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Carburant consumption indicator device for automobiles

US4403209A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1980
Grant dateSep 6, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/84
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Carburant consumption indicator device for automobiles which monitors such information as the motor operating conditions, the selected gear ratio and the degree of gas butterfly valve opening which is characterized by several signal elements to each being separately disposed on the vehicle dash board and capable of informing the driver of the above information with the information detected and processed in known electronic circuits and then being processed in an interface circuit with several logic gates (69, 75, 83) which monitor the computational priorities between the information received before being sent to the control circuits (7) of the signal elements.

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