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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Obu, JP;

Inventors:

Mariko Kawase, Funabashi, JP;

Yuya Tanida, Obu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2021.01); G01N 9/26 (2006.01); G01M 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0818 (2013.01); F02M 25/0836 (2013.01); F02M 25/0854 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G01M 3/26 (2013.01); G01N 9/26 (2013.01); G01N 33/28 (2013.01); F02M 2025/0845 (2013.01);
Abstract

A failure diagnostic device is configured to determine saturated vapor pressures of a fuel within a fuel tank. In a fuel vapor processing apparatus, some or all of the passages and spaces into which the fuel vapor flows into the fuel vapor processing apparatus are closed to the atmosphere. In this condition, the failure diagnostic device determines a plurality of saturated vapor pressure characteristics over time. The failure diagnostic device is configured to diagnose whether or not a leakage or a blockage failure in the fuel vapor processing apparatus is present. The failure diagnostic device determines a Reid vapor pressure (RVP) based on each of the plurality of determined saturated fuel vapor pressure characteristic and diagnoses whether or not a failure is present in accordance with a change in these RVPs over time.


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