Chrysler Corporation

Chrysler Motors Corporation

Terry R Gutermuth

Michael T Vincent

James R Tamm

Gang Chen

Richard K Moote

Gregory T Weber

Robert J Nankee, Ii

Douglas C Frantz

Michael W Weglarz

Robert E Lawrie

Mark A Simonich

The fuel delivery control system monitors engine speed and load parameters to develop a wall wetting history that is indicative of the physical state of the fuel within the intake port or intake manifold. The wall wetting history is used along with engine speed, temperature and pressure measurements to determine the pulse width of the fuel injector signal. Fuel to air ratio is thereby optimized. Transient conditions due to changes in engine load or due to acceleration and deceleration are used to generate a pulse width correction signal to optimize performance on a cycle by cycle basis. Each engine cylinder injector may be independently controlled.

Fuel delivery system with wall wetting history and transient control

A method of controlling idle speed of an internal combustion engine in an automotive vehicle is provided. The method includes the steps of calculating an acceleration error of the engine and determining whether the calculated acceleration error is greater than a predetermined deadband. The method also includes the steps of opening or closing an Automatic Idle Speed (AIS) stepper motor if the acceleration error is greater than the predetermined deadband and increasing or decreasing a spark advance if the acceleration error is not greater than the predetermined deadband.

Method of controlling idle speed for an internal combustion engine

A method of feedback control for an electronic fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine includes the steps of calculating a front O.sub.2 sensor switching voltage threshold based on a signal from a front O.sub.2 sensor upstream of a catalyst in an exhaust system for the engine and from a rear O.sub.2 sensor downstream of the catalyst, comparing a voltage output of the front O.sub.2 sensor to the calculated front O.sub.2 sensor switching voltage threshold to determine if a fuel/air ratio of the engine is rich or lean, and decreasing or increasing an amount of fuel to the engine by fuel injectors of the electronic fuel injection system if the fuel/air ratio is determined rich or lean, respectively.

Method of electronic fuel injection feedback control

Many internal combustion engines have an auxiliary means for controlling airflow into the engine at idle, such as an Automatic Idle Speed (AIS) motor to compensate for changing load requirements. A method is disclosed for controlling the AIS motor and in turn engine idle speed to compensate for changing loads due to the operation of the air conditioner. The method recognizes the relationship between ambient temperature and pressures generated within the air conditioning compressor and the compensation necessary to maintain a smooth idle speed. The method also utilizes adaptive learning to relate a 'looked up' of the air conditioner to the current value of auxiliary air flow required by a warmed up engine.

Method for idle speed compensation due to air conditioner operation

A system and method for the detection and correction of purge corruption in the adaptive memory portion of a control system controlling, in part, the fuel to air ratio during the cold start up of an internal combustion engine. This is achieved by performing two calibrations (or updates) of the adaptive memory cells (or locations) during the previous engine operation. The adaptive memory is first updated with the purge system off. The memory locations addressed at this time are denoted as the purge free adaptive memory cells. Next, the adaptive memory is updated with the purge system on. These memory locations are denoted as the normal adaptive memory cells. During the next cold engine start, purge corruption of the adaptive memory is detected when the difference between the two calibrations exceeds a value representing an absence of purge corruption.

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St. Clair Shores, MI, United States of America

Terry R Gutermuth