Abstract: A brake control apparatus for controlling braking applied to wheels of a motor driven vehicle to decelerate the vehicle, comprises, a braking force generator for generating a braking force applicable to the wheels, a failure detector for detecting a failure of generating the braking force on at least one of the wheels, and a controller for changing an actually obtainable degree on the vehicle in accordance with the detected failure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to maintain stable air-fuel ratio on a venturi type fuel supply device, irrespective of the external load such as air-conditioner and electrical load, and to provide stable engine speed on idling state. A venturi type fuel supply device comprises a venturi chamber located in the upstream of a throttle valve and a passage for supplying air-fuel mixture gas into the venturi chamber. The passage is further equipped with a variable air bleeder valve for taking in air. When the operating state of the external load of the engine changes, the opening of the air bleeder valve is adjusted in accordance with the change so as to control the air-fuel mixture ratio of the mixture gas incoming from the passage into the venturi chamber.

Abstract: An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that controls an engine speed during idling by bypassing a throttle valve, an air bleed valve that is disposed downstream from a regulator for regulating the pressure of a fuel gas supplied to the engine and that controls a flow path area of a passage open to atmosphere, a target speed setting means that sets a target engine speed during idling, a throttle valve opening control means that controls the opening of the idle speed control valve so as to maintain the target engine speed, a control factor setting means that sets a factor so as to control the opening of the idle speed control valve, a capturing means that captures a change in a state of the factor, and a control means that controls the air bleed valve based on the change in the state of the factor captured by the capturing means. It controls the air bleed valve.

Abstract: An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that is disposed in a bypass passage that bypasses a throttle valve, a starting phase determination means that determines whether the engine is in a pre-start phase or a post-start phase, a first opening setting means that sets the opening of the idle speed control valve before starting, a second opening setting means that sets the opening of the idle speed control valve after starting, and a target opening setting means that sets at least one target opening for the idle speed control valve opening when the engine shifts from the pre-start phase to the post-start phase. While the engine is being started, the fuel control device shifts the ISC valve opening from the opening before the complete explosion is determined to the target opening after the complete explosion and eventually to the opening after the complete explosion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to maintain stable air-fuel ratio on a venturi type fuel supply device, irrespective of the external load such as air-conditioner and electrical load, and to provide stable engine speed on idling state.

Abstract: An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that controls an engine speed during idling by bypassing a throttle valve, an air bleed valve that is disposed downstream from a regulator for regulating the pressure of a fuel gas supplied to the engine and that controls a flow path area of a passage open to atmosphere, a target speed setting means that sets a target engine speed during idling, a throttle valve opening control means that controls the opening of the idle speed control valve so as to maintain the target engine speed, a control factor setting means that sets a factor so as to control the opening of the idle speed control valve, a capturing means that captures a change in a state of the factor, and a control means that controls the air bleed valve based on the change in the state of the factor captured by the capturing means. It controls the air bleed valve.

Abstract: An engine fuel control device includes an idle speed control valve that is disposed in a bypass passage that bypasses a throttle valve, a starting phase determination means that determines whether the engine is in a pre-start phase or a post-start phase, a first opening setting means that sets the opening of the idle speed control valve before starting, a second opening setting means that sets the opening of the idle speed control valve after starting, and a target opening setting means that sets at least one target opening for the idle speed control valve opening when the engine shifts from the pre-start phase to the post-start phase. While the engine is being started, the fuel control device shifts the ISC valve opening from the opening before the complete explosion is determined to the target opening after the complete explosion and eventually to the opening after the complete explosion.

Abstract: The variation of the A/F ratio and the deterioration of driving feeling or exhaust owing to the response delay of air intake against the fuel injection is suppressed, in an engine control apparatus for controlling an intake air flow based on the torque or the fuel injection amount. The apparatus causes the phase of fuel injection to fit to that of air intake. In order to fit the phase of fuel injection to that of air intake, an apparatus for delaying the fuel injection or an apparatus for speeding up the air intake is used.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fuel supply control apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having an injector with air assist, a reasonable system in which injection is made during intake stroke when air assist air is supplied by the air assist, and injection is made during exhaust stroke when no air assist is effected, and an air assist volume, a droplet size and an operating condition are combined. With this construction, the fuel injection timing is shifted from the intake stroke side to the exhaust stroke side in accordance with an air assist volume so as to enhance the exhaust gas quality in which optimum micro-granulation and atomization of fuel are held, the fuel efficiency and the drivability.

Abstract: The variation of the A/F ratio and the deterioration of driving feeling or exhaust owing to the response delay of air intake against the fuel injection is suppressed, in an engine control apparatus for controlling an intake air flow based on the torque or the fuel injection amount.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus controls an intake air flow based on the engine torque or the fuel injection amount. A variation of the A/F ratio and deterioration of a driving “feel” owing to the response delay of air intake against the fuel injection is suppressed. The phase of fuel injection is caused to fit that of the air intake phase by delaying the fuel injection or by speeding up the air intake.

