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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1992
Masaaki Nakayama, Toyoake, JP;
Yasutoshi Baba, Obu, JP;
Hideki Morishima, Anjo, JP;
Isamu Nomura, Obu, JP;
Kouichi Shimizu, Handa, JP;
Yasuhito Takasu, Toyohashi, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a misfire detecting apparatus for a multicylinder internal combustion engine, a rotational signal outputting unit outputs a rotary signal at every predetermined rotary angle, and a tentative misfire decision unit tentatively decides, on the basis of the rotary signal, whether or not misfire has occurred in each cylinders of the engine. A tentative misfire number counting unit counts the number of tentative misfires decided for respective cylinders, and a counting result storage unit stores the counting results. After a given number of tentative misfire decisions have been made, it is decided that misfire has actually occurred, only if the counting result, for a part of the cylinders, among the counting results for respective cylinders stored in the counting result storage unit is larger than a predetermined number.