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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290525 | Methods and apparatus for an engine speed controller using generator torque load An engine control system for use in connection with vehicles and the like allows the engine speed to be modified using the torque load from the electrical generator. The engine is subject to a torque load from a generator coupled to the engine. The controller compar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284367 | Control apparatus of internal combustion engine The ignition timing is sustained at an initial value during a predetermined time beginning at a start of an engine, and is retarded after the predetermined time is elapsed to heat a catalyst at an early time. The predetermined time ends when the negative pressure of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7233856 | Internal combustion engine and control method therefor An internal combustion engine and control method therefor in which the engine is selectively started by combustion without cranking. The temperature in the combustion chamber of an engine cylinder is stabilized upon starting of the engine, thereby allowing secured s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216479 | Exhaust emission control system for vehicle internal combustion engine Normally, at the time of cold-start of an internal combustion engine or the like, the flow of exhaust in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine is suppressed or two-stage combustion is carried out so as to promote exhaust purification in an exhaust sys... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7159561 | Internal combustion engine quick-stop A system and method for stopping an internal combustion engine. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a shutdown sequence of the engine includes retarding ignition timing relative to ignition timing prior to initiation of the shutdown sequence, and then advanci... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7111607 | Air intake device of internal combustion engine An air intake device of an internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder head having therein two intake ports that are adapted to connect to a cylinder of a cylinder block; and a single partition plate that extends across both the two intake ports so that each of ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7085631 | Vehicle and method for operating an engine in a vehicle A vehicle and method are provided that determine a misfire torque limit for an engine in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an electric machine operable to provide torque to the engine. The method includes commanding the engine to operate at a predetermined torque an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7025033 | Method and arrangement for controlling a drive unit including an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for controlling a drive unit (1) including an internal combustion engine (5). The method and arrangement function to provide a switchoff of the engine (5) with less vibration. In the internal ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6837214 | System for regulating an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a system for regulating an internal cumbustion engine (1). Said system regulates the maximum combustion pressure by modifying the start of the injection process. The aim of the invention is to improve the operational reliability of th... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6799113 | Method and arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement control the drive unit of a vehicle. In this method and arrangement, an rpm limiting to a reference rpm takes place when the demand of the driver is withdrawn. The reference rpm is determined at the start of the withdrawal of the driver c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758189 | Engine revolution control apparatus having overspeed governing capability When a large load is exerted during restraint control of an engine of a jet propulsion boat, the drop of the engine revolution frequency causes a feeling of harsh braking. An engine revolution frequency control apparatus provided to prevent this problem includes a e... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6691675 | Warm-up control apparatus and warm-up control method for internal combustion engine A warm-up control apparatus of an internal combustion engine is installed in a vehicle equipped with a brake booster that uses a negative pressure in an intake pipe of the internal combustion engine. The apparatus performs a warm-up control of the engine ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6415764 | Computerized system and method for controlling engine speed of an internal combustion engine Computerized system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. The system includes a speed-setting device operable to supply a signal indicative of a desired engine speed. A speed sensor is coupled to the engine to supply a sig... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6209517 | Apparatus for controlling rotational speed of internal combustion engine A control apparatus controls the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine by generating a command value for ignition timing of the internal combustion engine to convert an actual rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermin... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5934247 | Engine deceleration control device Undershoot of rotation speed is prevented by increasing an intake air amount of an engine when it decelerates. Precise control corresponding to differences of a deceleration state is realized by setting an increase amount of intake air to a different valu... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5014665 | R.P.M. - limiting circuit of an i.c. engine The invention is a further development of an earlier arrangement of r.p.m. limitation (SE-P-452 355). The advantage of this invention is that the adjustment of pulse times is eliminated. The arrangement can be manufactured without cost demanding adjustmen... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4553517 | Ignition system with additional functions A microcomputer is used in the invention for control of the ignition functions of an ignition system of an i.c. engine. A switch (17) in an operating handle or the like is connected via a transistor to a digital input of the computer. This reads the statu... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4437442 | Automotive vehicle engine control system A system controlling the spark timing for an internal combustion engine having ignition plugs, a fuel supply control system for cutting off the fuel supply to the engine including a fuel supply cutoff delay means is disclosed. According to the present inv... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4366524 | Electromechanical transducer controlling device A device for controlling an electromechanical transducer such as a proportional electromagnetic valve, in which a pulse signal having a constant period shorter sufficiently than the minimum response time required for the displacement of the plunger of the... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4351296 | Apparatus for controlling deceleration of an internal combustion engine A throttle positioning system is provided for holding a throttle valve at a position slightly more open than at the normal idling position, and an idle vacuum advance mechanism is provided for advancing the ignition timing when the throttle valve is at a ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4292939 | Fail safe devices for use with devices for limiting the speed of revolution of an internal combustion engine A fail safe device for isolating the revolution limiter from the ignition system of an internal combustion engine, in which the output stage of the revolution limiter is continuously monitored to ascertain whether or not it is absorbing ignition pulses at... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4252095 | Ignition system for an internal combustion engine An ignition system for an internal combustion engine, which includes circuitry for producing pulses at a frequency directly related to rotational speed of the engine and a capacitor discharge circuit. A first monostable circuit responsive to the pulses is... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4104881 | Prevention of overheating of catalytic converter for engine exhaust gases Overheating of a catalytic converter receiving exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine is minimized by providing an air-fuel mixture leaner than the stoichiometric ratio for combustion in the engine, maintaining the exhaust gases in an exhaust re... | 08/08/1978 |
| 3985109 | Breakerless ignition system for an internal combustion engine A breakerless ignition system for an internal combustion engine comprising an ignition power supply, a capacitance discharge type ignition circuit including a capacitance, an ignition coil and a first semiconductor switching means to discharge the capacit... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3941203 | Anti-spinning device for automobiles The anti-spinning device comprises for each wheel a sensor delivering electric pulses proportional in number to the peripheral distance covered by the wheel, with a lower number of pulses in the case of a driving wheel, and at least one up/down counter re... | 03/02/1976 |
