Abstract: A vacuum generator is provided wherein the intake vacuum of a combustion engine is led to a negative pressure device such as a vacuum booster of a brake booster device through a check valve. An idling air passage is connected to a suction pipe of the combustion engine to bypass a throttle valve arranged in the suction pipe. An ejector is arranged in the idling air passage at the downstream of an idle speed control valve in serial relation to the same, and the intake for idling is performed through the ejector. As the intake air flow passing through the idling air passage increases, the intake negative pressure which is generated at a vacuum takeout port of the ejector is further increased in absolute value, whereby the negative pressure device has a negative pressure which is further increased in absolute value.

Abstract: A method is presented for idle speed control of a lean burn spark ignition internal combustion engine using a fuel-based control strategy. In particular, the idle speed control strategy involves using a combination of fuel quantity or timing and ignition timing to achieve desired engine speed or torque while maintaining the air/fuel ratio more lean than prior art systems. Depending on engine operating conditions, the fuel quantity or timing is adjusted to give a more rich air/fuel ratio in order to respond to an engine speed or torque demand increase. Additionally, due to operation close to the lean misfire limit, the spark ignition timing is adjusted away from MBT in response to an engine speed or torque demand decrease. The advantages of this fuel based control system include better fuel economy as well as fast engine response time due to the use of fuel quantity or timing and ignition timing to control engine output.

Abstract: In a device and a method for ignition of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder is described, the device includes a central control unit and peripheral units, each being allocated to one cylinder, digital control signals being sent from the central control unit to the peripheral units, triggering the peripheral units to ignition of the respective cylinder, measured values describing states in the peripheral units being determined by the peripheral units and sent to the central control unit as a function of the measured values, at least one time difference between the control signals and the diagnostic signals being determined by the central control unit for analysis of the diagnostic signals.

Abstract: An engine speed control unit of an internal combustion engine for controlling an engine speed so that it can reach a target value, changes the engine speed so that it can reach a target value in a period of time from the completion of the initial combustion of the engine starting to the idling steady state. The after-start engine speed peak actual value “gnepk”, which is an engine speed in the idling state in a predetermined period of time from the start of the engine, is calculated, and the after-start engine speed peak target value “tnepk” is read in from the map, and the ratio “rnepk” is found. When the ratio “rnepk” is out of the target range, it can be considered that the burning state is bad.

Abstract: The ignition timing is sustained at an initial value during a predetermined time beginning at a start of an engine, and is retarded after the predetermined time is elapsed to heat a catalyst at an early time. The predetermined time ends when the negative pressure of an intake pipe or the negative pressure of a brake booster reaches to a predetermined value. That is, the predetermined time is a period, which begins at a start of the engine and ends when a proper negative pressure can be sustained in the brake booster. As a result, it is possible to assure a negative pressure in the brake booster at an early time and to reduce exhaust emission at a start of the engine simultaneously.

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Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, such as after an engine cold start, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders having a first ignition timing, and a second group of cylinders having a second ignition timing more retarded than the first group. In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air/lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air/fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also can change to combusting all cylinders at substantially the same ignition timing under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.

Abstract: Controlling an internal combustion engine which has an additional component provided in its exhaust gas conduit including a turbine and turbo of a turbo charger, includes enriching a mixture at a high throughput, determining a main filling signal by a main filling signal sensor and a substitute filling signal by a substitute filling sensor, converting the substitute filling signal into a control signal for at least one value selected from the group consisting of an air supply, a fuel supply and an ignition time point, such that the substitute filling signal is greater than the main filling signal by at least one protective factor, and selecting the protective factor so that at high throughput a change of the mixture toward a fattening is performed.

Abstract: Proposed is a method and a device for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle. In this context, at least one correction variable of the drive unit is set as a function of a setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit, and as a function of a setpoint correction time, which represents the time in which the setpoint value for the output variable must be attained.

Abstract: A method is introduced for testing the operability of a tank vent valve between an internal combustion engine and a fuel vapor reservoir, in which the stored fuel vapor is supplied from the fuel vapor storage to the internal combustion engine when the tank vent valve is open, and in which the fuel vapor supply represents a first energy flow to the internal combustion engine, and in which air also flows to the internal combustion engine via a throttle valve, and in which a second energy flow is assigned to this air, and in which means are provided which hold the sum of the two energy flows at a predefined value, and in which the tank vent valve is controlled in an opening manner, and in which a change in the energy flow delta E through the throttle valve, resulting from the opening control, is determined, and is compared to a predetermined threshold, and in which and a small change in the energy flow, which does not exceed the threshold value (threshold), is evaluated as a fault.

