Abstract: Air/fuel imbalance monitoring systems and methods for monitoring air/fuel ratio imbalance of an internal combustion engine are disclosed. In one embodiment, an oxygen sensor is sampled above cylinder firing frequency and a ratio of data from at least one window over a total number of windows is determined. The approach can be used to indicate imbalances between engine cylinders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 25, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 28, 2010
Assignee:
Fors Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Ken John Behr, Has R Patel, Michael Igor Kluzner, Bob Roy Jentz