Valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

Details Valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine Valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

1990-08-01

1991-02-26

Okonsky, David A.

Internal-combustion engines

Poppet valve operating mechanism

Electrical system

123 9015, F01L 904, F01L 134

Patent

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049953516

ABSTRACT:
A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine capable of controlling the opening and closing timing of the intake and exhaust valves with a high degree of preciseness, as well as improving the air-intake and exhaust-discharge efficiency of the engine for increased engine output power. To this end, the valve timing control apparatus includes a pressure sensor for sensing the internal pressure in an engine cylinder, a crank angle sensor for sensing the crank angle of the engine, a valve timing detector for detecting the opening and closing timings of the intake and exhaust valves from the sensed cylinder internal pressure and the sensed engine crank angle, a disabling element for disabling the operation of the valve timing detector during combustion periods of the engine, a valve timing storage element for storing basic valve opening and closing timings for the intake and exhaust valves which are predetermined based on the operating conditions of the engine, a comparison element for comparing the detected valve opening and closing timings as detected by the valve timing detector and the predetermined valve opening and closing timings stored in the valve timing storage element so as to calculate deviations therebetween, and a valve timing control element for controlling the opening and closing timings of the intake and exhaust valves in accordance with the deviations thus calculated in such a manner that the actual opening and closing of the intake and exhaust valves take place at the predetermined basic valve opening and closing timings.

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patent: 4794891 (1989-01-01), Knobloch
patent: 4805571 (1989-02-01), Humphrey
patent: 4823825 (1989-04-01), Buchl
patent: 4840159 (1989-06-01), Matsumoto
patent: 4846120 (1989-07-01), Buchl
patent: 4945870 (1990-08-01), Richeson

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