Abstract: With a method for controlling the fuel supply to an internal combustion engine, in particular to a two-stroke motor, a parameter (K) of the machine, which is influenced by the fuel supply in a delayed manner, is tuned to a predetermined desired value (SW) by switching on and cutting off the fuel supply. The hysteresis is largely compensated in that an upper and/or lower threshhold value (OS,US) is allocated to the desired value (SW) of the parameter (K), that the parameter (K) is continuously measured, and that the fuel supply is cut off when the measured parameter (K) crosses the lower and/or upper threshhold value from below to above, and that the fuel supply is switched on when the measured parameter (K) crosses the upper and/or lower threshhold value (OS,US) from above to below.

Abstract: An idle stability control for a fuel injected internal combustion engine deactivates selected fuel injectors after specified idle conditions have been met for a predetermined period of time, and thereafter until the conditions are no longer met. The engine spark timing is temporarily modified on each transition to and from the control to reduce operator perception of the injector deactivation and reactivation. Additionally, the injector deactivation pattern is periodically adjusted following an overlap period during which all of the injectors are enabled.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for regulating engine idle speed by coordinating control of two actuators: a slow actuator and a fast actuator. The slow actuator is preferably a throttle valve and the fast actuator is preferably an ignition system affecting spark timing. The slow actuator is controlled based on an idle power requirement and the target idle speed; whereas the fast actuator is controlled based on the idle power requirement and the actual idle speed. Additionally, control of the two actuators is further based on a desired power reserve and an actual power reserve. Power reserve is related to the ratio of the power produced by the engine and the power that would be produced by the engine if the faster actuator were at its optimal setting.

Abstract: Torque-down controlling conducted on an engine torque upon gear changing of an automatic transmission is implemented by converting a demand for a rate of torque-down against the engine torque into a down rate of combustion torque (an objective down rate). Further, from a difference between the present ignition timing of the engine and the MBT (Minimum Advance for Best Torque) ignition timing, the present down rate that is a rate of the present combustion torque against the combustion torque at the MBT ignition timing to subsequently multiplying the present down rate by the objective down rate so that a counter MBT down rate that is a down rate of the present combustion torque against the combustion torque at the MBT ignition timing is obtained. Thus, from the obtained counter MBT down rate, an amount of retard of ignition timing from the MBT ignition timing is calculated to implement the torque-down controlling.

Abstract: A catalyst is warmed up by a rapid heating control that retards ignition timing and increases an intake air amount. Then the warm up is completed or a transmission is shifted to a drive range, the ignition timing is gradually advanced and the intake air amount is gradually decreased. Therefore, an engine speed is smoothly changed from the rapid heating control to the normal control without a torque shock. Additionally, a beginning of the advancing of the ignition timing is delayed by a predetermined delay time relative to a beginning of the decreasing of the intake air amount. The decreasing of the intake air amount prevents undesirable increase of the engine speed caused by the advancing of the ignition timing.

Abstract: An idle speed control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which, when the internal combustion engine is started in a cold mode, provides ignition timing engine speed control (m1) such that ignition timing in which said ignition driving device performs ignition in the internal combustion engine is retarded and the engine speed of the internal combustion engine is controlled to the target engine speed, and then provides intake air quantity engine speed control (m2) such that the engine speed of the internal combustion engine is feedback-controlled to the target engine speed by controlling the intake air quantity of the internal combustion engine. As a result, it is possible to prevent the exhaust gas temperature from being increased insufficiently due to a deficiency in retard angle, and to prevent the activation of a catalytic converter from being delayed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, such as after an engine cold start, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders having a first ignition timing, and a second group of cylinders having a second ignition timing more retarded than the first group. In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air/lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air/fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also can change to combusting all cylinders at substantially the same ignition timing under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.

Abstract: An intake air volume flowing into an intake passage is controlled by a throttle opening. When the engine speed decreases, a valve timing of an intake valve and an exhaust valve is corrected so as to increase the torque of an internal combustion engine. The throttle opening is corrected so as to increase the intake air volume when the engine speed falls below a desired speed while an intake line pressure is equal to, or less than, a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling the idle speed of an engine that provides uniform control efficiency and rapid control response. An embodiment of the invention activates the ignition system based on a target ignition timing, which corresponds to a target torque ratio and is found using a predetermined relationship between ignition timing and torque ratio. The target torque ratio is calculated based on engine speed and engine load.

