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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of compatibly achieving deceleration feeling and inhibition of temperature rise of a purification means during deceleration. SOLUTION: If a vehicle 1 is decelerating and bed temperature is not less than prescribed temperature, a catalyst deterioration inhibition control determination part 123 included in ECU 110 which is a control device for an engine 10 determines to execute catalyst deterioration inhibition control. In the catalyst deterioration inhibition control, fuel cut is prohibited and air quantity according to gear position of a transmission 15 is added as addition air quantity to target suction air quantity at an air quantity addition part 124. An engine control part 125 supplies fuel and air of the target suction air quantity to the engine 10. Consequently, exhaust gas containing oxygen can be inhibited from flowing in a catalyst 100, and temperature rise of the catalyst 100 during deceleration can be inhibited. Since fuel and suction air quantity according to the gear position, output during deceleration can be set to output appropriate to reducing ratio and deceleration feeling can be secured. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase accuracy of determination of thermal degradation state of an exhaust purifying catalyst by calculating accurate thermal degradation degree taking progress of thermal degradation during stop of an internal combustion engine into account. SOLUTION: Thermal degradation degree K of the exhaust purifying catalyst is calculated by integrating degree of thermal degradation progress every fixed time during engine operation. Engine stop operation time (timing t11) is defined as base timing, and engine start operation time (timing t12) is defined as correction timing. Base thermal degradation progress quantity ΔKb to be generated until temperature of the exhaust purifying catalyst drops to upper limit temperature Tx at which thermal degradation does not progress is predicted and is added to thermal degradation degree K at that time if engine start operation is not executed and engine stop state continues after the base timing. Corrected thermal degradation progress quantity ΔKc to be generated until temperature of the exhaust purifying catalyst drops to upper limit temperature Tx at is predicted and is subtracted from thermal degradation degree K at that time if engine start operation is not executed and engine stop state continues after the correction timing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine capable of suppressing a blockage due to the deposition in an air supply passage for introducing air for diluting evaoplated fuel. SOLUTION: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine 1 comprises a throttle valve 9 provided to a branch passage 5 of each cylinder 2, an evaoplated fuel supply passage 16 for introducing the evaporated fuel produced in a fuel tank 20 to a position at the downstream side from a throttle valve 9, an air supply passage 25 for supplying air extracted out of the upstream side from the throttle valve 9 to the evaporated fuel supply passage 16, a ventilation passage 31 keeping one end connected to a position on the upstream side from the throttle valve 9 and the other connected to a crankcase 30, and a blow-by gas supply passage 32 for introducing blow-by gas in the crankcase 30 to a position on the downstream side of the throttle valve 9. An air extraction port 25a in the air supply passage 25 is provided on the upstream side from a connecting position 31a of the ventilation passage 31 with respect to a suction passage 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a variable valve means capable of appropriately setting the start retardation time of an internal combustion engine, when the phase difference of the variable valve means is to be set to the initial value. SOLUTION: The control device for a variable valve means 26 for changing the phase difference of a crankshaft and a camshaft 22, according to flow-in and flow-out of working fluid from a pressure feeding means 63 interlocking with an internal combustion engine, is provided with a flow rate control means 60 for controlling flow rate of the working fluid flowing in and flowing out from the pressure feed means to the variable valve means, by displacing a spool valve element 66 of an inside of the body, according to control command value, and having a dead band near the retention command value for retaining the phase difference. The device retards the execution of stop command of the internal combustion engine, until the stop retardation time elapses, and executes control for setting the phase difference to the initial value by the flow rate control means; and the stop retardation time is the sum of the dead band passage times in which the spool valve element displaces from the position of the retention command value to the position out of the dead band, and phase difference change time in which the phase difference changes to predetermined value, based on the initial value after the dead band passage time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve ride comfort such as a shock and acceleration responsiveness in returning from a fuel cut state. SOLUTION: A control device of a power transmission apparatus which includes an internal combustion engine wherein the supply of fuel is stopped when a predetermined condition is satisfied and the supply of fuel is started again when rotation speed is lowered to a predetermined return rotation speed or when a required drive amount increases beyond a predetermined value, and a lock-up clutch transmitting torque outputted by the internal combustion engine and variable in transmission torque capacity includes a means detecting the required drive amount and an increasing rate of the required drive amount when it is determined that the supply of fuel in the internal combustion engine is returned (step S3), and a torque capacity increasing means setting an increasing velocity of the transmission torque capacity of the lock-up clutch based on the result of the detection (step S5). