Internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Nov 30 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6586191

Akishino, K; Hori, K; Kiyota, Y

An internal combustion engine comprising a main intake passage supplying air-fuel mixture to a combustion chamber, an auxiliary intake passage supplying air or an air-fuel mixture to the combustion chamber through an injection port, a fuel supplement passage for supplementally supplying fuel to the auxiliary intake passage, a solenoid valve provided in the fuel supplement passage , and a control device for controlling opening and closing of the solenoid valve in response to a signal from an oxygen sensor disposed in an exhaust passage, said solenoid valve controlling supply of fuel to the auxiliary intake passage, thereby regulating an overall air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to the combustion chamber approximately to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.

• Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K K (Japan)
• Patent Number(s): US 4361123
• OSTI ID: 6586191
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
DETECTION
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
FLOW REGULATORS
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FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SIGNALS
SOLENOIDS
VALVES