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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1972
William R Seitz, Farmington, MI (US);
The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A closed loop engine control system for internal combustion engines is described. The control system includes a comparator which is responsive to signals indicative of the presence or absence of oxygen in the exhaust gas of the engine and a set point or reference and is operative to generate an output signal for receipt by a fuel delivery controller which will cause that fuel delivery controller to increase fuel delivery in the presence of oxygen molecules in the exhaust gas and to decrease fuel delivery in the absence of oxygen molecules in the exhaust gas in order to maintain the fuel delivery at the predetermined, and preferably the stoichiometric, air/fuel ratio mixture point. An oscillatory stabilization signal is also applied to the comparator to reduce the amplitude of the limit cycle. The frequency of the stabilization signal should be slightly above the band pass frequency of the closed loop and the amplitude of the signal should be less than the minimum deviation expected between the sensor output signal and the set point level for square wave stabilization signals.