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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Majima, Inuyama, JP;
Toyoji Yagi, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ; F02M 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ; F02M 5/100 ;
Abstract
During an operation to warm up a catalyst at an early time, an engine control apparatus adjusts an intake valve to a target opening position, which is set to provide a sufficient flow velocity of a flow of intake air flowing through the intake valve. Thus, fuel stuck on the intake passage is evaporated and, in addition, mixed gas in a combustion chamber is well agitated. Furthermore, the engine control unit controls a fuel injection period, a fuel injection timing and an ignition timing in accordance with the opening timing of the intake valve. Therefore, an amount of stuck fuel is reduced according to increase in the flow velocity of intake air.