US 7,549,409 B2
Fuel supply amount control system and boat propulsion unit
Takaaki Bamba, Shizuoka (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (Japan)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/107,176.
Claims priority of application No. 2007-112848 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0262702 A1, Oct. 23, 2008
Int. Cl. F02D 41/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 123—491  [701/103; 440/84] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel supply amount control system for controlling a fuel supply amount during engine startup, comprising:
a fuel control device arranged to control the fuel supply amount independently during the engine startup before and after a cylinder stroke determination; wherein
the engine startup corresponds to a time when a crankshaft starts to rotate to a time when the crankshaft stably rotates by fuel combustion; and
the cylinder stroke determination corresponds to a time when the stroke of a cylinder is determined to be one of an intake, compression, expansion, or exhaust stroke.