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Method of controlling engine

US5080066A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1991
Grant dateJan 14, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2011

Classification

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

Abstract

An engine has a crankshaft and a plurality of cylinders arranged in a row in a direction parallel to the crankshaft. Combustion in the cylinder adjacent to each end portion of the crankshaft to suppress bending strain of the crankshaft at said one end portion. The vibration control conditions of controlling combustion in the cylinders adjacent to the respective end portions of the crankshaft are set on the basis of properties of vibration of the engine and resonant frequencies at the respective end portions of the crankshaft and the conditions of combustion in the respective cylinders are controlled on the basis of the vibration control conditions set for the respective cylinders.

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