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Knocking control method and apparatus for internal combustion engine

US4612902A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1985
Grant dateSep 23, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling knocking in an internal combustion engine comprises the steps of detecting the knocking which occcurs in the internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, correcting the ignition timing of a cylinder in which the knocking occurred, by a predetermined value based on the intensity of the knocking, and also correcting the ignition timing of the other cylinders by the predetermined value multiplied by certain coefficients.

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