Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Including cylinder pressure or temperature responsive means
Patent
1992-12-10
1993-10-19
Wolfe, Willis R.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Including cylinder pressure or temperature responsive means
123679, 123685, F02D 4104
Patent
active
052536270
ABSTRACT:
In a burning condition detecting device in an internal combustion engine in which a high voltage is applied to a spark plug by way of a diode and a series gap of a distributor. A voltage charger circuit is provided to on-off actuates the primary coil to induce a charging voltage in the secondary circuit either during establishing the spark discharge or during a predetermined period of time immediately after an end of the spark discharge. The charging voltage is applied to the spark plug to electrically charge a stray capacity inherent in the spark plug so as to form a sparkplug voltage. A voltage divider circuit is provided to divide the sparkplug voltage in accordance with a high impedance element and a low impedance element. A voltage level detecting circuit is provided to detect a sparkplug voltage waveform divided by the voltage divider circuit. A distinction circuit detects a degree of variation of an attenuation time period of the spark plug voltage waveform so as to determine a variation of an air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture gas injected into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine by a fuel injector.
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Ito Yasuo
Matsubara Yoshihiro
Miyata Shigeru
Yoshida Hideji
NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.
Wolfe Willis R.
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