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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshitaka Nakamura, Nagoya, JP;
Kinji Morihiro, Gifu-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/20 (2006.01); F02D 19/02 (2006.01); F02M 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 19/025 (2013.01); F02M 65/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ECU executes a fuel cut-off time ignition process that causes the ignition device to generate a spark discharge during a fuel cut-off for temporarily stopping fuel injection of the fuel injection valve. The ECU determines that the fuel injection valve is stuck open when a rotation fluctuation amount of an internal combustion engine during execution of the fuel cut-off time ignition process is greater than or equal to a predetermined stuck-open determination value.