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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an internal combustion engine system, a fuel injection control apparatus for preventing fuel leakage with high reliability in the engine-stopped state. The apparatus includes various types of sensors ( ) for detecting operation states of an internal combustion engine ( ), a fuel pump ( ) and a fuel supply pipe ( ) for supplying a fuel from a fuel tank ( ) to the engine ( ), a fuel injector ( ) for injecting the fuel into the engine, an engine stoppage detecting means for detecting a stopped state of the engine ( ), a fuel temperature estimating means for estimating temperature of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe ( ), and a fuel pressure lowering means for lowering pressure of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe ( ). The fuel pressure lowering means is designed to lower pressure of the fuel within the fuel supply pipe ( ) after the stoppage of operation of the engine ( ) in dependence on an estimated fuel temperature determined by the fuel temperature estimating means.