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a variable valve gear control device capable of reducing a response delay during operation while setting an initial phase to an appropriate phase at which noise is not generated. SOLUTION: This device is provided with; a variable valve gear 26 varying the open and close timing of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine; a hydraulic pressure control means 60 controlling the hydraulic pressure of an advancing chamber 56 and an retarding chamber 57 by displacing a spool valve element 66; and an initial phase control command value setting means 111 capable of setting an initial phase control command value which is a control command value corresponding to an initial phase of the variable valve gear 26 and can inhibit a collision of a housing and a vane, and setting the initial phase control command value to a value subtracting a predetermined abutting control command amount from a dead zone lower limit control command value which is a control command value corresponding to a lower limit of a dead zone of the hydraulic pressure control means 60. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a variable valve timing device capable of stopping a spool of a control valve at a holding position even in a case where oil viscosity is high or the like. SOLUTION: This variable valve timing device is provided with: an OCV 10 controlling supply and discharge of hydraulic oil to/from a hydraulic actuator 20 by the position of a spool 12 in a sleeve 18; and a control device 40 controlling the operation of the hydraulic actuator 20 by outputting OCV drive duty based on deviation of a target displacement angle from a control displacement angle to the OCV 10. The control device 40 outputs the OCV drive duty based on the deviation of the target displacement angle from the control displacement angle to the OCV 10 when the spool 12 is moved from a working position to the holding position, and outputs OCV drive duty of polarity reverse to that of the OCV drive duty for restoring the spool 12 to the holding position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inhibit air-fuel ratio in each cylinder during introduction of evaporated fuel from deviating from target air-fuel ratio in an evaporated fuel treatment system for an internal combustion engine introducing evaporated fuel formed in a fuel tank into an intake system of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: When evaporated fuel formed in the fuel tank is purged to the intake system of the internal combustion engine, difference between a target position and a crank position at which combustion mass ratio (MFB) is consistent with a reference value is defined for each cylinder. Fuel injection quantity for each cylinder is corrected based on the difference. air-fuel ratios of all cylinders become equal and converge to target air-fuel ratio by this invention. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel system capable of identifying an abnormal fuel pump based on a change in the operation condition of an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This fuel system 2 supplies fuel to the internal combustion engine 1 by merging the fuel delivered from a plurality of fuel pumps 3, 4 and controls the operating conditions of the plurality of fuel pumps 3, 4 according to the operation condition of the internal combustion engine 1 so that an amount of fuel required for the internal combustion engine 1 is supplied. When abnormal fuel supply is detected, the fuel pump 4 (or 3) to be operated is selected from the plurality of fuel pumps 3, 4 and the operating condition thereof is changed. The abnormal fuel pump is identified based on a relation between selection of the pump to be operated and the change in the operation condition of the internal combustion engine 1 accompanied by a change in the operating condition of the pump to be operated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal combustion engine capable of assuring a proper purification performance of a catalyst device regardless of an element temperature of an air-fuel ratio sensor. SOLUTION: The internal combustion engine 1 includes: an engine 2; the catalyst devices 42, 43 for purifying an exhaust gas arranged on an exhaust path 41 of the engine 2; and the first air-fuel ratio sensor 52 and the air-fuel ratio sensor 53 for measuring the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas of the engine 2. In the internal combustion engine 1, the air-fuel ratio of a mixture gas supplied to the engine 2 is controlled based on a variance E 1 between an output voltage V o1 of the first air-fuel ratio sensor 52 and the target voltage V t1 of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The output voltage V o1 of the first air-fuel ratio sensor 52 is compensated based on a sub-feedback control constant K, which is calculated based on a variance E 2 between an output voltage V o2 of the second air-fuel ratio sensor 53 and the target voltage V t2 of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The sub-feedback control constant K is compensated based on an actual measurement value of an estimated value of the element temperature T of the second air-fuel ratio sensor 53. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT