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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Youhei Morimoto, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Haraguchi, Kariya, JP;
Kazuo Kojima, Nagoya, JP;
Jyun Kawamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Youhei Morimoto, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Haraguchi, Kariya, JP;
Kazuo Kojima, Nagoya, JP;
Jyun Kawamura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An engine torque control apparatus is applied to an engine control system comprising an engine for rotating an output shaft by using torque generated through combustion in cylinders. In the apparatus, exhaust gas passing through an exhaust passage of the engine is partially recirculated into an intake passage of the engine. Also, variable control is conducted in the apparatus, when an air-fuel ratio indicating a proportion between air and fuel supplied into the cylinders of the engine is changed to a leaner air-fuel ratio, so that torque parameters for increasing/decreasing output torque of the engine can be variably controlled. As a result, torque fluctuation associated with a temporarily changing recirculated uncombusted fuel quantity can be cancelled in a manner suitable for the temporarily changing recirculated uncombusted fuel quantity, at least during a predetermined period immediately after timing for changing the air-fuel ratio.