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Adaptive charge forming system for controlling the air/fuel mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine

  • US 4,368,707 A
  • Filed: 07/28/1980
  • Issued: 01/18/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for controlling valve means for altering the ratio of the fuel/air mixture supplied to an engine to equal an optimum ratio varying in accordance with the instantaneous power output of said engine, comprising:

  • means for providing a first fixed signal for controlling said valve means to alter said mixture in a first direction;

    means for providing a second variable signal proportional to departure of said mixture from said optimum ratio to cause said valve means to alter said mixture in a second opposite direction; and

    means for controlling said valve means adapted to alter said ratio at a rate proportional to the difference between said first and second signals.

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