Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for detecting air-fuel ratio dispersion abnormality between cylinders of multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测多缸内燃机气缸之间的空燃比分散异常的装置
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Application No.: US13319613Application Date: 2010-12-08
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Publication No.: US08417438B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Takashi Tsunooka
- Applicant: Takashi Tsunooka
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/007149 WO 20101208
- International Announcement: WO2012/077164 WO 20120614
- Main IPC: B60T7/12
- IPC: B60T7/12 ; G05D1/00 ; G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; F02D23/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting dispersion abnormality in air-fuel ratio between cylinders of a multiple-cylinder engine, including a waste gate passage which bypasses a turbine of a turbocharger, a waste gate valve which opens/closes the passage, an air-fuel ratio sensor installed in an exhaust passage on the downstream of an outlet of the passage, an abnormality detecting unit for detecting dispersion abnormality in air-fuel ratio between cylinders by comparing a parameter value correlating with a fluctuation of the sensor value with a predetermined threshold, and an exhaust speed increasing unit for increasing exhaust gas speed. The apparatus further includes a controller which controls the valve and the exhaust speed increasing unit, and the controller opens, when dispersion abnormality in the air-fuel ratio between cylinders is detected, the valve and increases exhaust speed by the exhaust speed increasing unit.
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