US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Aug. 5 for "Misfire detection apparatus and misfire detection method for multi-cylinder engine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,926, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Misfire detection apparatus and misfire detection method for multi-cylinder engine" was invented by Tomohiro Miyauchi (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A misfire detection apparatus for multi-cylinder engine is configured to detect a misfiring state in which any of a plurality of cylinders in an engine is misfiring, the engine including: the plurality of cylinders, and a catalyst device configured to purify exhaust gas from the plurality of cylinders. The apparatus includes: a rotation sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of the engine, and an el...