Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control device of internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US15585227Application Date: 2017-05-03
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Publication No.: US09790882B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Noriaki Iwase , Yasuo Mukai
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-166312 20140819; JP2014-167999 20140820; JP2014-168000 20140820
- Main IPC: F02D41/14
- IPC: F02D41/14 ; F02D41/00

Abstract:
An individual cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation of estimating an air-fuel ratio of an individual cylinder is performed on a sensed value of an air-fuel ratio sensor set in an exhaust gas collection part of an engine, and an individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control of controlling the air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder is performed in such a way that a variation in the air-fuel ratio between the cylinders becomes small on the basis of an estimated air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder. Further, it is determined whether or not a misfire of the engine is caused and when it is determined that the misfire of the engine is caused, the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio estimation and the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control are stopped and an individual cylinder correction value by the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control is reset. In this way, it is possible to avoid the individual cylinder air-fuel ratio control from being performed continuously as usual in a state where the air-fuel ratio of the individual cylinder cannot be controlled correctly due to the effect of the misfire.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170234255A1 INDIVIDUAL CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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