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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Seiji Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Tooru Sekiguchi, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Ando, Wako, JP;
Atsuhiro Miyauchi, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Aoki, Wako, JP;
Michinori Tani, Wako, JP;
Soichiro Goto, Wako, JP;
Seiji Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Tooru Sekiguchi, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Ando, Wako, JP;
Atsuhiro Miyauchi, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Aoki, Wako, JP;
Michinori Tani, Wako, JP;
Soichiro Goto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an air-fuel ratio of an internal-combustion engine includes an air-fuel ratio detector, a fluctuation signal generating device, an air-fuel ratio fluctuation device, a 0.5th-order frequency component strength calculator, a fluctuation frequency component strength calculator, a reference component strength calculator, and an imbalance fault determining device. The reference component strength calculator is configured to calculate strength of a reference component in accordance with strength of a first frequency component and strength of a second frequency component. The imbalance fault determining device is configured to make a determination of an imbalance fault in which air-fuel ratios of a plurality of cylinders vary beyond a tolerance limit on a basis of a relative relationship between strength of the 0.5th-order frequency component and the strength of the reference component.