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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Kazuhiro Wakao, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakurai, Gotenba, JP;
Takaaki Itou, Mishima, JP;
Hiroki Ichinose, Fujinomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Wakao, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakurai, Gotenba, JP;
Takaaki Itou, Mishima, JP;
Hiroki Ichinose, Fujinomiya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An internal combustion engine in accordance with one aspect of the invention is characterized by comprising a combustion chamber, a reformer, and a control portion. A predetermined fuel component is burnt in the combustion chamber. The reformer has a reforming catalyst, and that produces a reformed gas which contains the fuel component obtained by reforming a mixture of fuel and air and which supplied to the combustion chamber. The control portion sets an air-fuel ratio of the mixture in the reformer such that a reforming efficiency of the reformer is held within a predetermined range, and sets an amount of the mixture supplied to the reformer such that an actual output torque of the internal combustion engine coincides with a target torque.