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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Mahito Shikama, Wako, JP;
Toshinori Tsukamoto, Wako, JP;
Mahito Shikama, Wako, JP;
Toshinori Tsukamoto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A misfire detecting apparatus for detecting a misfire of an internal combustion engine based on a detected rotational speed parameter. A moving averaging calculation is performed with respect to data of the detected rotational speed parameter to calculate an averaged speed parameter, a number of the data being equal to a sampling number NTDC. A reference value of the averaged speed parameter and a relative speed parameter are calculated. The relative speed parameter is a deviation of the averaged speed parameter detected at every predetermined crank angle from the reference value. An integrated value of the relative speed parameter is calculated and a misfire determination is performed based on the integrated value. The sampling number (NTDC) is determined by an equation:=720/(θ)where (N) is a number of cylinders and (Dθ) is a sampling angular period (degree) of the rotational speed parameter.