Carburetor automatic control system in engine

• US 7,331,326 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Issued: 02/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Arai, Tetsuya, Moriyama, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): ARGENBRIGHT, TONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US11/636,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20070151544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 123/179.16, 123/179.18, 123/339.22, 123/339.24, 123/361, 123/376, 123/400, 123/442, 261 391- 396, 261/52, 261 641- 646
• US Class Current: 123/361
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 11/10 of the electric type
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2009/0208 for small engines
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2011/102 at least one throttle being moved only by an electric actuator
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 31/003 for idle speed control
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/0053 by means of a carburettor
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/067 with control of the choke non electronic control of choke see F02M1/10
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 1/02 the means to facilitate starting or idling being chokes for enriching fuel-air mixture automatic chokes F02M1/08
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 1/08 the means to facilitate starting or idling becoming operative or inoperative automatically in connection with auxiliary carburetting apparatus F02M1/04

Abstract

A carburetor automatic control system in an engine includes, a temperature-sensitive operating device for operating a choke valve so that the choke valve is opened with a temperature increase of the engine and a governor for opening and closing a throttle valve to maintain a preset rotational speed of the engine. The governor device includes, a stepping motor opening and closing the throttle valve over a range from an idling opening degree to a fully opening degree, and an electronic control unit driving the stepping motor so that the rotational speed of the engine is maintained the preset speed. A relief mechanism is interposed between the choke valve and the temperature-sensitive operating device, the relief mechanism opening the choke valve in response to an intake vacuum pressure within the intake passage when the engine is in a cold state and the choke valve is in a fully closed state.

Claims

1. A carburetor automatic control system for an engine, comprising:

a choke valve disposed in an intake passage of a carburetor;

a throttle valve disposed in said intake passage at a position downstream from said choke valve;

a temperature-sensitive operating device operatively connected with said choke valve for operating said choke valve, wherein said choke valve is opened in correspondence with an increase in engine temperature;

a governor operatively connected with said throttle valve for opening and closing said throttle valve to maintain a present rotational speed of the engine, wherein said governor includes,

(a) an electric actuator opening and closing said throttle valve over a range from an idling open degree to a fully open degree, and

(b) an electronic control unit for controlling said electric actuator to open and close said throttle valve, such that the rotational speed of the engine is maintained at the preset rotational speed; and

a relief mechanism interposed between said choke valve and said temperature-sensitive operating device, said relief mechanism opening said choke valve in response to an intake vacuum pressure within the intake passage of the engine, when the engine is in a cold state, and said choke valve is in a closed state.

2. The carburetor automatic control system of claim 1, wherein said temperature-sensitive operating device includes a wax case including wax, said wax being expandable in response to heat.

3. The carburetor automatic control system of claim 2, wherein said temperature-sensitive operating device further includes a rod, movable in response to the expansion of said wax when heated.

4. The carburetor automatic control system of claim 3, wherein said temperature-sensitive operating device is mounted on the engine, such that heat from the engine heats up wax in said wax case.

5. The carburetor automatic control system of claim 4, wherein said rod is connected to said choke valve for operating said choke valve in response to heat from the engine.

6. The carburetor automatic control system of claim 1, wherein said temperature-sensitive operating device is mounted on the engine, such that heat from the engine heats up said temperature-sensitive operating device.