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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176896 | Target wheel position detection systems A control module for a vehicle includes a time recording module that stores timestamps that correspond to each of N teeth of a target wheel of the vehicle in memory. N is an integer. A position module generates M angular positions based on the timestamps. M is an in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7359789 | Control system for an internal combustion engine and a vehicle having the same The invention provides a control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The control system includes a sensor controller and an engine controller. The sensor controller includes a first interface configured to be connected to a sensor coupled to the e... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7310575 | Apparatus for processing sensor signal from knock sensor of internal combustion engine A knock sensor signal processing apparatus for an engine, which performs a series of A/D conversions of a knock sensor signal during each of successive knock judgement intervals to obtain A/D converted values for use in judging if engine knocking is occurring in a c... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290529 | Spark advance controller and production machine of spark advance control logic in internal combustion engine A spark advance controller capable of controlling spark advance in an internal combustion engine with high accuracy without requiring a larger number of data maps and performing laborious optimization tests using an actual engine. In the spark advance controller, ma... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7267105 | Optically triggered electronic distributor for an internal combustion engine A distributor for an internal combustion engine and associated methods comprise a camshaft having a drive gear thereon, a trigger disk positioned on the camshaft so as to rotate coaxially therewith, the trigger disk having a plurality of tabs defining a window betwe... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7237530 | Control apparatus of internal combustion engine A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine provided with a fuel vapor treatment system according to the invention includes a controller that discharges fuel vapor into an intake passageway by using the intake negative pressure, and which adjusts the amoun... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216627 | Internal combustion engine provided with double system of fuel injection An internal combustion engine includes an engine control unit for setting a ratio of fuel injection quantity of both the injectors. The engine control unit includes a memory storing four sheets of ignition timing maps, with reference to which the maximum torque gene... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7062373 | Misfire detection apparatus of internal combustion engine A misfire detection apparatus of an internal combustion engine. The misfire detection apparatus includes an angle sensor for detecting rotation angle of the internal combustion engine, an ECU for performing fuel injection and ignition control based on rotation infor... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047122 | Extrapolation method for the angle-of-rotation position A method is described for determining the angle-of-rotation position (φ) of a shaft of an internal combustion engine, in particular a crank angle (φ) of a crankshaft, information at least about incremental angles of rotation (Δφ) of the shaft and running times (... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6976482 | Electronic ignition system for vintage automobiles An electronic ignition system for a vintage automobile includes an ignition coil and an electronic switching circuit disposed in a coil box of the vintage automobile. The coil and electronic switching circuit are mounted within a coil box module that replaces four o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6907373 | Method for calibrating a sensor and switching arrangement for operating a sensor A method for calibration of a sensor 1 is characterized in that the sensor 1 is arranged in a predetermined position, an equalizing unit 6 is connected to the sensor 1, data necessary for calibration are determined, and the determined cal... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6882926 | Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine using at least two control units. One engine rotation is divided into a predefined number of subsegments of equal length. One or a plurality of subsegments are able to be combined in each case into ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6874472 | Ignition timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof A controlled variable and a target in each of a variable valve event and lift control apparatus and a variable valve timing control apparatus are input, to calculate target opening timing of an intake valve corresponding to the target and also to calculate actual op... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6718250 | Method and apparatus for providing control parameters to or within a control system A Method and an apparatus for providing control parameters to or within a control system for controlling a fuel injection system are described. The method is characterized in that a plurality of control parameters is transmitted to storage means (810) within ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6688287 | Control apparatus of internal combustion engine and control method thereof In an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve operating apparatus which variably changes a valve operating characteristic of at least one of intake and exhaust valves, a reference intake pipe pressure and a reference fresh air ratio corr... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6678608 | Robust interpolation method for improved automative engine control during transient engine operation A system (12) and method for determining a value for a control variable for an engine (10) are provided. The system (12) includes an electronic control unit (ECU) (62) configured to obtain a plurality of pairs of programmed timing values for the opening a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6668799 | Control method for ignition system A rotor has teeth on a rotor body. The teeth indicate fixed ignition timings for both of normal and reverse rotations. The teeth also indicate beginning positions of a calculation ignition sequence and an excess advanced ignition sequence for both of the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6577945 | Method and apparatus for detecting spark failure based on the number of crankshaft revolutions A novel method and a suitable device for the cylinder-specific determination of spark failures on a reciprocating engine through a classifying unit based on measurement data that contain information about the number of crankshaft revolutions. For this pro... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6520149 | Knock control apparatus and method for engines A knock control apparatus has a knock sensor and a signal processor. The signal processor integrates a knock sensor signal and differentiates the integrated signal. The signal processor detects a period in which the differentiated signal exceeds a thresho... