ANALYZER FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL CYLINDERS

• US 3,572,103 A
• Filed: 01/06/1967
• Issued: 03/23/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1967
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph A. Marino
• Original Assignee: Joseph A. Marino
• Inventors: Marino, Joseph A.
• Application Number:
  US04/607,820
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• US Class Current: 73/114.58
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 17/00 Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting testing fuel injection apparatus F02M65/00; testing ignition installations in general F23Q23/00; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines

Abstract

AN ANALYZER FOR MULTICYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES IN WHICH THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC COUNTER TRIGGERED BY PULSES FROM THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND NORMALLY RESET BY THE FIRING VOLTAGE APPLIED TO ANY OF SELECTED SPARK PLUGS IN WHICH THE ELECTRONIC COUNTER HAS A PLURALITY OF STAGES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS IN THE ENGINE AND IN WHICH THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL TESTING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED BY THE OUTPUT SIGNAL OF ANY ONE OR MORE STAGES OF THE COUNTER TO PRODUCE AN ELECTRICAL EFFECT FOR ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE.

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