Method for correcting an exhaust gas oxygen sensor

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PATENT NO 6588200
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09783351

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An engine air/fuel controller is responsive to an exhaust gas oxygen sensor positioned upstream of a catalytic converter and a proportional exhaust gas oxygen sensor positioned downstream of the catalytic converter. An air/fuel ratio signal provided by the downstream exhaust gas oxygen sensor is adjusted by a correction bias value. A first preferred method of deriving the correction bias value includes calculating the difference between the average of the upstream and downstream air/fuel ratios when the upstream sensor indicates lean operation of the engine. The second preferred method includes deriving the correction bias according a pre-determined and pre-programmed correction bias function, which provides correction bias values as a function of the of the air/fuel ratio measured by the downstream sensor.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 AMERICAN RD FL4 DEARBORN MI 48126-2701

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Ingram, Grant Alan West Lafayette, IN 17 137
Surnilla, Gopichandra West Bloomfield, MI 552 8677

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