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Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a carburetor

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OSTI ID:5636043
A method is described of operating a processor-controlled apparatus for controlling the operating of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor through which the air fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine is controlled. The carburetor has a low speed fuel system including a slow fuel passage containing a slow jet and a slow solenoid-operated valve coupled with the slow fuel passage for controlling fuel supplied therethrough to the slow jet, and a high-medium speed fuel system including a main fuel passage containing a main fuel jet and a main solenoid-operated valve coupled with the main fuel passage for controlling fuel supplied therethrough to the main jet, additional air-fuel supply control means for controlling the supply of an air-fuel mixture to the engine while bypassing the carburetor. The additional air-fuel supply control means includes additional fuel supply control means and additional air supply control means, the additional fuel supply control means further comprises a fuel bypass control solenoid-operated valve.
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo
Patent Number(s):
US 4593663
OSTI ID:
5636043
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English