Measuring and testing – Engine detonation – Specific type of detonation sensor
Patent
1997-06-26
2000-07-18
McCall, Eric S.
Measuring and testing
Engine detonation
Specific type of detonation sensor
73 3503, G01M 1500
Patent
active
060890770
ABSTRACT:
Mass fraction burned in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine is determined by measuring an ion signal across a gap of a spark plug and identifying an inflection point of the ion signal. The mass fraction burned is determined using an expression that includes a constant. A value for the constant is determined using the inflection point of the ion signal, and the mass fraction burned is determined using the expression and the constant.
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Cooper Automotive Products, Inc.
McCall Eric S.
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