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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123399 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a control device for internal-combustion engine which is capable of detecting an abnormality in accelerator pedal angle sensors throughout a range of accelerator pedal angles and continuing operation even when an abnormality is detected. It includes a first accelerator pedal angle sensor for detecting an accelerator pedal angle, a second accelerator pedal angle sensor for detecting the accelerator pedal angle, and a minor selection device for selecting, as the accelerator pedal angle, a lower value of one of the outputs of the first accelerator pedal angle sensor and the second accelerator pedal angle sensor.