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Title: Internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger and an idling speed control system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5421569

An internal combustion engine equipped with a supercharger and an idling speed control system is described comprising, a combustion chamber formed in an engine body and provided with an exhaust passage elongating therefrom, an inlet passage for guiding intake air to the combustion chamber, the inlet passage being provided with the supercharger for compressing the intake air therein, a throttle valve provided at a downstream portion of the inlet passage compared with the supercharger for controlling intake air mass flow supplied to the combustion chamber, an intercooler provided at the downstream portion of the inlet passage compared with the supercharger for cooling the intake air compressed by the supercharger, a bypass passage provided to the inlet passage for detouring the throttle valve, the bypass passage having one end thereof connected with a portion of the inlet passage between the supercharger and the intercooler and the other end thereof connected with another portion of the inlet passage downstream from the intercooler, and an air flow control valve for adjusting intake air mass flow supplied through the bypass passage to the combustion chamber, start detecting means for detecting a start of the engine by detecting a cranking condition of the engine, and valve control means for controlling the air flow control valve to supply a predetermined air mass flow to the combustion chamber when the start of the engine is detected by the start detecting means.

Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corp., Aki
Patent Number(s):
US 4716734
OSTI ID:
5421569
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 30 May 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English