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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stuart Graham Price, Kensington, AU;
Assignee:
Orbital Engine Company (Australia) Pty Limited, Balcatta, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 4/116 ; F02D 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 4/116 ; F02D 4/108 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling the idle speed of an internal combustion engine including, in response to the engine speed being below a predetermined level: determining the rate of change of the speed of the engine; selecting an idle entry set-point as a function of said rate; and initiating idle speed control of the engine on the basis of said idle entry set-point to thereby control the engine speed to a base idle speed.