| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 123406130 | With fail-safe, backup or malfunction detecting means | 11 |
| 20150047606 | CONTROLLER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - A controller of an engine with a supercharger includes, for each of cylinders, fuel supply system and an ignition plug. The controller includes an electronic control unit that is configured to: (i) set a basic ignition timing depending on an operation state of the engine, (ii) detect, for each cycle, an abnormal combustion generation cylinder in which an abnormal combustion is generated in a supercharged region, (iii) execute a fuel cut to stop a fuel supply by the fuel supply system for the abnormal combustion generation cylinder, (iv) change an ignition timing of the abnormal combustion generation cylinder to expand a crank angle width between a compression top dead center and the basic ignition timing for several cycles after start of the fuel cut, and (v) execute an ignition cut that prohibits a spark from being generated by the ignition plug, further after elapse of the several cycles is executed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150144101 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus, which is for an internal combustion engine with a spark plug having a center electrode and a ground electrode disposed so as to form a spark discharge gap therebetween, includes a voltage applying section for applying a voltage to the spark discharge gap, a constant-voltage path including a constant-voltage element parallel-connected to the spark discharge gap of the spark plug for preventing the spark discharge gap from being applied with a voltage higher than a set voltage, and an operation control circuit for controlling an operating condition of the internal combustion engine. The operation control circuit is configured to measure a current-flowing time during which a current flows through the constant-voltage path when a voltage higher than the set voltage is applied to the constant-voltage path, and change the operating condition of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the measured current-flowing time. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150361944 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for controlling an internal combustion engine. Target ignition times for the individual cylinders are given by an engine control device through trigger signals transmitted to the ignition control device. After receiving a trigger signal, the ignition control device activates the ignition device associated with this trigger signal to effect ignition in the respective cylinder. The ignition control device stores a firing order in which an ignition is to be cyclically effected in the individual cylinders, and it is checked whether trigger signals for all cylinders are received in the stored firing order, and if not, a substitutional ignition time is calculated for the at least one cylinder for which no trigger signal has been received, from at least two trigger signals for the cylinders or one of the remaining cylinders, and the respective ignition device or ignition devices are activated according to the calculated substitutional ignition time. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160138551 | METHOD TO DETECT AND CONTROL DETONATION PHENOMENA IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Method to detect and control detonation phenomena in an internal combustion engine provided with a number of cylinders and with at least two detonation sensors; for each combustion cycle as a function of the cylinder and of the engine point that is being explored, the method comprises processing the signal coming from each detonation sensor so as to determine a detonation energy for each detonation sensor; calculating a detonation index for each detonation sensor and controlling the internal combustion engine as a function of a total detonation index through the algebraic sum of the detonation indexes for each detonation sensor. | 05-19-2016 |
| 123406140 | Including spark failure responsive means (e.g., misfire) | 4 |
| 20090064969 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION OF A FUEL BLEND - The invention relates to a method for determining the composition of a fuel blend from a first and at least a second fuel for operating an internal combustion engine. The method makes provision for the ignition angle of the internal combustion engine to be altered and for a non-intermittent fluctuation in the torque, which is a function of the ignition angle, and/or a non-intermittent rotational discontinuity and/or a variable derived from said discontinuity to be used as the parameter for determining the composition of the fuel blend. The degree of efficiency of an internal combustion engine is a function of the ignition angle. It is known that the optimal ignition angle is a function of the composition of the fuel blend. Furthermore, fuel blends which have different compositions have a different knocking limit. The knocking limit thereby denotes the ignition angle, whereat a predetermined quantity of knocking combustion occurs. If the ignition angle is now displaced from the optimal ignition angle in the direction of an advanced or a retarded ignition point, the engine smoothness decreases. For instance, the displacement of the ignition angle in the direction of a retarded ignition point, leads to misfires, which cause a decrease in engine smoothness and consequently a non-intermittent fluctuation in the engine rotational speed and the engine torque. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090199816 | Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine - An ignition apparatus which allows for an accurate diagnosis of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine provided with plural spark plugs for each cylinder is provided for an internal combustion engine. The ignition apparatus is for an internal combustion engine provided with plural spark plugs for each cylinder, and includes an input port which receives fail signals S | 08-13-2009 |
| 20130047957 | Method and Internal Combustion Engine for a Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine - Embodiments for a turbocharged engine are provided. In one example, a method for operating a supercharged internal combustion engine including at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger which has a turbine arranged in an exhaust-gas discharge system and a compressor arranged in an intake system, comprises during a load increase Δp | 02-28-2013 |
| 20140053809 | VALVETRAIN FAULT INDICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ENGINE MISFIRE - A system for a vehicle includes a misfire indication module, a valve control module, and a fault indication module. The misfire indication module selectively indicates that misfire occurred within a cylinder of an engine. The valve control module controls lifting of a valve of a cylinder of the engine and, in response to the misfire indication module indicating that misfire occurred within the cylinder, transitions lifting of the valve from one of a low lift state and a high lift state to the other one of the low lift state and the high lift state. The fault indication module selectively indicates that a fault is present in a variable valve lift (VVL) mechanism of the cylinder based on whether the misfire indication module indicates that misfire occurred within the cylinder after the transition to the other one of the low lift state and the high lift state. | 02-27-2014 |
| 123406160 | Knock control malfunction responsive | 2 |
| 20150083080 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ENGINE SPARK TIMING - Systems and methods for providing spark to an engine are described. In one example, engine knock limited spark timing is expressed as a straight line that is determined in response to engine knock, spark timing, and engine load. The method and system described herein may be performed without extensive engine calibration and mapping. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20160195055 | IGNITION TIMING CONTROL DEVICE AND IGNITION TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM | 07-07-2016 |
| 123406180 | Engine shaft rotational position sensor malfunction responsive (e.g., crank shaft, cam shaft) | 1 |
| 20100095932 | IGNITION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition device for an internal combustion engine including: an exciter coil that generates an AC voltage having a positive half wave and first and second negative half waves generated before and after the positive half wave with rotation of the internal combustion engine; and an ignition control portion that controls an ignition position of the engine using a microprocessor to which a power supply voltage is supplied from a power supply circuit that converts the voltage having the negative half waves generated by the exciter coil to a DC voltage, wherein the ignition control portion is comprised so as to cause a timer to start a counting operation at the start of the operation of the microprocessor, regard a measurement value of the timer as time between generation of the first negative half wave and generation of the second negative half wave to arithmetically operate counting data for measuring the ignition position based on rotational speed information of the engine obtained from the time, and immediately measure the arithmetically operated counting data to generate an ignition signal. | 04-22-2010 |
