| US 7,614,212 B2 | ||
| Engine control apparatus | ||
| Atsushi Sakai, Sapporo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 23, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/326,070. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-010667 (JP), filed on Jan. 18, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0136118 A1, Jul. 24, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. F01N 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 60—285 [60/277; 60/302; 123/198 F; 123/481] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An engine control apparatus comprising:
a fuel cutting component including an engine speed limiter component configured to cut a fuel supply to an engine upon detecting
a rotational engine speed of the engine exceeding an allowable rotational engine speed;
a deceleration fuel cutting component configured to cut the fuel supply upon detecting vehicle deceleration; and
a deceleration fuel cut prohibiting component configured to prohibit the deceleration fuel cutting component from cutting
the fuel supply to the engine during the vehicle deceleration for a prescribed period of time after operation of the fuel
cutting component, wherein
the prescribed period of time during which cutting of the fuel supply during the vehicle deceleration is prohibited is set
in response to an amount of time over which the engine speed limiter component is operated.
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