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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Fujitani, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02D 9/10 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02D 9/105 (2013.01); F02D 9/1065 (2013.01); F16K 31/047 (2013.01); F16K 37/0083 (2013.01); F02D 2041/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A throttle control system includes a throttle device and a controller that controls the throttle device. The controller executes a driving process of driving the electric motor such that a target angular position of the specific gear continues to increase beyond or decrease below the initial position. The controller executes a determination process of determining that wear has occurred in the gear mechanism based on that a non-rotation time in which the angular position detected by the rotation sensor does not change during execution of the drive process being greater than or equal to a predetermined specified time.