Abstract:
An internal combustion engine fuel injection control system having at least two groups of electrically controlled fuel injector valves which are capable of being operated so that the open time of each group of fuel injector valves may overlap. This is accomplished by a control circuit that produces a pulse train having pulse durations which are capable of being greater than the time required for the engine to complete one engine cycle divided by the number of fuel injector groups that supply fuel to said engine. A switching circuit applies the pulse train, with a phase differential, to the two groups of fuel injector valves so that switching to one injector valve group does not terminate the pulse being supplied to the other injector valve group.
Abstract:
By deriving a substantially linear voltage signal from a pressure transducer and using that signal to control a plurality of current sources and current sinks, the controlled currents generated thereby may be passed through a resistance of known value to produce a usable output signal having a nonlinear relationship with respect to the pressure sensed by the transducer. If current sources to be controlled are designated by N, the resultant curve can have N-1 breakpoints where the slope of the curve of output voltage with respect to sensed pressure changes. By controlling a plurality of current sources which are active for all values of sensed pressure, the slope of the resultant curve can change from positive to negative values and back again.
Abstract:
A circuit for recognizing and providing warm-up enrichment fuel compensation for an electronic fuel control system is described herein. The circuit is adapted to recognize and respond to an engine operating parameter indicative of engine operation at an engine temperature less than the normal operating temperature and to increase the duration of the fuel injection command pulse generated by the main electronic fuel control system. In those electronic fuel control systems which provide a fuel injection command pulse whenever a generated voltage wave shape is below a threshold value, the present invention contemplates altering the shape of the generated wave shape to delay its excursion through the threshold value.
Abstract:
A fuel pump control circuit is disclosed herein to provide optimum fuel delivery at constant operating pressure to the fuel injector valve means of an electronically controlled fuel supply system. By energizing the pump in response to the engine operating parameters which determine the engine fuel requirement, a minimum of fuel in excess of the fuel requirement is recirculated from the area of the engine back to the fuel reservoir. In order to suitably energize the fuel pump, the pump is provided with a maximum voltage during the time period of the injection pulse with the energizing voltage decreasing thereafter so that a minimum of fuel is circulated through the fuel supply system during the noninjection phase. This provides a variable level of average fuel pump energization.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an electronic deceleration control, responsive to engine operating condition sensors, cooperating with an electronic fuel control computer for an internal combustion engine for curtailing or terminating the fuel delivery to the engine under selected engine operating conditions indicating an operator''s demand for deceleration. The deceleration control restores normal fuel delivery to the engine in response to a second set of selected engine operating conditions indicating the demand for deceleration has been terminated. The inventive control responds to signals indicative of the engine speed and the intake manifold absolute pressure, and computes the first time derivative of the intake manifold pressure, giving an immediate indication of the deceleration demand independent of throttle position or a minimum manifold pressure. This control system, cooperating with an electronic fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine, substantially reduces the exhaust emissions during the period of deceleration.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine fuel injection control system of the type having one or more electrically controlled fuel injector valves which are opened and closed as a function of rotation of each revolution of the crank shaft and/or the pressure in the engine intake manifold so that the open time of the fuel injector valves changes with variations in the speed of the crank shaft even if the pressure in the engine intake manifold remains constant. This is accomplished by a control circuit that produces a periodic signal having periods and signal durations which are dependent upon the time required for the crank shaft to complete one revolution. Each signal generated during a revolution of the crank shaft includes a portion wherein the magnitude of the signal increases at a constant rate. The constant rate at which the magnitude of the periodic signal increases remains the same regardless of the changes in the duration of the periodic signal.
Abstract:
The circuit of the present invention is operative to produce an output signal having a plurality of signal levels and which automatically switches therebetween in response to a remotely sensed voltage signal. The circuitry of the present invention includes a current source operative to provide a known quantity of current which is passed through a resistive means to establish the output voltage signal. A current sink is provided in parallel with the resistive network and is selectively operative or inoperative to vary the amount of current flowing from the current source through the resistive network. Means are provided to sense the remote voltage and to control the current sink in response to the sensed voltage. The sensed voltage is also applied to the resistive network through a uni-directional current flow device to establish within the resistive network a voltage which corresponds to the sensed voltage whereby a decrease in the sensed voltage will automatically produce a corresponding decrease in the voltage output signal.