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Method and apparatus for controlling fuel vapor, method and apparatus for diagnosing fuel vapor control apparatus and method and apparatus for controlling air-fuel ratio

US6412477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2001
Grant dateJul 2, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D41/004
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Purge control valves are mounted to purge pipings arranged in parallel for supplying purge gas from a canister to an engine. A flow rate of the purge control valve having a larger flow rate size is controlled in a step mode, and a flow rate equal to or smaller than a variation quantity in said step mode is controlled by the purge control valve having a smaller flow rate size.

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