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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
Kazunori Kawamura, Wako, JP;
Futoshi Nishioka, Wako, JP;
Osamu Kitamura, Tochigi, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A throttle valve control system for an internal combustion engine which controls an opening of a throttle valve of the engine so that the opening coincides with a target opening. A regulation value of a change amount of the throttle valve opening is set according to at least a temperature parameter indicative of a temperature of the engine. The target opening is set within a range defined by the regulation value. An upper limit value and a lower limit value of the regulation value is set according to the temperature parameter, and a transition control is performed wherein the regulation value is set according to an elapsed time period after start of the engine so as to change from the lower limit value to the upper limit value.