Abstract: A flow rate meter which serves to ascertain the mass of a flowing medium, in particular the flow rate of the air aspirated by an internal combustion engine via its air intake tube. The flow rate meter includes a measuring device that is pivotable about a bearing shaft in a flow conduit, in order to reduce the measurement error at maximum flow rate of the medium, a connecting conduit discharges downstream of the measuring device and its opening remote from the flow conduit leads into the damping chamber.

Abstract: A pressure regulating device is proposed, which serves to regulate the fuel pressure in a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines. The pressure regulating device includes a pressure regulating valve which has a valve diaphragm fastened in a valve housing and defining a fuel chamber which communicates via an inflow opening with a fuel distributor line. Protruding into the fuel chamber is a valve seat body joined to the valve housing, on one end of which body a valve seat is formed and the other end of which is embodied as an outlet pipe that passes through the wall of the fuel distributor line. The fuel distributor line is formed of two shell halves inserted one inside the other, of which the first shell half has a tub-shaped end into which the pressure regulating valve is inserted and with which it is securely fastened.

Abstract: A fuel supply line for use with fuel injection devices of internal combustion engines is proposed, having supports to contain fuel injection valves. The fuel supply line has an elastic wall section, with which is connected a rigid wall section and on which are fastened the supports. The elastic wall section is elastic to the extent that it damps the pressure pulsations of the fuel in the fuel supply line, whereas the rigid wall section assures the required rigidity of the fuel supply line.

Abstract: A method of and a device for regulating air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine includes an oxygen or lambda probe and a signal processing unit connected to the lambda probe. The change-overs of the lambda signal at the output of the lambda probe are compared with a succession of adjustable first time intervals t.sub.1 and, when no change-over is detected during the first time interval, the output signal from the signal processing unit which controls the air-fuel ratio is abruptly changed in a jump. To avoid overshoot of the output control signal, there is provided a resetting unit by means of which the jump of the control signal is reversed when the change-over of the lambda signal occurs in an additional monitoring time interval t.sub.2 following the first monitoring time interval t.sub.1.

Abstract: A fuel metering system and method for an internal combustion engine is proposed, having a lambda regulation device and a warm-up enrichment, in which at the onset of regulation the warm-up enrichment is reduced or turned off for the purpose of not having an abnormally high control stroke when transferring to a closed-loop operation and thereby rapidly attaining a stable lambda value.

Abstract: A fuel metering system having a .lambda. regulation device in which the delay periods known per se from the prior art are variable upon the switchover of the integration direction of an integrator included in the .lambda. regulation system. This variation produces a shortening of the delay period, as a result of which it is possible to prevent an excessive enrichment of the mixture. The invention relates to a controllable reduction of the individual delay signal as well as a control of the total duration of control exerted on the delay signals as they appear. The invention is independent of whether it is realized by either analog or digital circuit technology.

Abstract: A regulating device is described for regulating or adjusting the composition of the operating mixture of an internal combustion engine. When the engine or exhaust gas probe is still cold, the composition of the fuel-air mixture is controlled in an open-loop manner, and upon the attainment of a minimum operating temperature, the closed-loop regulating device for influencing the fuel-air mixture is activated. The activation of the regulating device is effected, when the engine is being operated under a load, after the attainment of a first, low temperature value; during engine idling, this is effected after the attainment of a second, higher temperature value. Via the throttle valve, a switchover is effected between two threshold values of a threshold switch.

Abstract: There is described a method and an apparatus for use with the fuel preparation system of an internal combustion engine, for example, a fuel injection system which operates injection valves with electrical control pulses. When the gas pedal of a vehicle is actuated abruptly, the air flow measuring device of such systems is subject to oscillations around its equilibrium point, and the initial one of these swings is used to cause enrichment of the fuel-air mixture. The return swing generates an undesired lean signal which is suppressed by a "damping circuit". In addition, there is provided mixture enriching during steady applications of the gas pedal by means of a time-decaying enrichment signal generated by a slow acting circuit which operates in superposition to the action of the damping circuit. Both circuits may be suppressed by a blocking circuit during certain engine conditions, for example, during engine starting and engine overrunning as well as on the basis of temperature.

Abstract: A device for metering fuel in an internal combustion engine which comprises sensors for operating parameters, an acceleration detecting stage with a subsequently connected pulse generating stage as well as a pulse lengthening stage, and a fuel metering system wherein the acceleration detecting stage is indirectly and/or directly associated with at least one of a plurality of components including an oscillation stopper (to prevent renewed triggering in case of an oscillation-carrying input signal), a blocking stage (for unequivocal and secure triggering), a repetition stopper (to avoid multiple triggering during gradual and longer-term signal rises), and a switching suppressor (to prevent a voltage rise after a switching step from being evaluated as an instance of acceleration) so that the device serves to operate the acceleration enrichment of the fuel-air mixture for the internal combustion engine with a minimum of disturbance thereby attaining optimum acceleration processes.

Abstract: The cyclic control pulses for actuating the fuel injection valves of an internal combustion engine are extended during engine starting at low temperatures. The degree of pulse extension, i.e. of fuel enrichment, is made dependent on engine temperature and decreases as a function of cranking time. In addition, a repeated starting attempt will be accompanied by reduced pulse extension to prevent excessive enrichment of the mixture. The pulse extension may also be retained for a period of time after engine cranking to insure smooth running.

Abstract: A warm-up regulator device for enriching the air-fuel mixture delivered to an internal combustion engine during the engine warm-up phase, said engine having a fuel-metering system with a switching arrangement for generating metering signals in response to a group of engine operating parameters, a compensation stage for correcting the metering signals and a fuel-metering means, wherein the compensation stage is connected to a function generator for producing a signal which is speed-responsive to compensate for condensation losses in the walls of the fuel lines and engine when the engine is cold thus optimizing the operation of the engine. Also disclosed are several ways for reducing the compensation for condensation losses at higher speeds to prevent a negative affect on the exhaust gases and to match the regulator to various engines.

Abstract: The invention relates to a subpressure limiter for a fuel injection system of a mixture compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engine wherein the apportioned fuel quantity is injected into the suction tube containing an arbitrarily actuatable throttle valve, and wherein the suction tube sections upstream and downstream of the throttle valve are interconnected by means of a bypass whose cross-sectional area is variable by means of the subpressure limiter and features a pressure dependent control element responding to the subpressure prevailing within the suction tube section downstream of the throttle valve during an overrunning operation.