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Fuel supply apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine

US7213584B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 2004
Grant dateMay 8, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2200/0602
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A canister, a cut valve which closes a fresh air intake of the canister, and a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in a fuel vapor path shut off by closing a purge control valve and the cut valve are disposed at the inside of a fuel tank, and a fuel supply control unit which controls the cut valve and the purge control valve, and which carries out a leak diagnosis on the basis of a detected result of the pressure sensor is disposed at the inside of the fuel tank.

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