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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1984
Yutaka Otobe, Shiki, JP;
Akihiro Yamato, Shiki, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture being supplied to an internal combustion engine includes comparing the value of a signal indicative of the concentration of an exhaust gas ingredient with a predetermined reference value, detecting from the comparison result a first change in the air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the engine from a value richer than a predetermined value to a value leaner than same, or a second change in the air-fuel ratio of the mixture from a value leaner than the predetermined value to a value richer than same, correcting the value of an air-fuel ratio control signal by increasing or decreasing same by a first predetermined correction value in response to the first change or the second change thus detected, and controlling the air-fuel ratio of the mixture in a feedback manner responsive to the value of the air-fuel ratio control signal thus corrected. A second predetermined correction value, in lieu of the first predetermined correction value, is applied to correction of the air-fuel ratio control signal in response to a selected one of the first change and the second change with a cycle a predetermined number of times as large as the fluctuation cycle of the exhaust gas ingredient concentration-indicative signal.