Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Including exhaust gas condition responsive means
Patent
1997-06-02
1998-06-23
Argenbright, Tony M.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Including exhaust gas condition responsive means
731181, 204401, F02D 4114, F02D 4122
Patent
active
057690634
ABSTRACT:
A malfunction detecting apparatus detects malfunctions in an air-fuel ratio sensor employed in an internal combustion engine. The air-fuel ratio sensor is located in an exhaust passage. The output current value of the sensor varies in accordance with an applied voltage and the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas. An electronic control unit controls the amount of fuel in the mixture in accordance with the magnitude of the output current of the sensor such that the air-fuel ratio of the mixture is made to coincide with a target air-fuel ratio. The sensor has an applied voltage range in which the output current value remains substantially zero when the air-fuel ratio of the mixture matches a theoretical optimum air-fuel ratio. A voltage changer changes the applied voltage to a voltage located outside of the certain applied voltage range, and the electronic control unit detects malfunctions in the sensor after the applied voltage is changed by comparing the output current of the sensor with a reference value.
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patent: 4777922 (1988-10-01), Mieno et al.
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Argenbright Tony M.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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