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6483423 | Vehicle-use cooling fan driving apparatus provided with a trouble sensing function In a vehicle-use cooling fan driving apparatus, a circuit is connected to a drain terminal of a driver transistor in order to sense a current of two motors which are connected in parallel. The circuit amplifies voltages of the terminal and source terminal... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6374801 | Ignition control device and method An ignition controller has a revolution rate detector, a crankshaft angle detector, a computer, a first read/write memory device for the computed ignition angles for all cylinders, an ignition cycle overlap detector, a FIFO memory for storing a computed i... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6223119 | Internal combustion engine controller Optimum control is performed in one cylinder of an internal combustion engine. By determining a desirable control operation stage for each cylinder in advance on the basis of engine parameters. Control operation is executed at the timing where the operati... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6216669 | Control system for an internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine adapted to precisely control an ignition position of the internal combustion engine in accordance with a revolution of the engine detected from an output of a pick up coil generating a signal in synchroni... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6115665 | Memory efficient computer system and method for controlling an automotive ignition system In an automotive ignition system having ignition coil banks with at least one ignition coil for energizing a corresponding spark plug, input/output (I/O) devices are provided in electrical communication with the ignition coil banks for relaying ignition c... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6098591 | Marine engine control A number of embodiments of engine control for marine application wherein the engine is called upon to operate for long periods at speeds substantially below normal idling speed. This is encountered when trolling. The arrangement includes a system for subs... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5531200 | Control apparatus for engine An engine control apparatus includes a microcomputer and receives a signal from a signal source which generates a signal containing a control factor. The microcomputer executes a control program in response to the received signal. The engine control appar... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5383433 | Microprocessor-controlled inductive ignition system A microprocessor-controlled inductive ignition system uses a magneto inductive ignition circuit at engine starting speeds, and a microprocessor-controlled ignition circuit at engine running speeds. The microprocessor senses the ignition firings, computes ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5297048 | Angular position extrapolation of a rotating crankshaft corrected for crankshaft acceleration and deceleration An integrated circuit for indicating the angular position of a rotating crankshaft corrected for crankshaft acceleration and deceleration. The circuit counts crankshaft markers spaced at equal angles about the crankshaft to produce a coarse grain position... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5284116 | Vehicle management computer A method of and apparatus for starting and accelerating a vehicle through a range of vehicle speeds during which the vehicle internal combustion engine is operated in a plurality of different operating modes is disclosed. Different operating modes are ava... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5271367 | Ignition timing control system for an engine There is disclosed an ignition timing control system for an engine, capable of adjustably setting a timing for shifting from a fixed ignition timing after complete firing to an ordinary ignition timing. The control system comprises an ignition timing sett... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5267542 | Electronic control module An electronic control module for use in controlling a vehicle comprises a first processor 10 adapted to calculate the fuelling requirements of the engine and spark advance, and also to control a plurality of diagnostic tests for testing engine operating p... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5233959 | Device for controlling an ignition timing for an internal combustion engine A device for controlling an ignition timing for an internal combustion engine comprising an intake quantity sensor for detecting an intake quantity of an engine; a revolution number sensor for detecting a revolution number of the engine; an ignition timin... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5213080 | Ignition timing control An electronic control system for an internal combustion gas engine adapted to control the timing pulse for spark ignition in a single cylinder gas engine wherein precise timing of the spark advance throughout a wide range of engine speeds can be achieved ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5107812 | Thermal type intake air flow measuring instrument and internal combustion engine control apparatus using this measuring instrument Analog circuit of a thermal type intake air flow sensor for detecting a quantity of air drawn into an automotive engine is formed as a part of the input hardware of a microcomputer for control of the engine, and the analog circuit is used for operations w... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5103788 | Internal combustion engine ignition timing device In order to reduce erroneous ignition timing to the maximum possible degree, an arbitrary point is defined between the trailing edge of a basic control pulse and TDC. The ADV at which ignition should occur is determined to be advanced or retarded with res... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094213 | Method for predicting R-step ahead engine state measurements An engine--powertrain--controller combination includes a microprocessor control unit which predicts a future value of an engine state and uses that predicted value in engine control functions for improved control of the engine--powertrain in such areas as... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5085191 | Tachometer signal generating device A tachometer signal generating device comprises signal coils which generate pulse signals corresponding to predetermined crank angle positions in synchronism with revolution of an engine, and a microcomputer which generates ignition control signals or fue... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5058021 | Distributorless ignition system with dwell control A distributorless ignition system is shown having a timing controller that is responsive to one cylinder of the engine reaching top dead center for predicting the times at which one or more subsequent cylinders in the firing order should enter dwell and f... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5054447 | Ignition timing control device and method for an internal combustion engine An ignition timing control device for a multicylinder engine comprises a position sensor which generates a crank angle reference position signal indicative of a first and a second reference position of respective cylinders, wherein the second reference po... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050554 | Ignition timing control apparatus for engines An ignition timing control apparatus for an engine which is capable of accurately estimating an engine speed immediately following the engine coming into an acceleration condition thereby enhancing the accuracy of ignition timing control, and a faulty cyl... | 09/24/1991 |
