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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1977
Hirohiko Hoshi, Toyota, JP;
Toshio Funayama, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiko Ishiguro, Toyota, JP;
Hidetomo Umehara, Susono, JP;
Abstract
Method and equipment for control of an internal combustion engine including a fuel-reforming device includes appropriate control of the ratio of total air to total fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine through mechanical regulation of the volume of air to pass through the fuel-reforming device in accordance with the volume of air to be sucked into the engine without passing through the fuel-reforming device, suction being done utilizing the negative pressure downstream of the throttle valve; through electrical regulation of the volume of fuel to be supplied to the air passing through the fuel-reforming device in accordance with the volume of the air; and through electrical control of a separate fuel-supply provided in the air path which does not run through the fuel-reforming device and of a fuel-supply which runs through the fuel-reforming device.