Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance abnormality determination device
- Patent Title (中): 气缸间空燃比不平衡异常判定装置
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Application No.: US13397279Application Date: 2012-02-15
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Publication No.: US08695568B2Publication Date: 2014-04-15
- Inventor: Yuya Yoshikawa
- Applicant: Yuya Yoshikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-031047 20110216
- Main IPC: F02M7/00
- IPC: F02M7/00 ; F02D41/00

Abstract:
An inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance abnormality determination device includes a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine; a pre-catalyst sensor; a post-catalyst sensor; an air-fuel ratio control unit that performs main air-fuel ratio control based on an output of the pre-catalyst sensor and auxiliary air-fuel ratio control based on an output of the post-catalyst sensor; a control amount calculation unit that calculates a control amount in the auxiliary air-fuel ratio control based on the output of the post-catalyst sensor; a revolution speed variation detection unit that detects a revolution speed variation of the engine; an abnormality determination unit that performs imbalance abnormality determination for determining whether an inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio imbalance abnormality has occurred based on a detected value of the revolution speed variation; and a guard range reduction unit that reduces a guard range of the control amount during the imbalance abnormality determination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120209497A1 INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-08-16
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