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Ignition timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-08
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2008-06-08
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Abstract

Abstract An ignition timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises a signal rotor rotating in synchronism with the revolution of the engine, a plurality of trigger poles attached on the outer circumference of the signal rotor at positions corresponding to an ignition timing for each of the cyclinders, a signal coil for generating an angle signal in correspondence to the position of the trigger poles and an ignition timing operating device which measures the periods in the angle signal and compares the periods by multiplying a given coefficient alternately to thereby discriminate the cylinders and operate ignition timing for the cylinders.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masayuki Ozawa

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02P; F02P7/00; F02P7/02; F02P7/03; F02P7/035; F02P5/00; F02P5/04; F02P5/145; F02P5/15; F02P5/1502; F02P5/1512; F02P7/06; F02P7/067; F02P7/0675; F02P7/077; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for an internal combustions engine which comprises: a signal rotor rotating in synchronism with the revolution of the engine, a plurality of trigger poles attached on the outer circumference of said signal rotor at positions corresponding to an ignition timing for each of the cylinders. a guide pole disposed in front of a specified trigger pole among said trigger poles, a signal coil for generating an angle signal in correspondence to the angle between said specified trigger pole and said guide pole, and an ignition timing operation device comprising means for measuring the periods between said guide pole and the trigger poles on the basis of said angle signal, and means for comparing one of said periods with an other by alternately multiplying said periods by a given coefficient, to thereby discriminate said cylinders and operate ignition timing for said cylinders.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for an internal combustions engine which comprises: a signal rotor rotating in synchronism with the revolution of the engine, a plurality of trigger poles attached on the outer circumference of said signal rotor at positions corresponding to an ignition timing for each of the cylinders. a guide pole disposed in front of a specified trigger pole among said trigger poles, a signal coil for generating an angle signal in correspondence to the angle between said specified trigger pole and said guide pole, and an ignition timing operation device comprising means for measuring the periods between said guide pole and the trigger poles on the basis of said angle signal, and means for comparing one of said periods with an other by alternately multiplying said periods by a given coefficient, to thereby discriminate said cylinders and operate ignition timing for said cylinders.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 139 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for a non-uniform arrangement type internal combustion engine wherein ignition timing angle signals for igniting a plurality of the cylinders are irregularly generated when a signal rotor is rotated in synchronism with the engine, comprising a plurality of trigger poles arranged on the outer circumference of said signal rotor at positions which are in an ignition-advance-angle-controllable range of each cylinder in said engine, a signal coil located facing said trigger poles to generate an angle signal corresponding to the angular position of said trigger poles, and an ignition timing operating means for measuring the periods between the trigger poles on the basis of said angle signal and comparing the periods by multiplying at least one of said periods by a given coefficient to thereby discriminate said cylinders and operate ignition timing for said cylinders.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 139 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for a non-uniform arrangement type internal combustion engine wherein ignition timing angle signals for igniting a plurality of the cylinders are irregularly generated when a signal rotor is rotated in synchronism with the engine, comprising a plurality of trigger poles arranged on the outer circumference of said signal rotor at positions which are in an ignition-advance-angle-controllable range of each cylinder in said engine, a signal coil located facing said trigger poles to generate an angle signal corresponding to the angular position of said trigger poles, and an ignition timing operating means for measuring the periods between the trigger poles on the basis of said angle signal and comparing the periods by multiplying at least one of said periods by a given coefficient to thereby discriminate said cylinders and operate ignition timing for said cylinders.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 189 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for a non-uniform arrangement type internal combustion engine wherein ignition timing angle signals for igniting a plurality of the cylinders are irregularly generated when a signal rotor is rotated in synchronism with the engine, comprising a plurality of trigger poles arranged on the outer circumference of said signal rotor so as to correspond to cylinders in said engine, a signal coil located facing said trigger poles to generate an angle signal corresponding to the angular position of said trigger poles, and an ignition timing operating device which performs operations of ignition timing on the basis of said angle signal and which comprises means for measuring each period corresponding to the angular positions of each of said trigger poles, and comparing the interval between the advance angle side and the initial side of a trigger pole with the interval between the initial side of said trigger pole and the advance angle side of the next trigger pole by multiplying at least one of said intervals by a given coefficient, to thereby discriminate said cylinders and to output an ignition timing control signal for said cylinders.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 189 words
An ignition timing control apparatus for a non-uniform arrangement type internal combustion engine wherein ignition timing angle signals for igniting a plurality of the cylinders are irregularly generated when a signal rotor is rotated in synchronism with the engine, comprising a plurality of trigger poles arranged on the outer circumference of said signal rotor so as to correspond to cylinders in said engine, a signal coil located facing said trigger poles to generate an angle signal corresponding to the angular position of said trigger poles, and an ignition timing operating device which performs operations of ignition timing on the basis of said angle signal and which comprises means for measuring each period corresponding to the angular positions of each of said trigger poles, and comparing the interval between the advance angle side and the initial side of a trigger pole with the interval between the initial side of said trigger pole and the advance angle side of the next trigger pole by multiplying at least one of said intervals by a given coefficient, to thereby discriminate said cylinders and to output an ignition timing control signal for said cylinders.

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