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Engine idle speed control

CA 2388099 A1 · Owner: Price, Stuart Graham · Inventors: Price, Stuart Graham

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method of controlling the idle speed of an internal combustion engine including, in response to the engine speed being below a predetermined level: determining the rate of change of the speed of the engine; selecting an idle entry set-point as a function of said rate; and initiating idle speed control of the engine on the basis of said idle entry set-point to thereby control the engine speed to a base idle speed.

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  • Filed December 20, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 20, 2020.
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FiledDecember 20, 2000
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedDecember 20, 2020
Patent numberCA 2388099 A1
Classification (IPC)F02D41/08 +2 more

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