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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Shinsuke Takakura, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinsuke Takakura, Kawasaki, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A leak diagnostic apparatus is provided for an evaporative emission control system that purges fuel vapor from an inside of a fuel tank to an intake passage of an internal combustion engine. The leak diagnostic apparatus is basically provided with a pressure detecting device and a leak determining device. The pressure detecting device is configured and arranged to detect a pressure inside the evaporative emission control system, which includes the fuel tank. The leak determining device sets a leak determination threshold value in accordance with a deformation amount of the fuel tank, and determines if a leak exists by comparing the pressure inside the evaporative emission control system while the evaporative emission control system is sealed to the leak determination threshold value.