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AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Soken, Inc.
InventorsFumihiko Sato, Takuji Matsubara, Mamoru Yoshioka, Yoshihiko Hyoudo, Takayuki Takeuchi, Naohisa Oyama, Shigeki Daido
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Correction of a fuel injection amount in an internal combustion engine during purge of evaporative fuel is performed on the basis of an output from an intake-oxygen concentration sensor disposed in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. If the amplitude of fluctuations in engine speed becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it is determined that there is an anomaly in engine output. In addition, if an anomaly in engine output is detected during purge and if no anomaly in engine output is detected during stoppage of purge, an ECU determines that an anomaly has occurred in the intake-oxygen concentration sensor, cancels correction of the fuel injection amount based on an output from the intake-oxygen concentration sensor during purge, and corrects the fuel injection amount on the basis of outputs from exhaust-gas air-fuel ratio sensors.
A combustible-gas sensor that is equipped with a sensor device having a pair of electrodes which are formed on the surface of an oxygen-ion conductor and one of the electrodes is disposed in a space where measurement-target gas containing combustible gas and oxygen exists and that detects a concentration of combustible gas on the basis of a change in the concentration of oxygen contained in measurement-target gas resulting from an oxidizing reaction of combustible gas, comprising:
A combustible-gas sensor that is equipped with a sensor device having a pair of electrodes which are formed on the surface of an oxygen-ion conductor and one of the electrodes is disposed in a space where measurement-target gas containing combustible gas and oxygen exists and that detects a concentration of combustible gas on the basis of a change in the concentration of oxygen contained in measurement-target gas resulting from an oxidizing reaction of combustible gas, comprising:
A combustible-gas sensor that is equipped with a sensor device having a pair of electrodes which are formed on the surface of an oxygen-ion conductor and one of the electrodes is disposed in a space where measurement-target gas containing combustible gas and oxygen exists and that detects a concentration of combustible gas on the basis of a change in the concentration of oxygen contained in measurement-target gas resulting from an oxidizing reaction of combustible gas, comprising:
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