Failure determination apparatus and method and engine...

F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 02 – D

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

F02D 28/00 (2006.01) F02D 41/06 (2006.01) F02D 41/22 (2006.01) G01K 15/00 (2006.01) F02D 41/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2392180

There is provided a failure determination apparatus which is capable of determining the failure of a temperature sensor promptly and correctly regardless of environmental conditions at the start of an internal combustion engine. An ECU calculates an operation progress parameter indicative of a degree of progress of operation of the internal combustion engine from the start thereof. A RAM of the ECU stores a value of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor at a stoppage of the engine. Further, the ECU measures a stop time period from the stoppage to a start of the engine, and determines that the temperature sensor is faulty, when the difference between a value of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor at the start of the present operation of the engine and the value of the temperature stored in the RAM is equal to or smaller than a predetermined reference value on condition that the operation progress parameter calculated during the immediately preceding operation of the engine is larger than a predetermined value, and that the stop time period before the present operation of the engine is longer than a predetermined time period.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for Canadian inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Failure determination apparatus and method and engine... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Failure determination apparatus and method and engine..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Failure determination apparatus and method and engine... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1346757

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.