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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tadayuki Nagai, Toyota, JP;

Senji Kato, Aichi-ken, JP;

Zenichiro Mashiki, Nisshin, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 1/700 ;
Abstract

A fuel injection controller of a cylinder injection engine selects an injection mode from various fuel injection modes including an intake stroke injection mode, in which fuel is injected during an intake stroke, and a compression stroke injection mode, in which fuel is injected during a compression stroke. The controller includes a selector for selecting the compression stroke injection mode when the engine is cool if the temperature of the engine when the engine is started is within a predetermined temperature range and for selecting the intake stroke injection mode when the engine is cool if the temperature of the engine when the engine is started is higher than the predetermined temperature range.


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