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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1986
Tomohiko Kawanabe, Wako, JP;
Masahiko Asakura, Wako, JP;
Minoru Muroya, Wako, JP;
Katsuhiko Kimura, Wako, JP;
Noritaka Kushida, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Hasebe, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An oxygen concentration sensing device and an air/fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine which include a pair of solid electrolyte members having oxygen ion permeability which are arranged to face each other to form a restricted region between them. One of the solid electrolyte members is operative as an oxygen pump element when a pump current is supplied across the electrodes thereof. The sensing device is provided with a current supply part including a limit command circuit which generates a current stop command signal when the magnitude of the pump current exceeds a reference limit level. With the current stop command signal, the supply of the pump current is stopped so as to prevent an overcurrent to the oxygen pump element. The air/fuel ratio control system includes an air/fuel ratio detection part and an air/fuel ratio control part operated by an air/fuel ratio detection signal. The detection of the air/fuel ratio and the supply of the pump current are stopped under a predetermined operating condition of the engine.