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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2019
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Shoji Fujiwara, Hiroshima, JP;
Hidetoshi Hashimoto, Aki-gun, JP;
Takuji Okumura, Kure, JP;
Shigeru Nakagawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasushi Torii, Hiroshima, JP;
Masayuki Kinoshita, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuichiro Tsumura, Aki-gun, JP;
Daisuke Tanaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Taiki Maiguma, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A failure diagnosis device for an in-cylinder pressure sensor is provided, which includes an in-cylinder pressure sensor, and an engine controller comprised of circuitry configured to execute a diagnosis module into which a signal of the sensor is inputted, to diagnose a failure of the sensor based on the signal. The diagnosis module includes a reading module configured to read the signal of the sensor within a specific crank angle range, a reference phase determining module configured to determine a reference phase that is a phase of a pressure change accompanying a volume change of the combustion chamber, and a failure determining module configured to determine that the sensor has failed, when the failure determining module determines a phase of the read signal of the sensor is delayed by an amount exceeding a predefined threshold from the determined reference phase.