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Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

May. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Nobuyoshi Tomomatsu, Tokyo, JP;

Shuichi Wada, Hyogo, JP;

Kenichi Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/2454 (2013.01); F02D 41/1455 (2013.01); F02D 41/1458 (2013.01); F02D 41/1479 (2013.01);
Abstract

An air-fuel ratio region detection unit, including a first determination voltage higher than a target voltage value indicating the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and a second determination voltage lower than the target voltage value, determines that an air-fuel ratio of an engine is within a first rich region when an oxygen sensor output equals or exceeds the first determination voltage, determines that the air-fuel ratio is within a second rich region when the oxygen sensor output equals or exceeds the target voltage value but is lower than the first determination voltage, determines that the air-fuel ratio is within a second lean region when the oxygen sensor output equals or exceeds the second determination voltage but is lower than the target voltage value, and determines that the air-fuel ratio is within a first lean region when the oxygen sensor output is lower than the second determination voltage.


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