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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1988
Kazuya Oda, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshihiro Matsuoka, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Toru Onaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsuru Nagaoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle engine comprises a first detecting device for detecting a controlled variable on an accelerator, an engine ouput adjusting device, such as a throttle valve, a second detecting device for detecting a situation wherein a vehicle employing therein the vehicle engine is in a travelling condition of traffic jam, and a control device for controlling the engine output adjusting device to cause the vehicle engine to vary its engine output with a predetermined rate of variation in the engine output to the controlled variable on the accelerator when the situation wherein the vehicle is in the travelling condition of traffic jam is not detected by the second detecting device and with a diminished rate of variation in the engine output to the controlled variable on the accelerator when the situation wherein the vehicle is in the travelling condition of traffic jam is detected by said second detecting device so as to have the engine output adjusted in accordance with the controlled variable on the accelerator detected by the first detecting device.