US3809028A - Fuel cutoff circuit responsive to engine deceleration conditions for use in conjunction with the fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Fuel cutoff circuit responsive to engine deceleration conditions for use in conjunction with the fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine Download PDF

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US3809028A
US3809028A US00183907A US18390771A US3809028A US 3809028 A US3809028 A US 3809028A US 00183907 A US00183907 A US 00183907A US 18390771 A US18390771 A US 18390771A US 3809028 A US3809028 A US 3809028A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • a circuit which includes a Schmitt trigger having a pair of control electrodes and which is responsive to a plurality of engine conditions to generate an output signal'when the engine conditions indicate that a termination of fuel delivery to the engine is necessary.
  • the circuit is preprogrammable to generate an output signal when the engine speed is in excess of a preselected value and a selected switch has changed state and to thereafter continue to generate the output signal while the switch state remains constant and until engine speed drops to a second, lower, preselected value.
  • the present invention relates to the field of electronic fuel control systems for internal combustion engines and more particularly to that portion of the above-noted field which relates to intermittent duty circuits for modifying or altering a fuel delivery pattern.
  • the present invention relates to that portion of the above-noted field which is concerned with circuits for terminating delivery of fuel to an engine in the presence of selected deceleration conditions.
  • Both speed signals are generated by integrating a pulse frequency through a resistive-capacitive network and-thereafter applying the average voltage at one portion of that network to the control electrode of the first transistor.
  • This bias must have obtained a first value in order to strongly bias the first transistor off and cross coupling with the collector of that transistor further accentuates the bias value.
  • the integrated signal follows the speed decrease and the bias applied to the first transistor control electrode gradually changes to a point where the transistor is no longer strongly biased off. This then represents the second, lower, selected engine speed.
  • the throttle position input is derived by establishing a strong on bias for the first transistor control electrode during open throttle position and by subsequently shorting out this bias to ground by closure of a grounded contact whenever the throttle is closed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an electronic fuel control system adapted to a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine.
  • FIG. 2 shows, in diagrammatic circuit form, an electronic fuel control system main computing means including a variable frequency, fixed duration pulse generator for use in the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows, in diagrammatic circuit form, the fuel cutofi' circuit of the present invention responsive to engine deceleration commands over. certain engine speed ranges.
  • FIG. 4 shows an alternative input portion for the circuit of FIG. 3 for use when the source of input signal is of comparatively low energy or voltage.
  • FIG. 1 an electronic fuel control system is shown in schematic form.
  • the system is comprised of an electronic control unit, or computing means 10, a manifold pressure sensor 12, a temperature sensor 14, an input timing means 16, and an additional sensor, such as an air temperature sensor, de-
  • Temperature sensor 14 may sense engine temperature directly or indirectly, or may also sense injection stream temperature directly or indirectly.
  • manifold pressure sensor 12 and additional. sensor 18 are mounted on throttle body20.
  • the output; of thecomputing means is coupled to an electromagnetic injector valve member 22 mounted in intake manifold 24 and arranged to provide fuel from tank 26 via pumping means 28 and suitable fuel conduits 30 .for delivery to a combustion cylinder 32 of an internal combustion engine otherwise not shown. While the injector valve member 22 is illustrated .as delivering a spray of fuel toward an open intake valve 34, it will be understood that this representation is merely illustrative and that other delivery arrangements are known and utilized.
  • computing means 10 may control an injector valve means comprised of one or more
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 and particularly to FIG. 2 an electronic fuel control system main computation circuit 110 is shown.
  • the circuit is shown as being energized by a voltage supplydesignated as B+ at the various locations noted.
  • B+ a voltage supplydesignated as B+ at the various locations noted.
  • voltage supply B+ could be the battery 36 and/or battery charging system conventionally used as the vehicles electric power source.
  • the man skilled in the art will recognize that the electrical polarity of the voltage supply could be readily reversed.
  • the circuit 110 receives, along with the voltage supply, various sensory inputs, in the form of voltage sig nals in this instance, indicative of various operating parameters of the associated engine.
