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CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

  • US 20120103312A1
  • Filed: 04/05/2010
  • Published: 05/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of using a plurality of types of fuels having different properties, the control device comprising:

  • a fuel property sensor that is installed in a fuel line between a fuel tank and a delivery pipe;

    fuel property change detection means for detecting a fuel property change from a signal of the fuel property sensor;

    cylinder deactivation means for deactivating some of a plurality of cylinders by halting a fuel injection from an injector; and

    cylinder deactivation prohibition means for prohibiting the deactivation of a cylinder before the completion of a fuel property change in the delivery pipe when a fuel property change is detected.

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