Mass-airflow measurement conversion apparatus for internal combustion engine carburetors

• Main Authors: Grippo, Albert C, Bowling, Bruce A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.11.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MEASURING; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METERING BY VOLUME; PHYSICS; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

A controller for an electronic fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes: a plurality of analog-to-digital (A/D) converters; a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the A/D converters and the memory. The A/D converters are configured to receive analog electrical signals representing pressures generated by a plurality of pressure sensors disposed at different locations along an air intake path and output corresponding digital signals representing the pressures, one or more of the pressure sensors are disposed in a body of a carburetor rendered permanently inoperable to mix fuel with air flowing in the air intake path, and the processor is configured to receive the digital signals representing the pressures output from the A/D converters and output a mass air flow signal representing a mass air flow rate as to an engine management system to control the electronic fuel injection system based on the received pressure signals.