Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for determining an abnormality of a control valve of an internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定内燃机的控制阀的异常的装置
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Application No.: US12997049Application Date: 2009-07-16
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Publication No.: US08522551B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Tetsuji Tomita , Taku Ibuki , Yoshihisa Hirosawa
- Applicant: Tetsuji Tomita , Taku Ibuki , Yoshihisa Hirosawa
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/063236 WO 20090716
- International Announcement: WO2011/007456 WO 20110120
- Main IPC: F02B37/013
- IPC: F02B37/013 ; F02B33/44 ; F02B33/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for determining an abnormality of a control valve is applied to an internal combustion engine having a first supercharger, a second supercharger, a first control valve, and a second control valve. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit to obtain two supercharging-pressure-corresponding-values before and after an opening degree of the first control valve is changed during a period in which the engine is operated in a specific operating state under which the first supercharger supercharges the engine more efficiently than the second supercharger, and to determine whether or not the second control valve is abnormal based on the two values with respect to the change of the opening degree of the first control valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110167816A1 APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ABNORMALITY OF A CONTROL VALVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2011-07-14
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