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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Peter Richardson, Coventry, GB;
Kenichi Fujiki, Toyoaki, JP;
Inventors:
Peter Richardson, Coventry, GB;
Kenichi Fujiki, Toyoaki, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To avoid potentially erroneous results, monitoring the operation of an oxygen sensor of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle to detect a slow response of the oxygen sensor as indicative of an oxygen sensor fault is temporarily suspended in response to a brake operation transition of a braking system of the vehicle.