Start control device in fuel supply system for internal combustion engine

• US 4,467,748 A
• Filed: 06/28/1983
• Issued: 08/28/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Watanabe, Yukihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lall, Parshotam S.
• Application Number:
  US06/508,543
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 123/179 G, 123/179 L, 123/491
• US Class Current: 123/179.16
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2011/104 using electric step motors
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/2031 Control of the current by means of delays or monostable multivibrators
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/503 Battery correction, i.e. corrections as a function of the state of the battery, its output or its type
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2400/14 Power supply for engine control systems
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/062 for starting F02D41/061 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/3005 Details not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 7/24 Controlling flow of aerating air

Abstract

In combination with a start control device in a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine including an actuator having a step motor therein as a drive source and a control circuit for controlling the step motor wherein the actuator serves to control at least one of the amounts of fuel and air to be supplied to the engine, the improvement comprising a power-off detecting circuit for detecting stop of power supply to the control circuit, an auxiliary power circuit for supplying electric power to the control circuit and the step motor for a predetermined period of time in response to a detecting signal from the power-off detecting circuit and an actuator driving timer for feeding a predetermined actuating signal to the step motor in response to the detecting signal from the power-off detecting circuit.

Claims

1. A start control device in a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine which includes an actuator having a step motor therein as a drive source and a control circuit for controlling said step motor wherein said actuator serves to control at least one of the amounts of fuel and air to be supplied to said engine, said start control device comprising a power-off detecting circuit for detecting stop of power supply to said control circuit, an auxiliary power circuit for supplying electric power to said control circuit and said step motor for a predetermined period of time in response to a detecting signal from said power-off detecting circuit and an actuator driving timer for feeding a predetermined actuating signal to said step motor in response to said detecting signal from said power-off detecting circuit.

2. The device as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a discharging circuit connected to said auxiliary power circuit and said power-off detecting circuit.

3. The device as defined in claim 2, wherein said discharging circuit is composed of a transistor and a resistor.

4. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary power circuit is composed of a diode for preventing reverse current, a resistor for limiting current and a capacitor for charging.

5. The device as defined in claim 4, wherein said capacitor is an electric double layer capacitor of a large capacity.

6. The device as defined in claim 4, wherein said capacitor is connected in series.

7. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein said power-off detecting circuit is composed of a transistor, a resistor and a capacitor.

8. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary power circuit is composed of a diode, a capacitor and a relay.

9. The device as defined in claim 8 and further comprising a relay driving circuit connected to said auxiliary power circuit and the output of said actuator driving timer.

10. The device as defined in claim 9, wherein said relay driving circuit is composed of a transistor, a resistor and a diode.