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Diagnosis device

US10060829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 2014
Grant dateAug 28, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A diagnosis device includes: a diesel particulate filter (DPF) collecting particulate matter (PM) in exhaust gas; a resistive type PM sensor provided downstream of the DPF, detecting an amount of PM from current flowing through PM deposited between electrodes. An actual regeneration interval calculator calculating an actual interval from completion of regeneration of the sensor to a start of the next regeneration; a PM slippage amount calculator estimating an amount of PM slippage in exhaust gas that slips through the DPF, assuming the DPF is normal; an estimated regeneration interval calculator calculating, on the basis of the PM slippage amount, an estimated interval from completion of the regeneration of the sensor to the start of the next regeneration; and a DPF failure-normal determination device determining whether the DPF has failed or is normal by comparing the actual interval to the estimated interval.

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