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Control system for an internal combustion engine

US6216669A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 22, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A control system for an internal combustion engine adapted to precisely control an ignition position of the internal combustion engine in accordance with a revolution of the engine detected from an output of a pick up coil generating a signal in synchronism with a rotation of a crank shaft and an opening degree of a throttle valve by use of a microcomputer. Whenever an output of a throttle sensor is sampled, a three-dimensional map providing a relation among the revolution of the engine, the opening degree of the throttle valve and the ignition position is transferred into a two-dimensional map providing a relation between the revolution of the engine and the ignition position whereby the ignition position is determined by the two-dimensional map as soon as the revolution of the engine is detected so that the ignition is operated when the determined ignition position is detected.

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