  • Intake manifold pressure sensor 12 supplies a voltage indicative of man'- ifold pressure
  • temperature sensor 14 is operative to vary the voltage across the parallel resistance associated therewith to provide a voltage signal indicative of engine temperature and voltage signals indicative of engine speed are received from input timing means 16 at circuit inputport 116.
  • This signal may be derived from any source indicative of engine crank angle, but is preferably from the engines ignition distributor (not shown).
  • the circuit 110 is operative to provide two consecutive pulses, of variable duration, through sequential networks to circuit location 118 to thereby control the on time of transistor 120.
  • the first pulse is provided via resistor 122 from that portion of circuit 110 having inputs indicative of engine crank angle and intake manifold pressure.
  • the termination of this pulse initiates a second pulse which is provided via resistor 124 from that portion of the circuit 110 having an input from the temperature sensor 14.
  • These pulses received sequentially at circuit location 118, serve to turn transistor 120 "on" (that is, transistor 120 is triggered into the conduction state) and a relatively low voltage signal is present at circuit output port 126.
  • This port may be connected, through suitable inverters and/or amplifiers to the injector valve means (shown in FIG.
  • the duration of the first pulse is controlled by the monostable multivibrator network associated with transistors 128 and 130.
  • the presence of a pulse received via input port 116 will trigger the multivibrator into its unstable state with transistor 128 in the conducting state and transistor blocked (or in the nonconducting state).
  • the period of time during which transistor 128 is conducting will be controlled by the voltage signal from manifold pressure sensor 12. Conduction of transistor 128 will cause the collector 128c thereof to assume a relatively low voltage close to ground or common voltage. This low voltage will cause the base 13427 of transistor 134 to assume a low voltage below that required for transistor 134 to be triggered into the conduction state, thus causing transistor 134 to be turned off.
  • the voltage at the collector 1340 will, therefore, rise toward the 13+ value and will be communicated via resistor 122 to circuit location 118 where it will trigger transistor 120 into the on or conduction state 'thus imposing a relatively low voltage signal at circuit port 126.
  • the presence of a low voltage signal at circuit port 126 will cause the selected injector valve means to open.
  • transistor 130 When the voltage signal from the manifold pressure sensor 12 has decayed to the value necessary for the multjvibrator to relax or return to its stable condition, transistor 130 will be triggered on and transistor 128 will be turned off. This will, in turn, cause transistor 134 to turn on, transistor 120 to turn off andthereby remove the injector control signal from circuit port 126.
  • transistor 134 During the period of time that transistor 134 has been held in the nonconducting, or off state, the relatively high'voltage at collector 1340' has been applied to the base of transistor 136, triggering the transistor 136 on.”
  • the resistor network 138 connected to the voltage supply, acts with transistor 136 as a current source and current flows through the conducting transistor 136 and begins to charge capacitor 140.
  • transistor 142 has been biased on and, with resistor network 144, constitutes a second current source. Currents from both sources flow into the base of transistor 146 thereby holding this transistor on which results in a low voltage at the collector 146c. This low voltage is communicated to the base of transistor 120 via resistor 124.
  • transistor 128 turns off signalling termination of the first pulse
  • transistor 134 turns on and the potential at the collector 1340 falls to a low value.
  • the current from the current source comprised of transistor 136 and resistor network 138 now flows through the base of transistor 136 and the capacitor 140 ceases to charge.
  • the capacitor will then have been charged, with the polarity shown in FIG. 2, to a value representative of the duration of the first pulse.
  • transistor 134 is turned on the collector-base junction of transistor 136 is forward biased, thus making the positive side of capacitor 140 only slightly positive with respect to ground as a result of being separated from ground by only a few pn junctions.
  • circuit location 148 This will impose a negative voltage on circuit location 148 which will reverse bias diode 150 and transistor 146 will be turned off. This will initiate a high voltage signal from the collector of transistor 146 to circuit location 118 via resistor 124 which signal will re-trigger transistor 120 on and a second injector means control pulse will appear at circuit port 126.
