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https://drivepatents.com/patents/939015 · 17 Aug 2016
A control device of an internal combustion engine in a simple configuration capable of finely detecting the combustion state of the internal combustion engine, for example, an occurrence of knocking from an ionic current signal is provided. A control devic...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/957274 · 7 Oct 2015
The present disclosure is directed to injectors with integrated igniters providing efficient injection, ignition, and complete combustion of various types of fuels. These integrated injectors/igniters can include, for example, multiple drivers (124, 130, 1...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/957559 · 23 Sep 2015
The present disclosure is directed to a valve actuation assembly, with a valve (122), means for sensing (126), a cable (121), means for actuating the valve (122) by pulling on the cable (121) and a brush bearing. The cable (121) includes a brush bearing wi...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/957751 · 16 Sep 2015
Accurate detection of abnormal combustion is enabled even in an engine in which a combustion chamber has only one ignition plug provided with an ion-current detection function. An engine control system according to the invention is provided with an ion det...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/968421 · 22 Oct 2014
A system for monitoring of the fuel self-ignition angle, especially in the cylinder of a diesel engine applying Langmuir probe is described. A two-channel metal adapter (2) with pressure indicator (6) and Langmuir probe (3) is placed in an engine cylinder(...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985252 · 3 Apr 2013
The method involves detecting an ion stream for a cylinder, while an internal combustion engine is operated with an air-fuel mixture. Another ion flow is detected for the cylinder, while the internal combustion engine is operated with another air-fuel mixt...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1072166 · 30 Nov 2005
An apparatus and method to detect abnormal combustion conditions for use as a feedback control of an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) controlled reciprocating engine using ionization signals is presented. The system receives a succession of ionization signa...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1075350 · 3 Aug 2005
The combustion value finding process uses a device to determine a combustion value in the combustion chamber. The ionization signal (LS)is corrected on the basis of the course of value, taking into account the dynamic alteration in the geometry of the comb...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1085284 · 4 Aug 2004
An apparatus for controlling a fuel injection amount in a diesel engine. An ECU (61) computes the amount of fuel to be injected from an injector (18a) based on the operation state of the engine. Ions are formed when fuel is burned in a combustion chamber (...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087097 · 19 May 2004
An apparatus and method to detect and control the combustion quality of a lean bum reciprocating engine using ionization signals is presented. The system receives a succession of ionization signals for successive cycles of a running engine and processes a ...