Abstract: A method of controlling the speed of an engine whilst the engine is operating in a crank or idle state, including the steps of (a) determining when the engine is operating in said crank or idle state; (b) determining whether the engine speed is above an upper threshold speed, and (c) controlling the engine when the engine speed is above the upper threshold speed so as to effect a reduction in the engine speed to avoid an engine speed runaway event.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) is provided with a three-way catalytic converter (16) which purifies exhaust gas, a spark plug (6) which ignites a gaseous mixture and a throttle (11) which regulates an intake air flow rate. When the engine (1) is started, the ignition timing of the spark plug (6) is retarded based on the difference of the rotation speed Ne from a target idle rotation speed Net. If the engine rotation speed Ne is higher than the target idle rotation speed even after the ignition timing has reached a retard limit, the ignition timing is fixed to the retard limit and the intake air flow rate is reduced through the throttle (11), thereby forcing the engine rotation speed Ne to converge rapidly to the target idling rotation speed Net while maintaining the ignition timing at the retard limit to ensure rapid temperature increase in the converter (16).

Abstract: A control system is disclosed that accelerates the rise in temperature of a catalyst provided in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The system increases the intake air amount after the engine starts and retards the ignition timing according to a rotational speed of the engine. In this control system, a failure of the catalyst temperature rise acceleration control is diagnosed according to the engine rotational speed and/or a retard amount of the ignition timing during the execution of the catalyst temperature rise acceleration control. The above failure may also be diagnosed according to at least one of the ignition timing and the engine rotational speed when decreasing the intake air amount during the execution of the catalyst temperature rise acceleration control. The above failure may also be diagnosed according to a detected catalyst temperature and an estimated catalyst temperature.

Abstract: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine is described; in this method, at least one operating variable is controlled, a pre-control ignition timing efficiency is formed as a function of operating parameters of the engine and/or external intervention measures, and the pre-control ignition timing efficiency determines the setpoint values of the at least one operating variable. In a transition from a first operating state to a second operating state, the pre-control ignition timing efficiency is varied by a transition function.

Abstract: An intake air volume flowing into an intake passage is controlled by a throttle opening. When the engine speed decreases, a valve timing of an intake valve and an exhaust valve is corrected so as to increase the torque of an internal combustion engine. The throttle opening is corrected so as to increase the intake air volume when the engine speed falls below a desired speed while an intake line pressure is equal to, or less than, a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for the rpm control of a drive unit. A control is provided having at least two components. At the start of the drive unit, these two components are activated one after the other.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the idle speed of a drive unit are proposed, where a controller influences the ignition angle of an internal combustion engine as a function of the deviation between an actual and a setpoint quantity. This controller has at least one variable parameter which, in operating phases in which it is not desired to advance the ignition angle, assumes a quantity that differs from that in normal operation and restricts the effect of the intervention in the ignition angle.

Abstract: An apparatus and method control a negative pressure in an internal combustion engine equipped with a brake booster that uses a negative pressure produced on a downstream side of a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the engine, as a power source for amplifying the pedal pressing force. A controller of the apparatus or method determines whether a negative pressure applied to the brake booster has reached a predetermined level when the internal combustion engine is started, and, if the negative pressure has not reached the predetermined level, increases an operating speed of the engine to a predetermined high speed and then keeps the throttle valve in a fully closed position during a period of time in which the engine proceeds to a steady-state operating mode.

Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a catalyst arranged in the exhaust system is disclosed. In the control system, catalyst temperature rise accelerating control is executed by increasing the intake air amount immediately after starting of the engine and retarding the ignition timing to make the rotational speed of the engine coincide with a target rotational speed. The air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is controlled to a lean region with respect to the stoichiometric ratio immediately after starting of the engine. The degree of making the air-fuel ratio leaner is suppressed when the retard amount of the ignition timing during the execution of the catalyst temperature rise accelerating control is less than a predetermined retard amount.

Abstract: An idle speed control device for an internal combustion engine controls an idle speed of the internal combustion engine by at least one of an amount of intake air and an ignition timing during application of an external load. The control device calculates a target amount of air corrected by the external load, estimates a transient speed of the internal combustion engine when changing the amount of intake air to the target amount of air, and further corrects the amount of intake air or corrects the ignition timing on the basis of a difference between the estimated speed and the actual speed of the internal combustion engine at the timing when the speed is estimated, in such a manner as to reduce the difference. If the external load changes, the control device corrects the amount of intake air so as to maintain the engine speed, and prevents the engine speed from fluctuating due to a delay of response in such a case.

