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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Koji Miwa, Susono, JP;
Ikuo Ando, Toyota, JP;
Ryuta Teraya, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: if it is necessary to take an anti catalytic odor approach and the engine should be warmed up, resetting an engine warm up request flag to cut fuel for the approach; cutting the fuel and determining whether the approach has completed; and if so, setting the flag.