Control system for internal combustion engines, having function of detecting abnormalities in engine speed signal detecting system

• US 4,364,359 A
• Filed: 08/07/1981
• Issued: 12/21/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Otsuka, Kazuo, Hasegawa, Shumpei, Narasaka, Shin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelli, Raymond A.
• Application Number:
  US06/290,847
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 123/440, 123/489, 123/494, 60/276, 60/285
• US Class Current: 123/690
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/266 the computer being backed-up or assisted by another circuit, e.g. analogue
• CPC Class Codes: F02G 3/00 Combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants

Abstract

A control system for use with an internal combustion engine, which includes a timer for producing a trouble indicative signal when there is continued over a predetermined period of time a concurrence of a first signal produced when the pressure in the intake pipe of the engine is lower than a first predetermined value and a second signal produced when the engine speed is lower than a second predetermined value. The first and second predetermined values are set such that they are incompatible with each other during normal operation of the engine. The control system includes an air/fuel ratio control system which is provided with means responsive to the above trouble-indicative signal to carry out at least one of actions of moving an air/fuel ratio control valve actuator to a predetermined position and holding the same thereat, giving the alarm and memorizing and displaying of a corresponding failure code.

Claims

1. A control system for controlling an internal combustion engine having an intake pipe, which comprises:

a first sensor for detecting pressure in said intake pipe of said engine to produce an output indicative of said pressure;

a second sensor for detecting the rotational speed of said engine to produce an output indicative of said rotational speed;

a first circuit responsive to said output of said first sensor for producing a first signal when the value of said output of said first sensor is smaller than a first predetermined value;

a second circuit responsive to said output of said second sensor for producing a second signal when the value of said output of said second sensor is smaller than a second predetermined value; and

a timer associated with said first circuit and said second circuit, for producing a third signal when there is concurrence of said first signal and said second signal lasting for a predetermined period of time;

wherein said first predetermined value and said second predetermined value are set such that they are incompatible with each other when said engine is in a normal operating state.

2. An air/fuel ratio control system for performing feedback control of the air/fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture being supplied to an internal combustion engine having an intake pipe, which comprises:

an O₂ sensor for detecting the concentration of oxygen present in exhaust gases emitted from said engine;

a carburetor for producing said mixture being supplied to said engine;

means operatively connecting said O₂ sensor with said carburetor in a manner effecting feedback control operation to control the air/fuel ratio of said mixture to a predetermined value, said connecting means including an electrical circuit, a valve adapted to vary the air/fuel ratio of said mixture, and a pulse motor responsive to a signal outputted from said electrical circuit to drive said valve;

a first sensor for detecing pressure in said intake pipe of said engine to produce an output indicative of said pressure; and

a second sensor for detecting the rotational speed of said engine to produce an output indicative of said rotational speed;

said electrical circuit including a first circuit responsive to said output of said first sensor for producing a first signal when the value of said output of said first sensor is smaller than a first predetermined value, a second circuit responsive to said output of said second sensor for producing a second signal when the value of said second sensor is smaller than a second predetermined value, a timer associated with said first circuit and said second circuit for producing a third signal when there is a concurrence of said first signal and said second signal lasting for a predetermined period of time, and means actuatable by said third signal, wherein said first predetermined value and said second predetermined value are set such that they are incompatible with each other when said engine is in a normal operating state.

3. The air/fuel ratio control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said electrical circuit further includes means for stopping said pulse motor upon concurrence of said first signal and said second signal.

4. The air/fuel ratio control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third signal-actuatable means includes means for giving the alarm of an existing abnormality.

5. The air/fuel ratio control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third signal-actuatable means includes means for memorizing and displaying a failure code corresponding to an existing failure.

6. The air/fuel ratio control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said third signal-actuatable means includes means for moving said pulse motor to a predetermined position and holding same there.