Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Denso Corporation

Yoshimune Konishi

Nobuhito Hobo

Yutaka Suzuki

Yoshihiko Tsuzuki

Masahiko Miyaki

Osamu Ito

Makoto Shiozaki

Itsushi Kawamoto

Takashi Naitou

Eiji Takemoto

Motoshi Suzuki

Satoshi Haseda

Hideaki Norimatsu

Naoki Tokitsu

Hiroshi Koide

Wako Yamada

Takashi Naito

Narutoshi Kameoka

A mobile radio communication device for an automatic toll collection system executes toll charging processing and travel guide. It communicates with road-side communication devices at an entrance gate and an exit gate in a toll charge area to receive map data. It also receives present position information from a GPS receiver circuit. It executes processing necessary for toll charging based on the received map data and present position information. It also provides a travel guide in the toll charge area.

Mobile radio communication for automatic toll collection system

A steering apparatus for use in a motor vehicle whereby the actual steering angle of a vehicle wheel is controlled to be equal to a target steering angle. The steering apparatus includes a steering mechanism for regulating a steering angle of the vehicle wheel in accordance with an input signal thereto, a device for determining a target steering angle of the wheel in accordance with the vehicle travelling state, a device for obtaining the difference (X1) between the determined target steering angle and the actual steering angle of the wheel, and a device for calculating a steering angular velocity (X2) on the basis of the actual steering angle. A control device calculates at least two switching functions (L1), (L2) on the basis of the obtained difference (X1) and the calculated steering angular velocity (X2) for obtaining a switching line on the basis of the calculated switching functions (L1), (L2). A control signal is generated as the input signal to the steering mechanism so that the obtained difference (X1) and the calculated steering angular velocity (X2) are respectively converged to zero under restriction of the obtained switching line. Preferably, the two switching functions (L1), (L2) are corrected on the basis of the vehicle travelling state including the speed of the motor vehicle.

Steering control apparatus for motor vehicles

Disclosed is a fuel injection quantity control system incorporated with a fuel injection pump with a solenoid-operated spill valve wherein a control signal is generated for cutting off a fuel supply to engine cylinders when a rotational phase angle of a drive shaft of the fuel injection pump is coincident with a desired spill phase angle determined in accordance with engine operating conditions. The desired spill phase angle, i.e., the opening timing of the spill valve is controlled in accordance with the rotational variations of the fuel injection pump. The desired spill phase angle is divided by unit angle corresponding to a detection period of rotational angle signals produced in accordance with the rotation of the pump drive shaft, obtaining a quotient and a remainder angle. The remainder angle is converted into a time on the basis of an engine speed. The generation of the control signal basically occurs upon the elapse of the converted time after the count of rotational angle signals is coincident with the quotient. If the engine operating condition varies immediately prior to the coincidence therebetween, the control signal is generated immediately after the coincidence or upon the elapse of a predetermined time period thereafter.

Method and apparatus for controlling fuel injection quantity into a

A fuel injection pump is described wherein a plunger is rotatingly and reciprocally movable in an enclosure to define a compression chamber which is connected to a fuel inlet during an intake stroke of the plunger and to a fuel outlet during a compression stroke thereby to initiate injection of fuel to the outlet. A solenoid valve is responsive to a voltage applied from a voltage source for providing a pressure relief action on the fuel in the compression chamber. A control unit is responsive to the onset of fuel injection to determine a basic timing at which fuel is to be terminated and corrects the basic timing as a function of the source voltage to compensate for a voltage variation thereof which would otherwise affect on the operation of the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve is then energized at the corrected timing.

Fuel injection pump having voltage variation compensation

An injection pump control system comprises a plurality of pressure feed mechanisms each thereof including inner cams, pump plungers, etc., and provided in a rotor, a separate fuel inlet passage provided for each pressure feed mechanism, an electromagnetic valve provided for each fuel inlet passage to open and close the same, an electric control circuit for making the number of open-close operations of each electromagnetic valve equal to the number of operations of each pressure feed mechanism and for controlling the duration of opening of the electromagnetic valves in accordance with the operating conditions of an engine.

Injection pump control system

A function signal having a desired characteristic curve is generated through the logical operation on a vehicle speed signal indicative of the speed of a vehicle, a ratio signal indicative of the air-to-fuel of the mixture supplied to the engine mounted on the vehicle, and a pressure signal indicative of the pressure in the intake manifold of the engine. The position of an electromagnetic valve for adjusting the amount of fuel supplied to the engine is controlled in response to the function signal, thereby controlling the air-to-fuel of mixtures in accordance with the various driving conditions of the vehicle including the vehicle speed.

Electric air-to-fuel ratio control system

A desired function signal is provided by a logical circuit which selects one of a signal corresponding to the speed of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine, a signal corresponding to the intake pressure, a signal corresponding to the air-to-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine, and a signal corresponding to the opening of a throttle valve in accordance with the driving conditions of the vehicle. The amount of additional intake air flowing through an additional intake system provided in the engine is controlled in accordance with the desired function signal, thus providing an air-fuel mixture ratio which suits the driving conditions of the vehicle, the running speed of the vehicle in particular.

Air-to-fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engines

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Okazaki, Japan

Yoshimune Konishi