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5870688 Misfire diagnostic system for internal combustion engine  
A misfire diagnostic system for an Internal combustion engine comprises a crank-shaft angle sensor for monitoring a crankshaft angular velocity reflecting a combusting condition of each of engine...
5866810 Method of detecting disturbances in an internal combustion engine caused by an empty fuel tank  
The invention is directed to a method of detecting disturbances of the crankshaft rpm for an internal combustion engine which are caused by an empty tank. Uneven-running values (LU) of the engine...
5864770 Speed and power control of an engine by modulation of the load torque  
A system and method of speed and power control for an engine in which speed and power of the engine is controlled by modulation of the load torque. The load torque is manipulated in order to cause...
5862505 Misfire discriminating method and apparatus for an engine  
A rotational difference between the speed corresponding to a cylinder at a combustion stroke and the speed corresponding to the cylinder at a previous combustion is calculated. Then, a corrected...
5862506 Modified trimmed mean filtering for misfire detection  
A modified trimmed mean filtering method and apparatus for a misfire detection includes acquiring a time-continuous series of acceleration data samples (601) representative of acceleration behavior...
5848372 Apparatus for detecting trouble states in engine  
An apparatus detects trouble states in a gas engine in which the exhaust gas pressure after combustion in each cylinder is measured by a pressure sensor installed on a collecting exhaust pipe. An...
5835877 Automatic speed control with lash compensation  
Mechanical lash in a cruise control system including a cruise control actuator linked to an engine intake air valve through a cruise cable assembly is automatically measured and stored for use in...
5832404 Device for detecting misfiring in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine  
A device for accurately detecting misfiring repetitively occurring in the opposing cylinders every 360° CA. An angular velocity detecting means detects the angular velocity of rotation of the...
5824890 Real time misfire detection for automobile engines  
An apparatus and corresponding method for detecting misfires of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a speed sensor for generating a signal. Also, the apparatus...
5821411 Method for detecting combustion misfires via a separate classification of individual and permanent misfires  
The invention is directed to a method for detecting combustion misfires on the basis of a first complex input feature signal wherein the nonuniformity of the rotational movement (on the basis of...
5822710 Method of detecting engine speed for detecting misfires in an internal combustion engine  
The invention is directed to a method for detecting combustion misfires in a multicylinder internal combustion engine. The method includes the steps of: forming a criterion for the rough running of...
5819197 Method of misfire detection for an internal combustion engine  
A method of misfire detection for an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle includes the step of sampling a misfire indicator and filtering the misfire indicator to provide a filtered...
5815827 Crank angle signal processing apparatus  
The present invention relates to a circuit for processing internal combustion engine crank angle sensor signals. The construction is such that an output side circuit of a crank angle sensor outputs...
5806014 Combustion control of an internal combustion engine proximate an extinction limit  
A method and system of combustion control for an internal combustion engine (313) proximate an extinction limit includes measurement of acceleration behavior of the internal combustion engine and...
5803043 Data input interface for power and speed controller  
A programmable interface which connects to an engine control device and allows convenient entry of engine performance limitation data such as maximum allowable vehicle speed and engine RPM's. Such...
5794171 Process for deriving predictive model of crankshaft rotation of a combustion engine  
A predictive model is derived for subsequent use in a misfire detector in an internal combustion engine. Data collected using a test engine is curve-fitted using NARMAX techniques to obtain a...
5783744 Engine knocking detection system  
A knocking detecting system has an electronic control unit to detect the knocking caused by an abnormal combustion of a gasoline engine. The electronic control unit determines whether the knocking...
5774820 Method and apparatus for limiting the speed of a motor vehicle  
A method and apparatus for limiting the speed of a motor vehicle in which the power applied to the vehicle wheels is controlled even when the actual speed is within a range of permitted speeds, but...
5774823 Method of generation correction tables for misfire detection using neural networks  
A method of automating the calibration of lookup tables containing correction values to be used in an on-board vehicle system is disclosed. The method includes training a neural network to model...
5771482 Estimation of instantaneous indicated torque in multicylinder engines  
A method and apparatus for estimating instantaneous torque in an internal combustion engine includes a comprehensive model of internal combustion engine dynamics. Instantaneous net torque is...
5771483 Internal combustion engine torque measurement device and method  
This method includes detecting the passage before a sensor of each of the teeth of the inertial flywheel of an engine; measuring the time of passage d i of each of these teeth; constituting a...
5753804 Spatial frequency implemented digital filters for engine misfire detection  
A digital filter system is used in an internal combustion engine misfire detection system. The digital filter system includes a signal input for inputting a digital signal generated in response to...
5752213 Misfire detector with torsional oscillation filtering  
Irregularities in crankshaft velocity introduced when measuring crankshaft rotation at a section of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine that is less damped to torsional oscillations than...
5749063 Automatic vehicle speed controlling apparatus  
An automatic vehicle speed controlling apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor for sensing the actual speed of the vehicle and providing actual speed data proportional to the actual...
5747679 Method for detecting combustion misfires  
The invention is directed to a method for detecting misfires in the combustion of a z-cylinder four stroke internal combustion engine wherein the engine includes a transducer wheel coupled to the...
