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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
May. 18, 1993
Hisashi Kadowaki, Kariya, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a lean burn control system for an internal combustion engine, when surging in the engine is caused due to lowering of an engine lean limit, a first correction circuit decreases a target air-fuel ratio irrespective of whether the system is operated under an open loop control or a feedback control. On the other hand, when the surging is caused due to variation in output characteristic of an air-fuel ratio monitoring sensor, a second correction circuit decreases the target air-fuel ratio only when the system is operated under the feedback control. Accordingly, the target air-fuel ratio as corrected by the first correction circuit is used in the open loop control, while the target air-fuel ratio as corrected by the first and second correction circuits is used in the feedback control.