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Title: Idle speed and fuel vapor recovery control system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6492466

A method for controlling idling speed of an engine via bypass throttle connected in parallel to a primary engine throttle and for controlling purge flow through a vapor recovery system into an air/fuel intake of the engine is described, comprising the steps of: positioning the bypass throttle to decrease any difference between a desired engine idle speed and actual engine idle speed; and decreasing the purge flow when said bypass throttle position is less than a preselected fraction of a maximum bypass throttle position.

Assignee:
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5215055; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-967503
OSTI ID:
6492466
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 28 Oct 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English