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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1986
Fumio Yatabe, Wako, JP;
Yoshio Wazaki, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of effecting feedback control of the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine to a first predetermined value, by correcting a basic fuel supply quantity by the use of a correction coefficient variable in response to the output of an exhaust gas ingredient concentration sensor, when the engine is operating in a predetermined feedback control region. A predetermined engine low-load operating region outside the predetermined feedcback control region is defined by at least one parameter representing load on the engine. When the engine enters the predetermined low-load operating region, the correction coefficient is gradually decreased until the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture is increased to a second predetermined value leaner than the first predetermined value. When the engine enters the predetermined feedback control region from the predetermined low-load operating region, the initial value of the correction coefficient is set to the product of a value of the correction coefficient obtained immediately before the engine enters the predetermined feedback control region and a predetermined enriching coefficient, and the set initial value is gradually increased until the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture is decreased to the first predetermined value.