EP 1050676 A2 20001108 - Engine position sensing
Title (en)
Engine position sensing
Title (de)
Brennkraftmaschinenpositionserkennung
Title (fr)
Indicateur de position de moteur à combustion interne
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9910256 A 19990505
- GB 9920645 A 19990902
Abstract (en)
A method of sensing the position of an engine comprising using the output of a position/speed sensor (10, 11, 12, 13) to determine when a cylinder of the engine has reached a predetermined position, the output of the position/speed sensor also being used to identify to which cylinder or combustion space of the engine fuel should next be delivered. The invention also relates to a method of sensing the position of an engine, including the steps of sensing vibrations of the engine using acceleration sensor means (35a, 35b, 35c, 35d; 38) and monitoring the or each output signal (36a, 36b, 36c, 36d; 40) of the acceleration sensor means so as to determine the position of the engine. The invention further relates to a control system for sensing the position of an engine, the control system including acceleration sensor means (35a, 35b, 35c, 35d; 38) for sensing vibrations of the engine and means for monitoring the or each output signal of the acceleration sensor as to determine the position of the engine. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/34 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F02D 41/009 (2013.01); F02D 41/0097 (2013.01); F02D 41/062 (2013.01); F02D 41/1497 (2013.01); F02D 41/1498 (2013.01); F02D 2200/1015 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00303806 A 20000505