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Signal generator for suppression of fuel supply actuation at top engine speed

US4311124A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1978
Grant dateJan 19, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 12, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D13/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A signal generator for use with a fuel supply system which incorporates a fuel shut-off mechanism. The output signal from the signal generator is applied to the fuel shut-off mechanism whenever the engine exceeds a maximum speed. In order to detect this condition, rpm-synchronous pulses are applied to at least one, and preferably two cascaded multivibrators which control an input of a gate, the other input of which receives the rpm-dependent pulses. The output of the gate is active only if the period of the rpm-dependent pulses is less than the sum of the unstable time constants of the multivibrators, in which case a final multivibrator is triggered and generates a fuel suppression control signal during a large fraction of two crankshaft rotations.

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