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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1991
Masato Yoshida, Kyoto, JP;
Takanao Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Muneyoshi Nanba, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiko Kato, Novi, JP;
Kazumasa Iida, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuhiko Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosho Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided according to the present invention is a vehicular engine cooling apparatus comprising cooling fan means for cooling at least one of an engine and an environment of the engine, the engine being operated with use of any of two or more different fuels and a mixed fuel formed of a combination of the different fuels. This apparatus further comprises a mixture ratio sensor for detecting the mixture ratio of the two or more different fuels, and a controller for actuating the cooling fan means in accordance with the fuel mixture ratio detected by the mixture ratio sensor, after the engine is stopped. Preferably, the cooling fan is operated only during a predetermined operating time set in accordance with the fuel mixture ratio and the temperature of at least one of the engine and the environment of the engine.