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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Kazuhiro Wakao, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakurai, Gotemba, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Wakao, Susono, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakurai, Gotemba, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes a reformer for reforming a fuel air mixture to produce a reformed gas, a crank angle sensor for detecting a rotational speed of the engine, and an ECU. The ECU obtains a difference of an actual rotational speed from a target rotational speed of the engine during an idling thereof based on a signal from the crank angle sensor. When the difference thus obtained exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the ECU determines that a reforming catalyst of the reformer has deteriorated or there is any abnormality in the reformer.