Invention Application
- Patent Title: INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
- Patent Title (中): 用于内燃机的缸内空燃比不平衡测定装置
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Application No.: US13516841Application Date: 2009-12-18
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Publication No.: US20120277980A1Publication Date: 2012-11-01
- Inventor: Yasushi Iwazaki , Hiroshi Sawada , Hiroshi Miyamoto , Fumihiko Nakamura , Keiichiro Aoki
- Applicant: Yasushi Iwazaki , Hiroshi Sawada , Hiroshi Miyamoto , Fumihiko Nakamura , Keiichiro Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/071717 WO 20091218
- Main IPC: F02D41/26
- IPC: F02D41/26 ; F02D41/30

Abstract:
An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus that obtains, based on an output value Vabyfs of an air-fuel ratio sensor, an air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount (AFD) which becomes larger as an air-fuel ratio fluctuation of an exhaust gas passing through a position at which the air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed becomes larger, during a parameter obtaining period. The determination apparatus estimates an air-fuel ratio sensor element temperature (Temps) having a strong relation with responsiveness of the air-fuel ratio sensor during the parameter obtaining period, and obtains a corrected air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount by correcting the AFD based on the estimated Temps. The determination apparatus adopts the corrected air-fuel ratio fluctuation indicating amount as the imbalance determination parameter X, and determines whether or not an inter-cylinder air-fuel-ratio imbalance state has been occurring based on a comparison between the imbalance determination parameter X and the imbalance determination threshold Xth.
Public/Granted literature
- US08401765B2 Inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance determination apparatus for internal combustion engine Public/Granted day:2013-03-19
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