Abstract: An engine control method for reducing emissions during cold start and idling is provided, which includes: opening an ISA with a predetermined opening rate such that an air/fuel ratio becomes higher than a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, and minimizing an engine load caused by an automatic transmission; performing air/fuel ratio control and ignition timing control based on engine speed and engine load, and controlling an amount of fuel injected in consideration of a quantity of wetting fuel; and determining an air flow rate according to an engine speed and coolant temperature, and performing air/fuel ratio control and ignition timing control to control an engine speed fluctuation.

Abstract: An engine control system includes an improved construction that can release an engine from an abnormal engine speed so that, for example, the operator can operate a shift actuator without any overload. The engine includes an air induction system that introduces air to the combustion chamber and includes a throttle valve. The throttle valve admits the air to flow through the air induction system unless placed in a closed position. A throttle valve position sensor is arranged to sense the position of the throttle valve. An engine speed sensor is also arranged to sense a rotational speed of the crankshaft. A control device is provided for slowing down the engine speed based upon a throttle position signal from the throttle valve position sensor and a speed signal from the engine speed sensor.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling the rpm of a drive unit. During run-up of the engine to idle after start, a desired rpm is pregiven and an actual rpm is detected for forming the course of rpm. An electric machine is driven in dependence upon the deviation between the desired rpm and the actual rpm. With respect to the engine, the electric machine outputs braking and driving torques.

Abstract: An idle speed control device for an internal combustion engine controls an idle speed of the internal combustion engine by at least one of an amount of intake air and an ignition timing during application of an external load. The control device calculates a target amount of air corrected by the external load, estimates a transient speed of the internal combustion engine when changing the amount of intake air to the target amount of air, and further corrects the amount of intake air or corrects the ignition timing on the basis of a difference between the estimated speed and the actual speed of the internal combustion engine at the timing when the speed is estimated, in such a manner as to reduce the difference. If the external load changes, the control device corrects the amount of intake air so as to maintain the engine speed, and prevents the engine speed from fluctuating due to a delay of response in such a case.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to effectively prevent deterioration of combustion characteristics when engine temperature is low. There is provided an intake pressure controller 24 that effects control such that, when an operating condition discriminator 21 that identifies engine temperature identifies low engine temperature after engine start-up, control by an engine controller (feedback controller 23) that performs engine control on fluctuation of intake negative pressure to decrease the intake negative pressure is suppressed until the temperature of the intake passage rises to at or above a predetermined value, and such that the intake negative pressure is made larger.

Abstract: A control system for an internal combustion engine having a catalyst arranged in the exhaust system is disclosed. In the control system, catalyst temperature rise accelerating control is executed by increasing the intake air amount immediately after starting of the engine and retarding the ignition timing to make the rotational speed of the engine coincide with a target rotational speed. The air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is controlled to a lean region with respect to the stoichiometric ratio immediately after starting of the engine. The degree of making the air-fuel ratio leaner is suppressed when the retard amount of the ignition timing during the execution of the catalyst temperature rise accelerating control is less than a predetermined retard amount.

Abstract: An idle control system for internal combustion engines providing load rejection and/or load compensation for a given engine. speed reference and barometric pressure wherein the present invention accommodates for varying engine speed references and for varying barometric pressures, such as at different altitudes. The control system incorporates a load compensator, and a control structure including a multitude of sub-control blocks. The load compensator generates the needed airflow to compensate for the torque of engine loads and works with a feed-forward controller to reject anticipated loads. The calibration procedure is fully automated.

Abstract: An idling control system for a two-plug type internal combustion engine is comprised of an idling detector, an engine rotation speed detector and a controller coupled to the detectors. The controller decides whether the engine rotation speed in idling is smaller than an idling speed by a predetermined value. When this decision is affirmative, the controller differentiates ignition timings of the two spark plugs of each cylinder. This arrangement enables the engine with this system to perform preferable idling performances of generating a torque in response to the input of the external torque and of continuing the combustion against the drop of the engine rotation speed.

Abstract: While the amount of intake air introduced into an internal combustion engine is being increased by an intake air quantity control unit, an ignition timing control unit manipulates the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to converge the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a target rotational speed according to a feedback control process (PI control process). The ignition timing control unit has a function to vary the feedback gain of the feedback control process depending on the ignition timing, such that the feedback gain is smaller as the ignition timing being manipulated is more retarded.

Abstract: A control apparatus controls the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine by generating a command value for ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to convert an actual rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermined target rotational speed according to a feedback control process and controlling the ignition timing based on the generated command value. The feedback control process is carried out by a response designating control process capable of variably designating a rate of reduction of the difference between the actual rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and the target rotational speed with the value of a predetermined parameter in the feedback control process. The value of the predetermined parameter is variably established under a predetermined condition.