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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masaya Murata, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 19/08 (2006.01); F02D 19/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 19/081 (2013.01); F02D 19/0615 (2013.01); F02D 19/0634 (2013.01); F02D 19/0647 (2013.01); F02D 19/084 (2013.01); F02D 41/0025 (2013.01); F02D 41/0027 (2013.01); F02D 19/087 (2013.01); F02D 41/068 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0611 (2013.01); F02D 2250/11 (2013.01); Y02T 10/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus is applied to an internal combustion engine in which fuel used for operation is changed between liquid fuel containing alcohol and gas fuel. The control apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to prohibit use of the gas fuel when a ratio of dilution of lubricating oil by the liquid fuel in a lubricating oil storage portion of the internal combustion engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined value or when an amount of the liquid fuel mixed in the lubricating oil in the lubricating oil storage portion is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.