into an exhaust manifold of the engine for an effective operation of the three-way catalytic converter. The diaphragm operates to increase or decrease the amount of secondary air in accordance with the change of vacuum force on the diaphragm, which force is generated by a vacuum signal transmitted into the valve from an intake manifold of the engine. Means are provided for compensating the difference in the vacuum levels between a high-load condition and a low-load condition so that the rate of increase in the vacuum force of the diaphragm is substantially kept near a constant value for every kind of engine condition. Thus, an ideal operation of the three-way catalytic converter can be obtained.

Exhaust gas cleaning apparatus of an internal combustion engine

Disclosed is an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus of an internal combustion engine, provided with a three-way catalytic converter, an air-fuel ratio sensor in the form of an oxygen concentration-cell which detects an air-fuel ratio higher than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio at which the converter effectively operates, and a secondary air injection system adapted for increasing or decreasing the amount of secondary air introduced into the exhaust pipe of the engine in accordance with electrical signals transmitted from the air-fuel ratio sensor. Means are provided for controlling the speed of introduction of secondary air so that the speed of decreasing the amount of secondary air is higher than the speed of increasing the amount of secondary air. Therefore, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is effectively controlled by signals transmitted from the sensor to approximate the stoichiometric ratio.

Disclosed herein is a switch device adapted for attaching to a carburetor of an internal combustion engine for detecting a predetermined position of a throttle valve of the carburetor. A lever mechanism which can be moved together with the throttle valve is arranged on the carburetor. The lever mechanism cooperates with a limit switch when the throttle valve is situated at a predetermined position. Thus, an electrical signal indicating the predetermined position is obtained from the limit switch.

Growing community of inventors

Susono, Japan

Tadao Mitsuda