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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Hideki Miyahara, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tokiji Ito, Toyota, JP;
Hideki Miyahara, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tokiji Ito, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A cooling apparatus for an engine is provided with a thermostat operating in such a manner as to control a supply of a coolant to a radiator. An electronic control apparatus estimates a reference temperature corresponding to a temperature of the coolant on the basis of at least a vehicle speed, and diagnoses an operating state of the thermostat on the basis of a comparison between a detected value of the coolant temperature and the reference temperature. The electronic control apparatus inhibits the diagnosis of the operating state of the thermostat in the case that any one of the following conditions i) to iii) is satisfied.