Internal-combustion engines – Poppet valve operating mechanism – Electrical system
Patent
1997-05-08
1998-06-23
Lo, Weilun
Internal-combustion engines
Poppet valve operating mechanism
Electrical system
731173, 73119, 25112901, F01L 904
Patent
active
057690430
ABSTRACT:
A method of and apparatus for detecting engine valve motion are provided in an internal combustion engine having an electromechanical or electromagnetic valve actuator with a ferrous component that moves in a linear path with the reciprocating motion of an engine valve between its open and closed positions. The apparatus includes a stationary magnetic field source mounted in the actuator and having an axis aligned with the linear path and positioned such that, at its closest position of travel, the ferrous component alters the magnetic field flux of the magnetic field source. A sensor mounted in the longitudinal path between the stationary magnetic field source and the ferrous component and sufficiently spaced from the magnetic field source responds to an amplified change in magnetic field flux at its closest travel position, sensing the change in the magnetic field flux of the stationary magnetic field source caused by the presence and absence of the ferrous component in the closest travel position as an indicator of engine valve motion.
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Lo Weilun
Siemens Automotive Corporation
Wells Russel C.
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