Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US14390234Application Date: 2012-04-10
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Publication No.: US09885307B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Yuji Yamaguchi , Norihisa Nakagawa , Shuntaro Okazaki
- Applicant: Yuji Yamaguchi , Norihisa Nakagawa , Shuntaro Okazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/059812 WO 20120410
- International Announcement: WO2013/153626 WO 20131017
- Main IPC: F02D41/30
- IPC: F02D41/30 ; F02D41/14

Abstract:
Invention suppresses deterioration of emission if there is air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders. Apparatus (100) controlling an engine including first and second air-fuel ratio sensors respectively disposed on upstream and downstream of catalyst, has: first determining device determining first F/B controlled variable according to deviation between output value and target value of first air-fuel ratio sensor; second determining device determining second F/B controlled variable according to deviation between output value and target value of second air-fuel ratio sensor; controlling device controlling fuel injection amount based on first and second F/B controlled variables; detecting device detecting air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders; and correcting device correcting second F/B controlled variable in direction in which there is hardly change of fuel injection amount to lean air-fuel ratio side, according to output deviation between first and second air-fuel ratio sensors, if air-fuel ratio imbalance is detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150120170A1 CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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