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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takamasa Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;
Masato Seki, Obu, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123399 ; 123361 ;
Abstract
The throttle control device of this invention for controlling a throttle based on outputs of a position sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor which detect a position of a same object includes: a judgment section for judging whether or not the position sensor is abnormal by comparing a difference between the output of the first sensor and the output of the second sensor with a predetermined threshold value; and a change section for changing the predetermined threshold value depending on at least one of the output of the first sensor and the output of the second sensor.