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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Yosuke Tachibana, Saitama-ken, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A secondary air supply control system controls supply of air to a catalyst arranged in the exhaust passage of an internal combustion, for purification of exhaust gases. A temperature difference between a temperature of an engine coolant sensed at a stoppage of the engine and stored and a temperature of the engine coolant sensed at a start of the engine after the stoppage is calculated. It is determined whether or not a stop time period between the stoppage and the start of the engine is short, depending on the temperature difference. When it is determined that the stop time period is short, an operation time period over which the air pump is to be operated to supply air to the catalyst is corrected based on a temperature difference between a temperature of the engine coolant sensed at the start of the engine and a temperature of intake air sensed at the start of the engine.