Control apparatus for internal combustion engine

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EP 1 619 098 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/09

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	25.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/04

(21)	Application number: 05254489.7

(22)	Date of filing: 19.07.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B60W 10/06^(2006.01)

F02D 41/12^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

20.07.2004 JP 2004211839

(71)	Applicants:
	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 471-8571 (JP) Bosch Corporation Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8360 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Amano, Naoki, c/o Toyota Jidosha K.K. Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 471-8571 (JP) Otsubo, Massaki, c/o Toyota Jidosha K.K. Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 471-8571 (JP) Hatakeyama, Tomohiro, c/o Bosch Corporation Tokyo 150-8360 (JP) Yamazaki, Akinori, c/o Bosch Corporation Tokyo 150-8360 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Smith, Samuel Leonard
	J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Control apparatus for internal combustion engine

(57) An ECU performs a program including a step (S110) of resetting a shifting time fuel cut permission flag when shifting is executed before an elapsed time since shifting was executed last time reaches a determination time ("YES" in step S108); and a step (S114) of setting the shifting time fuel cut permission flag when the elapsed time since shifting was executed last time has reached the determination time ("YES" in step S112), in a case where a catalyst temperature TC is higher than a predetermined temperature TC₀ ("YES" in step S104).

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