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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Koji Honda, Toyota, JP;
Seiji Hirowatari, Toyota, JP;
Masanao Idogawa, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An air-fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a control unit that makes a correction to the fuel injection amount using the air-fuel ratio learned value when calculating the fuel injection amount, and that changes the guard value that places a limitation on the degree of correction to the fuel injection amount made by using the air-fuel ratio learned value, based on the degree to which lubricating oil has been diluted with fuel.