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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoichi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Kashima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123491 ; 12317916 ;
Abstract
A flexible fuel vehicle has an engine with a fuel injector for injecting mixed fuel of gasoline and alcohol into the engine. The operation of a starter motor of the engine is inhibited for a set time period before injecting the mixed fuel from the fuel injector and the mixed fuel is circulated flowing from the fuel pump to the fuel tank for the set time period so as to sufficiently and homogeneously mix the gasoline and alcohol in the mixed fuel.