Measuring and testing – Engine detonation – Combustion signal compared to reference signal varied by a...
Patent
1983-12-15
1986-11-04
Levy, Stewart J.
Measuring and testing
Engine detonation
Combustion signal compared to reference signal varied by a...
73115, 310338, G01L 2322
Patent
active
046204385
ABSTRACT:
An improved cylinder pressure transmitter provides an electrical signal corresponding to pressure in a cylinder of an automotive internal combustion engine during engine operation and furnishes the signal to computer control means for use in regulating spark advance to improve engine efficiency and performance and reduce engine knocking. The pressure transmitter includes means for mounting piezoelectric means in sealed relation to an engine cylinder to be responsive to variations in cylinder pressure during engine operation to provide initial electrical signals representative of pressure variations in the cylinder and includes high temperature electronic means carried by the mounting means and electromagnetically shielded with the piezoelectric means within the mounting means for amplifying those initial signals to provide low impedance signals for transmission to computer control means at a location remote from the cylinder.
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Chapman, Jr. John E.
Haug John A.
Levy Stewart J.
McAndrews James P.
Sharp Melvin
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