Abstract: A flow controller in a flow control valve for an internal combustion engine. When the flow control valve is operated in a closing direction upon the occurrence of an abnormal state in the flow control valve such as sticking, resonance frequency vibration is applied to the valve so that a sliding resistance force of a screw mechanism can be lowered and the valve can be closed. To prevent problems with the flow control valve such as being out-of-control, a setting time is added to a drive period according to the variation in the motor torque. Because the flow control valve can be reliably closed, and an out-of-control condition of the flow control valve can be prevented, an incorrect operation of the engine can be avoided.

Abstract: A conversion efficiency of a catalyst is determined by a cross correlation function of a cross-correlation between an output of an oxygen sensor at the upstream of the catalyst and an output of an oxygen sensor at the downstream of the catalyst, to thereby monitor deterioration index of the catalyst. Then, an air and fuel ratio is obtained from at least one of the outputs of the two oxygen sensors, to thereby adjust a fuel supply quantity, so that the fuel supply quantity can be controlled even during a period when the catalyst is being analyzed, without deviating the air and fuel ratio from a target air and fuel ratio.

Abstract: A lens-fitted photographic film package with a flash unit and a viewfinder optical system, which is thin and contributes to effective and economical automatic recycling operations. The taking lens system of the film package is accommodated in a lens holder incorporated in a photo-taking unit having photo-taking mechanisms, and is held immovably in the lens holder by a lens cover removably fitted on the lens holder by snap-in engagement. The viewfinder optical system is also incorporated in the photo-taking unit. The photo-taking unit is removably attached to a main body of the film package, and the flash unit is removably attached to the main body with its printed circuit board disposed between the photo-taking unit and a front surface of a film supply chamber. A light emitting portion of the flash unit is secured to a lateral side of the printed circuit board, so as to be disposed above the film supply chamber.

Abstract: A lens-fitted photographic film package with a flash unit and a viewfinder optical system, which is thin and contributes to effective and economical automatic recycling operations. The taking lens system of the film package is accommodated in a lens holder incorporated in a photo-taking unit having photo-taking mechanisms, and is held immovably in the lens holder by a lens cover removably fitted on the lens holder by snap-in engagement. The viewfinder optical system is also incorporated in the photo-taking unit. The photo-taking unit is removably attached to a main body of the film package, and the flash unit is removably attached to the main body with its printed circuit board disposed between the photo-taking unit and a front surface of a film supply chamber. A light emitting portion of the flash unit is secured to a lateral side of the printed circuit board, so as to be disposed above the film supply chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the fuel injection rate of an internal combustion engine in which the formation of a fuel liquid film on interior walls of the fuel intake manifold is compensated by detecting the intake air flow rate to the internal combustion engine, and using it to access a fuel condensation rate table and a fuel evaporation rate table.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sensing an air flow into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine are arranged to determine a number of revolutions of the engine, determine a pressure of an intake pipe of the engine, and calculate an air flow Qc into a cylinder of the engine, based on the number of revolutions and the pressure of the intake pipe by the linear expression of Qc=.alpha.P+.beta., in which .alpha. is a coefficient indicating a gradient of a linear expression and defined according to the number of revolutions, .beta. is a coefficient indicating an offset value and defined according to the number of revolutions, and P is a pressure of the intake pipe. The method and the apparatus for controlling fuel of the internal combustion engine operate to generate a fuel flow signal according to the air flow into the cylinder determined by the above method and feed fuel to the internal combustion engine at a flow rate corresponding to a fuel flow signal.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of conducting lean burn control, such as exhaust gas emission control, always optimally regardless of a timewise change of the internal combustion engine, variations in engines, and an environmental change. The control device includes a detector for detecting a burn condition of the internal combustion engine, a lean limit air-fuel ratio factor map, a lean burn feedback logic, an oxygen concentration sensor, and a feedback control logic for controlling an air-fuel ratio to a theoretical air-fuel ratio, wherein lean burn is performed at the middle point between the lean limit air-fuel ratio and the theoretical air-fuel ratio.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is provided with two soldering land portions on respective lead lines. Each of the soldering land portions has two sub-soldering land portions and a narrow connecting portion for connecting the sub-soldering portions, so that the land portions are substantially H-shaped. When the printed circuit board is dip soldered after being coated with a solder-proof layer exposing the soldering land portions, solder sticks to the soldering land portions in such a way that it is thicker on the sub-soldering land portions but thinner on the narrow connecting portions. Thereafter, the synchro contacts of a camera flash unit are positioned on the respective narrow connecting portions and soldered to the lead lines by a soldering iron or hot air.

Abstract: A conversion efficiency of a catalyst is estimated by a correlation function concerning output signals of upper and down stream side air fuel ratio sensors. The conversion efficiency is measured by comparing the correlation function and a complementary value of the correlation function with a comparing standard value.