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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2019
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kugo, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A purge system malfunction diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a malfunction in a purge system mounted on a vehicle. The purge system includes a canister, a purge passage, a purge valve capable of opening and closing the purge passage, an outside air passage configured to cause the canister to communicate with an outside air opening, an outside air valve capable of opening and closing the outside air passage, and a system pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the purge system. In a state where the outside air passage is closed, a diagnosis mode is executed on a basis of a relationship between the pressure in the purge system and an integrated value of flow rate estimates of a purge gas. In the diagnosis mode, a parameter to be used for diagnosing a malfunction in the purge system is adjusted in a case where the flow rate estimate is lower than a flow rate threshold.