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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshifumi Hayami, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 2331 ; 731181 ;
Abstract
Erroneous malfunction determination of an oxygen sensor is avoided by consideration of combustible substance penetrating to an air electrode side of the oxygen sensor. The combustible substance is determined whether it has penetrated to the air electrode of the oxygen sensor. If it is determined so, then it is determined whether the oxygen deficiency has disappeared, and the sensor malfunction determination operation is disabled until the oxygen deficiency at the air electrode is eliminated. At the same time, malfunction determination is also disabled.