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Apparatus for controlling the air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine

CA 1079591 A · Owner: Acf Industries, Incorporated · Inventors: Gantzert, Thomas R.; Lindberg, Allen W.; Hicks, Donald L.

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Abstract of the Disclosure Apparatus for controlling the air fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine to substantially maintain the ratio at a predetermined value while the engine is operating under various load conditions. The engine has a carburetor with an air passageway through which air is drawn into the engine. Fuel is supplied to the carburetor through a fuel system and mixed with air passing through the carburetor. The carburetor has a conduit through which air is introduced into the fuel system and the engine further has a chamber for combustion of the resulting air-fuel mixture and combustion products are exhausted. The apparatus comprises an air metering unit fox metering the …

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  • Granted June 17, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 17, 1997.
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GrantedJune 17, 1980
Term endedJune 17, 1997
Patent numberCA 1079591 A
Classification (IPC)F02M7/00 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJune 17, 1980Term endedJune 17, 1997

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