  • the time duration between the first and second pulses wll be sufficiently short so that the injector means will not respond to the brief lack of signal.
  • the duration of the second pulse will be a function of the time required for circuit location 148 to become sufficiently positive for diode 150 to be forward biased. This in turn is a function of the charge on capacitor 140 and the magnitude of the charging current supplied by the current source comprised of transistor 142 and resistor network 144.
  • the charge on capacitor 140 is, of course, a function of the duration of the first pulse.
  • the rate of charge i.e., magnitude of the charging current
  • Circuit 200 is operative to control the voltage applied to the secondary coil 12s of pressure sensor 12.
  • the voltage applied to the secondary coil 12s is comprised of two components.
  • the first component is provided by the voltage divider network comprised of parallel resistances 201 and 202 coupled between B+ and the secondary coil 12s and diode 203 and resistance 204 going to ground.
  • the second component which is the variable component, is established by the additional resistances 205, 206 whose effect on the voltage at the secondary coil 12s is controlled by the conductivity of transistor 207.
  • Transistor 207 is controlled in turn by circuitry which is responsive to the frequency of actuation of the monostable multivibrator (which is comprised of transistors 128 and 130) and thus engine rpm. This control is achieved as follows:
  • Transistor 208 is normally conducting due to the voltage applied to its base by way of resistance 209, diode 210, and resistance 211 interconnecting 8+ to ground. The current flowing therethrough will also have the effect of charging capacitor 212 up to a voltage value intermediate B+ and ground by way of resistance 209 and resistance 213 which is normally receiving a ground signal at collector 1300 of transistor 130. However, whenever transistor 130 ceases to conduct, as when a trigger pulse is received at input port 1 16, the voltage at collector 1300 will immediately go toward B+ and the charge across capacitor 212 will adjust.
  • the time period during which transistor 208 is off may be established at a fixed value due to the RC time constant of this network. For purposes of providing battery correction by way of lead 156, this time period is normally selected to be l millisecond. As the provision of battery correction, as well as the remaining portion of circuit 200, forms no part of the present invention, its mechanism will not be herein discussed. As soon as diode 210 becomes forward biased, transistor 208 will again turn on and the voltage at the collector of transistor 208 will go substantially to the ground potential. Thus, a pulse train of fixed width pulses will appear at circuit port 214 with a repetition rate directly indicative of engine speed. The interpulse interval will also be directly related to engine speed.
  • circuit 300 according to the present invention and illustrative of a preferred embodiment thereof is shown.
  • the circuit 300 is energized by B+ as noted and this may readily be the same source of energization as is illustrated and discussed with regard to FIG. 2.
  • Circuit 300 has an output port 302 and three input ports denoted as 214, 304,
  • Input port 214 corresponds to the similarly designated port illustrated in FIG..2 and discussed in relation thereto.
  • circuit port 214 is communicated to base or first control electrode 308b of transistor 308 by resistive circuit means which include resistances 310, 312, and 314, diode 316, and integrating capacitor 318.
  • the base 308b of transistor 308 is communicated to a source of voltage by resistance 320 and is also communicated to ground by resistance 322 and diode 324.
  • the resistance 320 is connected to a source of regulated voltage illustrated as zener diode 326 which is operative to establish a regulated voltage within common conductor 328 which communicates the cathode of the zener diode 326 to resistance 330 which in turn is connected to the supply B-las shown.
  • the collector of transistor 308 is coupled to the base 310!) of transistor 310 through resistance 332 and the emit emitters of transistors 308 and 310 are coupled together and coupled to ground by resistance 334.
  • the collector of transistor 308 is connected to the common connector 328 by resistance 336 and the collector of transistor 310 is connected to the common conductor 328 by resistance 338.
  • the collector of transistor 310 is also coupled to the base 34% of transistor 340 through resistance 341.
  • Transistors 308 and 310 together with their respective load and limit resistances form a Schmitt trigger and the resistive values are such that the Schmitt trigger will normally be biased with transistor 308 in the off or nonconducting mode and transistor 310 in the on or conducting mode.
