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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an evaporated fuel treatment device for an internal combustion engine which has a fuel tank, a canister having an interior and an opening that opens the interior to the atmosphere, and which adsorbs evaporated fuel generated inside the fuel tank, a charging passage that communicates with the fuel tank and with the canister, a pressure adjustment valve provided in the charging passage, an internal pressure sensor provided upstream from the pressure adjustment valve to detect and output the vapor pressure inside the fuel tank, and a fuel tank system leakage detector that detects leakage in the fuel tank system on the upstream side of the pressure adjustment valve according to the output of the sensor, the device having at least a first stored reference value for a first leak diameter constituting an object of detection and a second stored reference value for a second leak diameter constituting an object of detection, and the leakage detector configured to detect the presence or absence of leakage by comparing the output of the internal pressure sensor with the first and second reference values.