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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Kazuma Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Susono, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuma Miyazaki, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Watanabe, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a program including a step of sensing a coolant temperature TW of an engine, if a start request of the engine is sensed, a step of causing only an intake manifold injector to inject fuel to start engineif coolant temperature TW is lower than a threshold value TW(), and a step of causing only an in-cylinder injector to inject fuel to start engineif coolant temperature TW is higher than threshold value TW().