  • the emitter of transistor 340 is connected by resistance 342 to the common conductor 328 and by resistance 344 to the common or ground location. Resistances 342, 344 form a voltage divider network to establish a bias voltage at the emitter of transistor 340.
  • the collector of transistor 340 is .directly coupled .tothe base 346bof transistor 346.and to the source of energization, B+, by resistance 348.
  • transistor 346 is shown as a pnp-transistor with its emitter electrode connected to the source of energization, B+, and its collector electrode connected to the output port 302 of the circuit 300. It should be noted, however, that transistor types .herein are merely a matter of designers choice.
  • Base or second control electrode 310b of transistor 310 is connected by way of resistance 350 and diode 352 to output port 306 which is also coupled to ground by diode 354.
  • Diode 352 is connected so that its cathode is coupled to the output port 306 while its anoe, while coupled to resistance 350, is coupled to the 13+ supply by way of resistance 356.
  • resistances 336, 332, 350, and 356 form a voltage divider network operative to establish the voltage at the base of transistor 310 at some value intermediate the B supply voltage and the regulated voltage existing in common conductor 328.
  • Circuit output port 306 may be coupled to throttle switch 38 (as shown in F IG. 1).
  • The. circuit as hereinabove described is adapted to operate when actuation of switch 38 applies a ground or common low voltage signal to a circuit port 306 to forward bias diode 352.
  • Diode 354 as illustrated is operative to provide contact arcing protection.
  • Diode 358 interconnects circuit input port 304 with the base of transistor 340 and is arranged to have its cathode connected directly to input port 304. The cathode of diode 358 is also connected to the source of energy, B+, by resistance 360. Diode 362 interconnects input port 304 with ground and is connected relative to diode 358 in a cathode-to-cathode relationship. The presence of a very low voltage signal at circuit input port 304 is operative to provide a very low resistance path to ground from the base 340!) of transistor 340 so as to prevent the turn-on of that transistor under any and all operating conditions. For instance, by coupling input port 304 to the vehicle transmission so that a ground signal appears whenever the transmission is in park" or neutral, transistor 340 may be forced off and the circuit may be inhibited. Resistance 360 provides noise protection for this portion of circuit 300.
  • Input port 214 is also coupled to the base 362b of transistor 362 by resistance 364.
  • the collector of transistor 362 is coupled to the common conductor 328 by resistance 366 and interval determining means in the form of capacitor 368 are connected from the collector of transistor 362 to the common or ground point.
  • the emitter of transistor 362 is also connected to ground so that interval determining means 368 are connected across the emitter and collector of transistor 362.
  • the collector of transistor 362 V is also connected to the anode of a bistable switch 370 having a control electrode 372.
  • the cathode of the switch is connected to the base 310! of transistor 310.
  • the control electrode 372 is coupled to the common or ground potential by a resistance 374 and by diode 376 to a voltage divider comprised of resistances 378 and 380.
  • Resistances 378 and 380 interconnect the common conductor 328 with the common or ground point and operative to apply a predetermined level of voltage to the gate or control electrode372 while resistance 374 is operative to provide a current flow path to ground for current flow from the control electrode 372.
  • Bistable switch 370 is herein illustrated as a programmable unijunction transistor (PUT).
  • Such a device is operative to switch from a nonconducting to a conducting state whenever the voltage applied to the anode thereof exceeds the voltage applied to the control electrode by the voltage drop across one pn junction (typically, 7/10 of a volt). Once conducting, such devices will remain conducting for any value of voltage applied to the gate, or'anode, until the current flow through the device has dropped to a very low level.
  • Bistable switching device 370 may also be a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) and such devices are known to operate in substantially the same fashion as a PUT in this type of embodiment. Furthermore, other devices of this general character may be utilized for bistable switching device 370.
