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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Takaaki Fukusako, Wako, JP;
Haruhiko Yamada, Wako, JP;
Tatsuro Isono, Wako, JP;
Masato Amano, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Ichoda, Wako, JP;
Takaaki Fukusako, Wako, JP;
Haruhiko Yamada, Wako, JP;
Tatsuro Isono, Wako, JP;
Masato Amano, Wako, JP;
Toshiaki Ichoda, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller for cylinder cut-off for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine including a partially operable cylinder that can be cutoff by a cut-off cylinder mechanism provided therewith and a full operating cylinder that is not cut off, the controller for cylinder cut-off including a partially operable cylinder side catalyst temperature estimating section, a full operating cylinder side catalyst temperature estimating section, and a cylinder cut-off authorization determining section for determining whether to authorize or prohibit a cut-off of the partially operable cylinder based on a partially operable cylinder side catalyst temperature estimated by the partially operable cylinder side catalyst temperature estimating section: and a full operating cylinder side catalyst temperature estimated by the full operating cylinder side catalyst temperature estimating section.