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AssigneeAisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsFumihito NAKATANI, Takahiko IWAKURA, Kazufumi ISHII
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An ECU controls a passage switch valve according to the operation state of an engine, to control the temperature of intake air introduced into the engine, by selectively causing outside air from an outside air inlet, high-temperature air from a high-temperature passage, or mixed air comprising the outside air and the high-temperature air to flow towards the downstream side of an intake passage. The ECU calculates the MBT ignition timing and the knock limit ignition timing based on detection results of sensors, and controls the passage switch valve such that, when the knock limit ignition timing is at a more advanced angle than the MBT ignition timing, the high-temperature air or the mixed air is introduced into the engine, and when the knock limit ignition timing is the same as or at a more delayed angle than the MBT ignition timing, the outside air is introduced into the engine.
An intake air temperature control device for an engine, comprising:
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