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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 51/00 (2006.01); F02D 19/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02M 21/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 19/06 (2013.01); F02D 19/061 (2013.01); F02D 19/0615 (2013.01); F02D 19/0623 (2013.01); F02D 19/0628 (2013.01); F02D 19/0647 (2013.01); F02D 19/0692 (2013.01); F02D 41/008 (2013.01); F02D 41/0025 (2013.01); F02M 21/0272 (2013.01); F02D 41/0027 (2013.01); F02D 41/064 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0602 (2013.01); Y02T 10/32 (2013.01); Y02T 10/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
When switching the fuel to be used for engine operation from gasoline to CNG, in a state where CNG is supplied experimentally to one cylinder serving as a judgment object and gasoline is supplied to other cylinders, whether or not CNG can be supplied to the cylinder serving as a judgment object is judged based on an amount of change ΔPc in fuel pressure inside a CNG delivery pipe (Step Sto Step S). When it is judged that a gas fuel can be supplied to all cylinders (Step S: YES), the fuel to be used for engine operation is switched from the liquid fuel to the gas fuel (Step S).