Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air-fuel-ratio imbalance determination apparatus for internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 用于内燃机的空燃比不平衡确定装置
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Application No.: US13500543Application Date: 2009-10-06
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Publication No.: US08670917B2Publication Date: 2014-03-11
- Inventor: Keiichiro Aoki , Yasushi Iwazaki
- Applicant: Keiichiro Aoki , Yasushi Iwazaki
- 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.
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/067686 WO 20091006
- International Announcement: WO2011/042994 WO 20110414
- Main IPC: F02D41/26
- IPC: F02D41/26

Abstract:
An inter-cylinder air-fuel-ratio imbalance determination apparatus includes an air-fuel-ratio sensor in an exhaust passage of an engine. The air-fuel-ratio sensor functions as a limiting-current-type wide range air-fuel-ratio sensor when a voltage is applied, and functions as a concentration-cell-type oxygen concentration sensor when no voltage is applied. The determination apparatus causes the air-fuel-ratio sensor to function as the limiting-current-type wide range air-fuel-ratio sensor, and executes air-fuel ratio feedback control on the basis of the output value of the air-fuel-ratio sensor. When an imbalance determination parameter is obtained, the determination apparatus causes the air-fuel-ratio sensor to function as the concentration-cell-type oxygen concentration sensor, and obtains, as the imbalance determination parameter, a value corresponding to the differentiated value of the output value of the air-fuel-ratio sensor. The determination apparatus determines an inter-cylinder air-fuel-ratio imbalance state, when the absolute value of the imbalance determination parameter is greater than an imbalance determination threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120209498A1 AIR-FUEL-RATIO IMBALANCE DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2012-08-16
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