Engine idle control system for vehicle

• US 5,191,865 A
• Filed: 09/23/1991
• Issued: 03/09/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Kakizaki, Shigeaki, Minamitani, Kunitomo, Yoshioka, Hiromo
• Primary Examiner(s): ARGENBRIGHT, TONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US07/763,599
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 123/339, 123/585
• US Class Current: 477/107
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 31/005 by controlling a throttle by-pass

Abstract

An engine idle control system for a vehicle causes the engine speed to converge on a target idling speed by feedback control when the engine idles. Whether the engine is revolving by itself or is being driven by the vehicle is detected, and the engine speed is controlled by a proportional feedback control on the basis of the difference between the actual engine speed and the target idling speed when the engine is being driven by the vehicle, and is controlled by a control at least a part of which is an integral feedback control when the engine is revolving by itself.

Claims

1. An engine idle control system for a vehicle which causes the engine speed to converge on a target idling speed by a feedback control when the engine idles characterized in that said control system is provided with an engine speed sensor and a means for detecting whether the engine is revolving by itself or is being driven by the vehicle, and controls the engine speed by a proportional feedback control on the basis of the difference between an actual engine speed and the target idling speed when the engine is being driven by the vehicle while controlling the engine speed by a control at least a part of which is an integral feedback control when the engine is revolving by itself.

2. An engine idle control system as defined in claim 1 in which said vehicle is provided with an automatic transmission having a turbine and said means determines whether the engine is revolving by itself or is being driven by the vehicle on the basis of the difference between the engine speed and the turbine speed.

3. An engine idle control system as defined in claim 1 in which said vehicle is provided with a manual transmission and said means determines that the engine is revolving by itself when the transmission is in neutral.

4. An engine idle control system as defined in claim 1 in which when the engine goes to revolve by itself from a state where it is driven by the vehicle the proportional feedback control is shifted to said control at least a part of which is an integral feedback control after a proportional feedback amount becomes zero.