  • regulating zener diode 326 Upon the application of an energizing supply, B+, as for instance by way of an automotive ignition switch, regulating zener diode 326 will operate to establish a regulated voltage in common conductor 328. Since this voltage will be lower than the B+ voltage, a current will flow through resistor 356, resistance 350, resistance 332, and resistance 336 establishing a voltage at base 31012 of transistor 310 which is intermediate the regulated voltage and the B+ supply voltage. By suitable sizing the resistors as hereinbefore stated, this voltage, relative to the voltage established at base 308b of transistor 308, can be sufficient to cause transistor 310 to go into conduction thereby holding transistor 308 off.
  • the voltage at the emitters of transistors 308 and 310 can be established intermediate the regulated voltage and the ground level, and by suitably arranging the resistances 320 and 322 the voltage present at the base 308b will be less than the voltage at the emitters. This will then reverse bias the emitter base junction of transistor 308 and this transistor will be held off. Assuming normal vehicle operation over the entire speed range of which the engine is capable, and further assuming that input ports 304 and 306 do not receive a grounded signal, transistor 308 will be held off and transistor 310 will be held on so that no base currentmay flow into' will be grounded and will thus cause the current flow through resistances 336, 332, and 350 to reverse in direction. This will cause the voltage applied to the base of transistor 310 to drop to a value which is merely sufficient to maintain conduction thereof.
  • this network may be arranged sothat the voltage appearing at the base 3081) of transistor 308 will be sufficiently high to drive that transistor into conduction when the engine speed is above a preselected rpm value and throttle switch 38 is closed.
  • Resistance 332 will cause conduction of transistor 308 to provide a lower impedance path to ground for current flowing through resistance 336 thereby terminating base current flow into the base 3l0b of transistor 310. This will rapidly switch transistor 310 off thereby causing the voltage on the collector of transistor 310 to rise and thereby applying an increased voltage to base 340b of transistor 340.
  • transistor 340 This will cause transistor 340 to go into conduction so that a current flows through resistance 348, thereby applying a voltage drop in the forward direction across the emitter-base junction of transistor 346. This will cause transistor 346 to go into conduction and thereby apply a high voltage signal at output terminal 302. Since the circuit 110 of FIG. 2 is arranged to provide a fuel injection command output pulse in the form of a low voltage signal at terminal126, a high voltage signal at terminal 302 may be coupled through suitable blocking diodes for instance, directly to terminal 126 to thereby terminate the provision of fuel injection command pulses.
  • the fuel cutoff signal may be terminated by either an opening of throttle switch 38 or a closure of the transmission park or neutral" switchf'l'he present invention therefore initiates fuel cutoff only when the speed of the engine is above a preselected value and the throttle switch has been closed and, as an auxiliary condition, the transmission of the vehicle with which the engine is associated is not in a park or neutral setting.
  • the receipt of the fixed pulse width pulses at terminal 214 will be further operative to periodically cause transistor 362 to go into conduction due to the receipt of a high voltage signal through resistance 364 at base 362b.
  • Transistor 362 will be in conduction for a time period which substantially corresponds, within the limits of solid state electronic device switching times, to the width of the fixed width pulse.
  • the regulated voltage from the common conductor 328 will be applied through resistance 366 to capacitor 368.
  • the capacitor 368 will therefore charge to a value which is directly related to the interpulse interval and hence to engine rpm.
  • the periodic switching on of transistor 362 will be operative to provide a voltage discharge path to ground for capacitor 368 and by suitably sizing this capacitor, it can be arranged to be fully discharged during the fixed pulse width duration. Furthermore, by suitably sizing the resistance 366 the RC time constant of this resistance and capacitor 368 can be arranged to be relatively long compared with the discharge time so that the charge-up time of the capacitor is of a comparatively long duration. Thus, when the interpulse interval is comparatively short, as, for instance, at relatively high speed operation, the capacitor will be periodically charged'up to a low value. However, after a fuel cutoff signal has been generated at output port 302, the speed of the engine can be readily presumed to be decreasing.
  • the voltage across capacitor 368 and hence the voltage applied to the anode of bistable switching device 370 will be somewhat higher for each successive interpulse interval.
