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Method and system of adaptive learning for engine exhaust gas sensors

  • US 6,874,490 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2004
  • Issued: 04/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an engine having a first and second group of cylinders;

    a sensor coupled to at least one of said first and second groups; and

    a controller for operating the engine in a first mode with a mixture of air and substantially no injected fuel in the first combustion group and with air and injected fuel in the second combustion group, operating in second mode where both of said first and second groups combusts a mixture of air and injected fuel, and disabling adaptive learning of the sensor during said first mode, enabling said adaptive learning during the second mode and determining degradation of the sensor.

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