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Throttle control device

Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1997-12-12
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2017-12-12
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Abstract

Abstract The throttle control device of this invention controls a throttle based on outputs of a position sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor which detect a position of a same object, wherein, when an abnormality is detected in one of the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of the other sensor in which no abnormality is detected, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in one of the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a first predetermined time, and when an abnormality is detected in both the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of one of the first sensor and the second sensor, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in both the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a second predetermined time which is shorter than the first predetermined time.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masato Seki
  • 👤 Takamasa Kitamura

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 19:38
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K26/00; B60K26/04; F; F02; F02D; F02D11/00; F02D11/06; F02D11/10; F02D11/107; F02D41/00; F02D41/22; F02D41/222; B60W; B60W50/00; B60W50/02; B60W50/0205; B60W2050/021; F02D2011/101; F02D2011/103; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/04; F02D2200/0404; F02D2200/60; F02D2200/602; F02D2400/00; F02D2400/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 161 words
A throttle control device for controlling a throttle based on outputs of a position sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor which detect a position of a same object, wherein, when an abnormality is detected in one of the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of the other sensor in which no abnormality is detected, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in one of the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a first predetermined time, and when an abnormality is detected in both the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of one of the first sensor and the second sensor, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in both the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a second predetermined time which is shorter than the first predetermined time.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 161 words
A throttle control device for controlling a throttle based on outputs of a position sensor including a first sensor and a second sensor which detect a position of a same object, wherein, when an abnormality is detected in one of the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of the other sensor in which no abnormality is detected, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in one of the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a first predetermined time, and when an abnormality is detected in both the first sensor and the second sensor, throttle control is continued based on the output of one of the first sensor and the second sensor, and the throttle control is discontinued when the detection of the abnormality in both the first sensor and the second sensor continues for a second predetermined time which is shorter than the first predetermined time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
A throttle control device according to claim 1, wherein the position sensor is an accelerator position sensor for detecting a position of an accelerator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
A throttle control device according to claim 1, wherein the position sensor is a throttle position sensor for detecting an opening of a throttle valve.

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