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7389175 Method and apparatus for detecting the electrical position of the rotor of an electrical machine coupled to an internal combustion engine  
A method for controlling an alternator includes determining a rotor position of the alternator using data obtained from a first data source when a first condition is met, and determining the rotor...
7363143 Control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising crank angle calculation means for calculating a crank angle between edges which are detected by a first crank angle sensor and a...
7275509 Method for engaging the starter pinion of a starter with the starter ring gear of an internal combustion engine during the running-down of the internal combustion engine  
A method is provided for engaging a starter pinion of a starter with a starter ring gear of an internal combustion engine during the running-down of the internal combustion engine, which internal...
7000598 Bumpless crankshift position sensing  
Disclosed herein are methods of generating an active crank series of signals that is derived from at least two series of signals, wherein one or both of the series of signals have been modulated to...
6505128 Apparatus and method for judging cylinders of an engine  
A plurality of cam sensors are provided for outputting cylinder judgment signals and the output number of cylinder judgment signals between reference crank angle positions are counted for each cam...
6192861 Engine ignition device  
In an ignition device for an engine 1, a spark plug 14 is operated to emit sparks with respect to the fuel-air mixture, so that the fuel-air mixture is ignited. A protrusion 19 provided on a...
6019086 Redundant sensor apparatus for determining engine speed and timing values  
An engine control system includes a speed sensor apparatus for providing signals to an engine control module (ECM) indicative of the speed and timing of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus...
5782210 Electronic ignition system for reversible internal-combustion engines  
An electronic ignition system for reversible internal combustion engines. The ignition system comprises a voltage generator (10, 11) for feeding the ignition circuit (12, 13) of the engine (P), a...
4951629 Ignition timing system  
The ignition timing system of the present invention comprises a rotor plate having a plurality of pin receiving holes therein. Several pins may be positioned in the desired holes on the upper...
4907178 Method for detecting a reference angular position of a rotary body  
A method of detecting a reference angular position of a rotary body. Two detectable portions are spaced apart from each about the periphery by a predetermined angle in the rotational direction...
4883033 Ignition timing control system for internal combustion engines  
A method and a system for controlling the ignition timing of internal combustion engines, or more in particular for preventing engine over-revolutions by reducing the engine speed when it becomes...
4796208 Method of detecting reference crank angle position in an internal combustion engine at the time of starting same  
A method of detecting the reference crank angle position in an internal combustion engine at the time of starting the engine, the engine having a crankshaft and a plurality of cylinders and...
4520781 Ignition control system of internal combustion engine  
An ignition control system of an internal combustion engine comprises spark plugs (21a to 21d), a spark plug driving means (15 to 20 and 22), a rotational angle position signal generating means (1...
RE31392 Arrangements for electronically determining and adjusting the ignition time of an internal combustion engine  
The signals of one or more engine operating parameters, such as r.p.m. and throttle valve vacuum are altered by function generators to correspond to the desired relationship between ignition timing...
4385605 Electronic ignition input logic  
Information is derived from two given sets of sensor output pulses relating to crankshaft position for use in determining the proper cylinder to be fired, the spark time and the dwell. The spark is...
4378004 Engine control system with cylinder identification apparatus  
A four-cylinder engine control system (10) for controlling the functions of ignition or fuel injection is disclosed. The control system includes cylinder identification apparatus (30, 50, 60) which...
4329959 Dwell circuitry for an ignition control system  
Digital dwell circuitry for a spark and dwell ignition control system is disclosed. Maximum advance and reference sensors are utilized to produce pulse transitions which determine positions of...
4296471 Device for initiating in particular the ignition of an internal combustion engine  
A device is disclosed having means for measuring the speed of an engine, the means including a first sensor, a second sensor offset from the first sensor by an angle α, and a reference element...
4267810 Control system for control of repetitive events, e.g. ignition, fuel injection, in internal combustion engines  
In order to permit a simplification of the crankshaft rotation sensor device which provides the computer of the control system with angular speed and position information for ignition and/or fuel...
4262643 Digital timing control system for an internal combustion engine  
Disclosed herein is a digital timing control system for an internal combustion engine comprising a processing circuit for receiving a cyclical engine timing reference pulse and for producing a...
4250858 Input-output unit for microprocessor controlled ignition or injection systems in internal combustion engines  
An input-output unit carries out some of the operations previously carried out in the microcomputer controlling the ignition, injection, etc. processes so that the number of bits in the...
4250846 Electronic ignition system and an internal combustion engine equipped with this system  
An electronic ignition system for an internal combustion engine allowing precise control of the instant of ignition of the air-fuel mixture, in which the mechanical components, particularly the...
4231332 Spark and dwell ignition control system using digital circuitry  
A digital spark and dwell ignition control system is disclosed. Maximum advance and reference sensors are utilized to determine positions of maximum and minimum possible advance for spark ignition...
3934563 Speed-dependent ignition angle control  
A method and an apparatus for speed-dependent control of the ignition angle of an internal combustion engine with external ignition includes markings on a rotating element of the engine, and...
3888220 Internal combustion engine performance control system  
A performance control system for an internal combustion engine uses at least two operating parameters of the engine for adjustment of at least one engine performance variable. The adjusted variable...
3809029 ELECTRIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES  
An electronic control for the fuel injection valves or ignition timing of an internal combustion engine senses a plurality of pulses generated throughout each engine cycle including a reference...
3356896 Electronic device  
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