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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu, JP;
AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Obu, JP;
Abstract
An engine system includes an injector, an EGR device (including an EGR valve having a step motor) to recirculate part of exhaust gas of an engine as EGR gas to the engine, and an electronic control unit (ECU) to control the injector, the EGR valve, and others based on an operating state of the engine. The ECU is configured to diagnose foreign-matter lodging abnormality of the EGR valve and a lodged foreign-matter diameter based on detected intake pressure during engine deceleration. When existence of the abnormality and the foreign-matter diameter are determined, the ECU controls the step motor to hold the EGR valve at a first opening degree smaller than a second opening degree needed to remove a foreign matter before fuel cut to the engine by the injector.