Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel vapor treatment apparatus
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Application No.: US15928223Application Date: 2018-03-22
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Publication No.: US10428769B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Kimio Uchida
- 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: JP2017-60799 20170327
- Main IPC: F02M25/00
- IPC: F02M25/00 ; F02M25/08 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D41/14

Abstract:
A fuel vapor treatment apparatus is provided with an air-fuel-ratio obtaining portion and a clogging determining portion. The air-fuel-ratio obtaining portion obtains the air-fuel ratio. The clogging determining portion determines whether a purge line is clogged based on a maximum variation amount of air-fuel ratio. In a case where no clogging is occurred in the purge line, the air-fuel ratio significantly fluctuates temporarily. In a case where at least a part of the purge line is fully clogged, even when a purge valve receives a valve opening command to be opened, fuel vapor cannot be introduced into the engine, so that the air-fuel ratio is not varied. In view of an air-fuel ratio variation, it is determined whether the purge line is clogged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180274492A1 FUEL VAPOR TREATMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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