Engine cycle identification from engine speed
US5562082A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02P7/061
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine has a crankshaft sensor with an uneven tooth spacing to identify an index tooth corresponding in position to top dead center (TDC) of the number 1 cylinder. A microprocessor based engine controller determines from the sensor pulses each TDC event. During cranking, the number 1 cylinder compression stroke is detected from engine speed variations by measuring time periods over sample ranges before and after TDC. When a compression stroke occurs just before TDC, the period before TDC is greater than the period after TDC, whereas other TDC events are evidenced by the period before TDC being smaller than or equal to the period after TDC.
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