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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1979
Walter Bach, Steinheim, DE;
Rainer Blumhardt, Remseck, DE;
Rolf Fusser, Freiberg, DE;
Karl-Heinz Ruckert, Marbach-Hornle, DE;
Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
A device for electronically controlling the intake air temperature of an internal combustion engine, featuring a temperature sensor in the clean air space of the filter, the signal from the sensor controlling an electromagnetically driven oscillator pump whose vacuum output adjusts the flapper of an air flow proportioning valve by means of a pneumatic actuator, until the correct ratio of cold and preheated raw air is admitted into the intake system for the establishment of an optimal combustion air temperature. An automatic lowering of this temperature under full-load operation is achieved by utilizing the negative pressure in the air intake manifold as a control means to shift the oscillating armature of the oscillator pump away from its maximum output position. In an air intake system for fuel-injected engines, a similar result is achieved by means of an air flow sensor whose output signal is superimposed on the control signal from the temperature sensor.