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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
May. 18, 1993
Akinori Osanai, Susono, JP;
Takaaki Itoh, Susono, JP;
Yoshihiko Hyodo, Susono, JP;
Toru Kidokoro, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a flow of evaporated fuel from a canister being fed into an intake passage of an engine through a plurality of control valves arranged in parallel in a purge passage between the canister and the intake passage. The plurality of control valves includes at least a first valve being switched on and off by setting a control factor indicating a duty ratio of an on-time within a duty cycle to a total duty-cycle time for the first valve, and a second valve being switched on and off by setting a control factor indicating an on-state or off-state of the second valve for a total duty-cycle time. The apparatus includes a first control part for setting a first control factor for the first valve so that the first valve is switched on at a rate indicated by the first control factor, and a second control part for setting a second control factor for the second valve so that the second valve is switched on and off at a timing different from a timing at which the first valve is switched on and off.