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Method and device for determining and adjusting the upper dead-center position in piston engines

US6810722B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 2002
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02F7/0019
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for determining and adjusting the upper dead-center position in piston engines, in which the position of the piston is measured by an electrically operated sensor (1). The sensor (1) is an eddy-current sensor.

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