  • Resistances 378, 374, 380, and diode 376 form a voltage divider network which establishes a fixed level of voltage at gate electrode 372. It can therefore readily be arranged that, when'the engine speed reaches a predetermined value which may be, for instance, the curb idle speed, the voltage accumulated across capacitor 368 during the next succeeding interpulse interval will be sufficiently high (one diode drop above the voltage applied to gate 372) so that bistable switching de vice 370 goes into conduction. Once conducting, the current flowing therethrough will be applied to the base of 31% of transistor 310 to cause that transistor to go into conduction.
  • the present invention provides a circuit which can readily examine the operating speed of the engine by measuring a pulse width interval to determine when that interval has reached a predetermined width so as to terminate fuel cutoff and thereby prevent stalling of the engine.
  • interval determining means 368 for low speed signaling permits accurate low speed calculation so that the low speed stall point may be closely approached without danger of stalling the engine.
  • this alternate circuit includes a transistor 380 whose emitter is connected to ground through resistance 382 and also to the cathode of a second voltage level regulating device, zener device 384, through resistance 386.
  • This input stage would otherwise be coupled to circuits 300 as indicated by the commonlydesignated resistances 312 and 364.
  • an improved deceleration fuel control circuit comprising:
  • an output switch having an output switch control electrode and an output switch output electrode connected to said computing means, said output switch operative to provide at said output switch output electrode a normal fuel output level and a fuel cutoff output level, said normal fuel output level operative to permit said computing means to normally generate said output signals and said fuel cutoff signal operative to cause said computing means to generate output signals reducing the fuel delivered to the engine;
  • a first control switch operative to control said output switch having a first control switch output electrode connected to said output switch control electrode and a first control switch control electrode connected to said signalling device, said first control switch operative to normally provide at said first control switch output electrode a first control switch first output level when said signalling device signals said deceleration demand and a first control switch second output level when said signalling device signals said acceleration demand;
  • a second control switch for controlling said first control switch having a second control switch control electrode connected to said speed pulse generating means and a second control switch'output electrode connected to said first control switch control electrode, said second control switch being responsive to voltages at said second control switch control electrode to permit said first control switch to normally provide said first control switch second output level for second control switch control electrode voltages below a first predetermined speed dependent level when said signalling means signals said deceleration demand so as to permit said output switch to provide said normal fuel output level and to otherwise control said first control switch to provide said first control switch first output level for control switch control electrode voltages above said predetermined speed dependent level so as to control said output switch to provide said fuel cutoff output level;
  • a multiple-pulse interval-averaging capacitor connected to said second control switch control electrode operative to provide a second control switch control electrode voltage indicative of an average of a plurality of said engine speed pulse intervals, said second control switch control electrode voltages varying with said repetition rate of said speed pulses so as to control said second control switch to control said first'control switch to provide said second output level for causing said output switch to provide said fuel cutoff output level whenever said voltage provided by said multiple-pulse interval-averaging capacitor exceeds said first predetermined engine speed dependent voltage;
  • inter-pulse interval computing means connecting said pulse generating means and said first control switch control electrode for controlling said first control switch to provide said first output level so that said output switch provides said normal fuel output level whenever an interval between two successive pulses is indicative of an engine speed less than a second predetermined engine speed dependent level less than said first: predetermined engine speed dependent level
  • said inter-pulse computing means comprising a source of constant potential, a resistor and a computing capacitor connected in series to said source of constant potential, a first discharge switch, a second discharge switch, and voltage divider means, said first discharge switch having a first discharge switch control electrode connected to said pulse generating means and a first discharge switch discharge electrode connected intermediate said resistor and said computing capacitor operative to discharge said computing capacitor during each said fixed duration of said fixed duration speed pulses, said second discharge switch having an output electrode connected to said first control switch control electrode, second discharge switch discharge electrode connected intermediate said resistor and said computing capacitor, and a second discharge switch control electrode, said voltage divider means connected intermediate said source of constant potential and said second discharge switch control electrode, said