5740045 Predictive spark controller  
Engine speed control through variation in ignition timing of an air-fuel mixture in engine cylinders to vary engine output torque in response to current and predicted future engine speed error...
5734100 Device for diagnosing misfiring of a multi cylinder engine  
A mechanism is provided for outputting reference signals in synchronism with the firing action of the cylinders of a multi cylinder engine. Correction coefficients are calculated for correcting...
5732382 Method for identifying misfire events of an internal combustion engine  
A method for identifying engine combustion failure of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, a crankshaft and a crankshaft position sensor includes the steps of operating...
5728941 Misfire detecting apparatus using difference in engine rotation speed variance  
In a misfire detecting apparatus of an internal combustion engine, a difference in rotational-speed variance from a rotation signal NE of a crankshaft and the difference in rotational-speed...
5726892 Engine speed prediction method for engine control  
Using a plurality of engine position reference pulses for each cylinder event, several reference periods for each cylinder event are defined and the engine speed can be accurately predicted for the...
5715726 Method and system for the diagnosis of idling speed control system  
A system for the diagnosis of an idling speed control system has a first timer for measuring the time elapsed since entrance to a feedback control mode, an engine speed state detection unit for...
5717133 Mixed sampling rate processing for misfire detection  
The present invention provides a method of detecting internal combustion engine misfiring. The method includes mixed rate sampling of crankshaft angular velocity for a plurality of cylinder firing...
5715162 Correlative filter for a synchrophaser  
A synchrophaser for a multi-engine, propeller-driven aircraft including a filter that automatically compensates for misalignment of blade position sensor tabs through derivation and application of...
5712786 Idling speed control method and apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
An idling speed control method and apparatus in which the field current of an alternator is turned on and off to control the power generation rate of the alternator in accordance with the terminal...
5708200 Method for sensing faulty combustion in an internal combustion engine  
A method for sensing faulty combustion in an internal combustion engine by calculating, for each cylinder, a critical parameter (S) representing instantaneous engine speed changes on the basis of a...
5703283 Detrending engine positional data for rotating position encoders  
A method for detrending engine positional data includes acquiring positional encoder data over a plurality of consecutive engine revolutions as the engine is decelerating. Then, a trend (207) in...
5699253 Nonlinear dynamic transform for correction of crankshaft acceleration having torsional oscillations  
Irregularities in crankshaft velocity introduced when measuring crankshaft rotation at a section of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine that is less damped to torsional oscillations than...
5698777 Camshaft revolution sensing assembly  
A camshaft revolution sensing assembly for identifying a revolution of a camshaft, having a plurality of teeth, of an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle includes a camshaft sensor...
5696683 Method for reducing drive slip of a vehicle  
In order to optimize control of drive slip, the torque demand of the drive is determined continuously taking into account the interfering torques acting on the vehicle, and the drive torque is...
5696316 Adaption device for transmitter wheel of combustion engine  
A transmitter wheel is used for example to detect speed changes of an internal combustion engine with high precision in order to calculate a running imbalance value from them. A transmitter wheel...
5691469 Method of detecting combustion misfires  
The invention is directed to a method for detecting combustion misfires in an internal combustion engine on the basis of a first signal wherein the nonuniformity of the rotational movement of the...
5676217 Method and system for detecting abnormality of vehicle constant speed travel control  
A constant speed travel control system uses a time period Q which is set such that, if a motor of the actuator is not locked but normally rotated, actuator opening becomes almost certainly fully...
5665906 Device for generating a synthetic signal for testing knock control functions  
A device for generating a synthetic signal for testing knock control functions in engine control devices of motor vehicles has a basic noise signal generating unit, a knock signal generating unit,...
5659134 Method for detecting abnormalities in a crank angle sensor and apparatus for detecting abnormalities in a crank angle sensor  
To improve the reliability and detecting capability of an apparatus for detecting abnormalities in a crank angle sensor, the apparatus comprises detection keeping devices which assumes that there...
5646340 Analytical tachometers  
Method and apparatus for engine and rotary machine analysis provides a vibration sensor adapted to produce a plurality of superimposed waveforms corresponding to engine or machine operating...
5644288 Vehicle speed detecting apparatus  
Rotational speed of a vehicle speed detecting gear 1 is detected by a detection element 2 using an MRE or the like and the detected signal is waveform-shaped by a waveform shaping circuit 3 to...
5639960 Misfire detecting method and apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
A misfire detecting apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which erroneous decision as to occurrence of misfire is prevented regardless of engine rotation speed variation pattern. The...
5638277 System for controlling a throttle valve in a following control system for motor vehicles  
A throttle valve of a motor vehicle is controlled by a control unit through an actuator. The control unit determines a desired magnitude of longitudinal acceleration in accordance with running...
5638278 Apparatus for detecting an occurence of misfiring in an engine cylinder  
In a misfire detecting device for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, revolution detecting device detects the revolution of an engine; arithmetic device calculates...
5633456 Engine misfire detection with digital filtering  
An apparatus and method are provided for detecting cylinder misfires in an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle by digitally filtering out noise-related signals to improve the signal to...