Abstract: An engine control system of a multiple cylinder engine shifts operation between operation with all the cylinders operated and operation with a portion of the cylinders rested under a predetermined condition. When the operation with all the cylinders operated is shifted to operation with the number of the operating cylinders reduced, a control value for controlling the cylinder, such as an amount of fuel to be supplied or an ignition timing, is corrected in a direction of increasing output of the engine, the cylinder being in process of combustion immediately prior to a shift from the operation with all the cylinders operated to the operation with the number of the operating cylinders being reduced.

Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission in an automotive vehicle selects an appropriate shift pattern in compliance with the temperature of hydraulic oil contained in a torque converter of the automatic transmission. The control system includes a transmission control unit having a plurality of shift patterns including a first shaft pattern favored for a cold engine and a second shift pattern favored for an engine after warm-up, an oil sensor for detecting the temperature of hydraulic oil contained in or supplied to the torque converter, a timer for counting the time period after engine starting, and a CPU for selecting either the first or second shift pattern. The first shaft pattern is selected when the temperature of hydraulic oil is less than a preset value, whereas the second shift pattern is selected when the time set by the timer is up.

Abstract: A fuel supply control system for an engine associated with a transmission for transmitting the engine output power to driving wheels of a vehicle increases the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine when the engine is in a particular operating condition in which relatively large engine output power is required. The fuel supply control system receives a signal from a switch which is switched over according to whether the engine is associated with a manual transmission or an automatic transmission, and controls the amount by which the fuel to be supplied to the engine is increased when the engine is in the particular operating condition so that the amount is smaller when the engine is associated with an automatic transmission than when the engine is associated with a manual transmission.

Abstract: A hot wire type flow sensor having a cylindrical housing to be placed in a fluid passage, a plurality of hot wire supporters mounted on the inner surface of the housing, a hot wire stretched between the supporters, and a control circuit connected to the hot wire to output a signal in proportion to a flow rate of fluid. The inner surface of the housing at the upstream side of the hot wire is so formed that the flow of the fluid is concentrated at the central part of the hot wire.

Abstract: A shift indicator system for a vehicle comprises an engine speed sensor, an engine speed comparator for comparing the engine speed detected by the engine speed sensor with a preset value, an indicator which provides an indication for directing upshifting when the engine speed is not lower than the preset value, a delay circuit which inhibits the indicator from providing the indication for directing upshifting until the engine speed continues to be not lower than the preset value for a predetermined time interval, an engine speed increasing rate detector for detecting the rate of increase of the engine speed, an engine load increasing rate detector for detecting the rate of increase of the engine load, and a delay time setting circuit which receives the outputs of the engine speed increasing rate detector and the engine load increasing rate detector, and makes the predetermined time interval shorter as the engine speed increasing rate increases and longer as the engine load increasing rate increases.

Abstract: A fuel control apparatus comprises a fuel supplying means for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine depending on the operation of a fuel control valve, a hot-wire type intake air quantity sensor disposed in an air-intake passage for the internal combustion engine to detect the quantity of air passing therethrough, a memory means which is adapted to accumulate an output from the intake air quantity sensor, the number of revolution of sand internal combustion engine, or the length of time in operation of the internal combustion engine, and holds the value obtained by the accumulation after the engine is stopped, and a control means for heating a hot wire at a temperature higher than a temperature in the normal operation so as to burn off a deposit on the hot wire after the accumulated value in the memory means reached a predetermined value and the engines is stopped.

Abstract: A shifting timing indicating system for a vehicle includes a control circuit having an engine rpm sensor for detecting the engine rpm and a rpm comparator which receives the output of the engine rpm sensor and determines whether the engine rpm exceeds a preset value. The control circuit outputs a shift-up signal when the engine rpm exceeds the preset value. A shift-up indicator receives the shift-up signal from the control circuit and makes a shift-up display to direct the operator of the vehicle to shift up. An acceleration detecting circuit detects the rate of increase in engine load and the shift-up indicator is inhibited from making the shift-up display for a predetermined time interval which is extended with increase in the rate of increase in engine load.

Abstract: An acceleration detecting system for an internal combustion engine comprises air flow determining elements for determining intake air mass flow in an inlet channel provided to the engine and acceleration judging circuitry for judging an accelerating condition of the engine on the strength of an output of the air flow determining elements.

Abstract: A Karman vortex generator is disposed in the air intake passage of an internal combustion engine. The frequency of the Karman vortex generated by the generator is detected by a Karman vortex frequency detector to measure the flow rate of intake air. The frequency of the Karman vortex is in proportion to the flow rate of intake air with a Strouhal number being the constant of proportionality thereof. However, when the flow rate or the flow velocity of intake air is within a certain range, the Strouhal number fluctuates and the proportionality between the Strouhal number and the flow rate of intake air is broken. This range is shifted when the kinematic viscosity of intake air changes. The kinematic viscosity of intake air depends upon the temperature thereof.

Abstract: In a turbocharged engine, a pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the blower of the turbocharger and protective devices such as an alarm lamp for requiring the operator to lower the supercharging pressure and means for interrupting fuel feed to the engine are actuated under the control of a control circuit, when the supercharging pressure detected by the pressure sensor exceeds a preset maximum supercharging pressure. The control circuit does not permit the protective devices to operate unless the detected supercharging pressure continues higher than the preset maximum supercharging pressure for a predetermined time interval.

Abstract: A reliability ensuring system for an internal combustion engine comprises an operating state detecting means for detecting the value of an engine parameter to be controlled which could affect the reliability of the engine and should be controlled when it goes outside a normal region. A preset value generating means generates a plurality of preset values with respect to the value of the engine parameter to be controlled, the preset values corresponding to different degrees of deviation of the engine parameter to be controlled from the normal region. An output signal generating means generates an output when the detected value of the engine parameter to be controlled exceeds one of the preset values for a predetermined time interval. The predetermined time interval is determined for each preset value so that it increases as the degree of deviation of the factor to be controlled from the normal region is reduced.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine including an intake system for providing a supply of intake gas to the engine, an exhaust system for exhausting combustion gas from the engine as exhaust gas and an engine control system.

Abstract: A vehicle including an internal combustion engine having a fuel supply system for providing a supply of fuel, a deceleration detecting device for detecting that the engine is in deceleration, a heater having heat exchanger for bringing air in the vehicle into a heat exchange relationship with engine cooling medium so that the air in the vehicle is heated by the engine cooling medium, a heater operation detecting device for detecting that the heater is in operation, a fuel supply control device responsive to outputs of the deceleration detecting device and the heater operation detecting device for interrupting the supply of fuel when the engine is in deceleration and the heater is not in operation.