  • an improved deceleration fuel control circuit comprising: 1
  • an output switch having an output switch control electrode connected to said second signalling device and an output switch output electrode connected to said computing means, said output switch operative to provide at said output switch output electrode a normal fuel output level and a fuel cutoff output level, said normal fuel output level being provided when said second signalling device signals one of said Park and Neutral modes to normally permit said computing means to normally generate said output signals and said fuel cutoff signal operative to cause said computing means to generate output signals reducing the fuel delivered to the engine;
  • a first control switch operative to control said output switch having a first control switch output electrode connected to said output switch control electrode and a first control switch electrode connected to said first signalling device, said first control switch operative to normally provide at said first control switch output electrode a first control switch first output level when said first signalling device signals said deceleration demand and a first control switch second output level when said first signalling device signals said acceleration demand;
  • a second control switch for controlling said first control switch having a second control switch control electrode connected to said speed pulse generating means and a second control switch output electrode connected to said first control switch control electrode, said second control switch being responsive to voltages at said second control switch control electrode to permit said first control switch to normally provide said first control switch second output for second control switch control electrode voltages below a first predetermined speed dependent level when said first signalling means signals said deceleration demand so as to permit said output switch to provide said normal fuel output level and to otherwise control said first control switch to provide said first control switch first output level for the control switch control electrode voltages above said predetermined speed dependent level so as to control said output switch to provide said fuel cutoff output level;
  • a multiple-pulse interval-averaging capacitor connected to said second control switch control electrode operative to provide a second control switch control electrode voltage indicative of an average of a plurality of said engine speed pulse intervals, said second control switch control electrode voltages varying with said repetition rate of said speed pulses so as to control said second control switch to control said first control switch to provide said second output level for causing said output switch to provide said fuel cutoff output level whenever voltage provided by said multiple-pulse intervalaveraging capacitor exceeds said first predetermined engine speed dependent voltage;
  • single inter-pulse interval computing means conmeeting said pulse generating means and said first control switch control electrode for controlling said first control switch to provide said first output level so that said output switch provides said normal fuel output level whenever the interval between two successive speed pulses is indicative of an engine speed less than a second predetermined engine speed dependent level less than said first predetermined engine speed dependent level
  • said inter-pulse computing means comprising a source of constant potential, a resistor and a computing capacitor connected in series to said source of constant potential, a first discharge switch, a second discharge switch, and voltage divider means, said first discharge switch having a first discharge switch control electrode connected to said pulse generating means and a first discharge switch discharge electrode connected intermediate said resistor and said computing capacitor operative to discharge said computing capacitor during each said fixed duration of said fixed duration speed pulses, said second discharge switch having an output electrode connected to said first control switch control electrode, second discharge switch discharge electrode connected intermediate said resistor and said computing capacitor, and a second discharge switch control electrode, said voltage divider means connected intermediate said source of constant potential and said second discharge switch

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US00183907A US3809028A (en) 1971-09-27 1971-09-27 Fuel cutoff circuit responsive to engine deceleration conditions for use in conjunction with the fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine
US00193824A US3736444A (en) 1971-09-27 1971-10-29 Circuit for controllably driving a schmitt trigger in response to preselected variations in an analog input signal and in a digitalized input signal
CA143,993A CA965503A (en) 1971-09-27 1972-06-06 Fuel cutoff circuit responsive to engine deceleration
GB4004272A GB1346562A (ja) 1971-09-27 1972-08-29
FR7231365A FR2155257A5 (ja) 1971-09-27 1972-09-05
DE2243785A DE2243785A1 (de) 1971-09-27 1972-09-06 Brennstoff-absperrschaltung fuer das brennstoffsteuersystem einer brennkraftmaschine
IT29598/72A IT967799B (it) 1971-09-27 1972-09-23 Circuito per l arresto dell eroga zione di combustibile in risposta a delle condizioni di decelerazio ne di un motore a combustione in terna da usare insieme con l impianto di alimentazione di combustibile
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