Controller for four-stroke cycle internal-combustion engine

Details Controller for four-stroke cycle internal-combustion engine Controller for four-stroke cycle internal-combustion engine

1996-04-22

1997-12-23

Wolfe, Willis R.

Internal-combustion engines

Charge forming device

Fuel injection system

123476, F02P 7067

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056997698

ABSTRACT:
A controller for a four-stroke cycle internal-combustion engine, which has a single sensor mounted on a crankshaft and employs a single sequence of position signal pulses corresponding to crank angles, achieves reduced cost and higher accuracy even for an engine with an odd number of cylinders. For each revolution of the crankshaft, a position signal pulse is issued from the sensor mounted on the crankshaft; the position signal pulse includes a reference position signal pulse in a number which is a multiple of N of the number of cylinders and a cylinder identifying signal pulse for a particular cylinder every time the crankshaft rotates. A control means includes a reference position signal generating section for identifying the reference position of each cylinder from the position signal pulse and for generating the reference position signal; a cylinder identifying section for identifying each cylinder from the position signal pulse and for generating a cylinder identifying signal; and a timing control section for generating a control signal for each cylinder in accordance with the reference position signal and the cylinder identifying signal. The control signal controls at least the ignition timing or the fuel injection timing of each cylinder.

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