Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo K.k.

Yohji Fukutomi

Hideo Kobayashi

Masahiko Asakura

Akira Kato

Eiji Kishida

Makoto Hashiguchi

Youichi Iwata

Hidekazu Kano

An auxiliary air amount control system for an internal combustion engine has an auxiliary air passage bypassing a throttle valve arranged within the intake pipe of the engine, and a control valve controlling the amount of auxiliary air supplied to the engine through the auxiliary air passage by varying the opening of the passage. The opening of the control valve is set in response to the opening of the throttle valve, and is decreased progressively from the set value as an initial value when the engine is in a predetermined decelerating condition. The set control valve opening is varied to a larger value as the reduction ratio assumed by a transmission connected to the engine is larger. The minimum value of the throttle valve opening at which the control valve opening can be set to a value larger than zero is varied to a smaller value as the reduction ratio is larger. The rate at which the control valve opening is progressively decreased is varied to a smaller value as the reduction ratio is larger.

Auxiliary air amount control system for internal combustion engines at

An ignition timing control method for an internal combustion engine having a catalytic exhaust emission purifier for scrubbing toxic exhaust gas components from engine exhaust gases by means of a catalyst, wherein the timing at which a mixture in the engine is ignited is controlled on the basis of an ignition timing set in dependence upon operating parameters of the engine. The method comprises the steps of sensing temperature of the engine after the engine is started, sensing elapsed time from the moment the engine is started when the sensed temperature lies within a predetermined temperature range, setting a delay angle correction amount in dependence upon the sensed elapsed time, correcting the ignition timing by the set delay angle correction amount, and controlling the ignition timing in accordance with the ignition timing so corrected. Preferably, the correction of the ignition timing is effected only when a particular operating condition of the engine is sensed.

Ignition timing control method for internal combustion engines

A method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine, by means of an exhaust gas recirculation control system including an exhaust recirculating passage connected between the exhaust passage and the intake passage of the engine, an exhaust gas recirculating valve arranged across the exhaust gas recirculating passage, and differential pressure-operated actuator device for varying the opening of the exhaust gas recirculating valve. The differential pressure-operated actuator device has a pressure-responsive member displaceable in response to a pressure difference between atmospheric pressure applied to one side surface thereof and a synthetic pressure of pressure within the intake passage and atmospheric pressure, applied to the other side surface thereof. The differential pressure-operated actuator device is adapted to vary the synthetic pressure in response to at least one operating parameter of the engine to control the exhaust gas recirculating valve. The atmospheric pressure and the pressure within the intake passage at a zone downstream of the throttle valve are detected. When the difference between the detected atmospheric pressure and the detected intake passage pressure is smaller than a predetermined value, the exhaust gas recirculating valve is controlled to a fully closed position.

Exhaust gas recirculation method for internal combustion engines

An air intake side secondary air supply system for an internal combustion engine includes an air control valve for controlling the amount of the secondary air and first and second pressure supply passages for respectively supplying a first control pressure for opening the air control valve and a second control pressure for closing the air control valve. A surge tank is provided in the first pressure supply passage for reducing the pulsation of pressure level and further the first and second pressure supply passages are made so that only the first control pressure is supplied through the first pressure supply passage and only the second control pressure is supplied through the second pressure supply passage. Thus, the delay of the closure of the air control valve which might cause unstable engine operation when the engine is decelerating is alleviated.

Air intake side secondary air supply system for an internal combustion

An improvement in an exhaust gas purification apparatus wherein a detector senses the operation of a device for injecting additional intake air into the intake passage and triggers a timing unit. The timing unit produces a signal for a predetermined amount of time which holds open a control valve for introducing secondary air into the exhaust passage ahead of the catalytic converter. This structure enables the reduction of harmful components of the exhaust gas produced during a gear-change operation of the engine without greatly overheating the catalytic converter.

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Sayama, Japan

Yohji Fukutomi