US4870942A
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Diagnosis device for exhaust gas recycling device of internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1988-07-25
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Granted: 1989-10-03
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Expires: 2008-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A diagnosis device for an exhaust gas recycling device diagnoses whether or not an exhaust gas recycling device is operating normally; the temperature of an exhaust gas recycling passage is detected by a temperature detection means, a decision is made by an exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means whether or not the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling, when a decision is made that the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling a counter is incremented and when otherwise is decremented, and a decision that the exhaust gas recycling is not being carried out normally, that is that the exhaust gas recycling device has failed, is made when the count value of this counter is at least a certain value and the temperature of the exhaust gas recycling passage is not more than a certain value.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Shibata
- 👤 Hideaki Mizuno
- 👤 Kouichi Satoya
- 👤 Nobuki Uchitani
- 👤 Tatsuyoshi Kamohara
- 👤 Kenichi Harada
- 👤 Mamoru Yoshioka
- 👤 Takashi Kato
- 👤 Hidemi Ohnaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 02:48
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/52; F02M26/55; F02M26/56; F02M26/57; F02M26/45; F02M26/46; F02M26/47; F02M26/49; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; F02D41/0065; F02D2041/0067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A diagnosis device for an exhaust gas recycling device having: a temperature detecting means which detects the temperature of an exhaust gas recycling passage; an exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means which detects whether or not the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling; a counter which is incremented when said exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means detects that the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling, and is decremented when the operation region is determined not to be such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling; and a decision means which determines that the exhaust gas recycling has failed when the count value of said counter is at least a certain amount and the temperature detected by said temperature detection means is determined not to be more than a certain value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A diagnosis device for an exhaust gas recycling device having: a temperature detecting means which detects the temperature of an exhaust gas recycling passage; an exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means which detects whether or not the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling; a counter which is incremented when said exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means detects that the operating region is such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling, and is decremented when the operation region is determined not to be such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling; and a decision means which determines that the exhaust gas recycling has failed when the count value of said counter is at least a certain amount and the temperature detected by said temperature detection means is determined not to be more than a certain value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The exhaust gas recycling device diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein said decision means is constructed so that a decision as to whether or not the exhaust gas recycling passage temperature is not more than a certain value is made only when the count value of said counter is at least a certain value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The exhaust gas recycling device diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein said counter is constructed to carry out a count operation only when the exhaust gas recycling passage temperature is not more than a certain value, and said decision means is constructed to make a failure decision if the count value of said counter reaches a certain value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
The exhaust gas recycling device diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein said counter is constructed so that when the operating region is detected by said exhaust gas recycling operating region detection means to be such as to carry out exhaust gas recycling, the count value is incremented until a predetermined maximum value is reached, and when the count value reaches said maximum value the maximum value is maintained, and when the operating region is detected to be such as not to carry out exhaust gas recycling, the count value is decremented.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The exhaust gas recycling device diagnosis device of claim 1, further comprising an increment prohibition means which prohibits the incrementing of said counter from the time when the operating region of the internal combustion engine changes from an operating region which is not the exhaust gas recycling operating region to the exhaust gas recycling operating region, until a certain time interval has elapsed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The exhaust gas recycling device diagnosis device of claim 1, wherein said counter is constructed such that the increment amount is set variably at a certain time interval according to the exhaust gas flow rate.
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