摘要:
A misfire-detecting system detects a misfire occurring in an internal combustion engine. A value of sparking voltage for discharging a spark plug of the engine is detected. The detected value of the sparking voltage is compared with a first predetermined value. A degree to which the detected value of the sparking voltage exceeds the first predetermined value is measured. The measured degree is compared with a second predetermined value. It is determined based upon results of the latter comparison whether or not a misfire occurred in the engine. According to a first aspect of the invention, the second predetermined reference value is set based upon detected values of operating parameters of the engine. According to a second aspect of the invention, the determination of occurrence of a misfire is inhibited when the engine is in a predetermined operating condition.
摘要:
A fuel supply control system which controls an amount of fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine. An ECU detects a value related to an amount of combustion ions generated within cylinders. The detected value is compared with a predetermined value, and the amount of fuel supplied to the engine is corrected based upon the comparison result, when the engine is in a transient operating condition, such as acceleration and deceleration, whereby the responsiveness of the air-fuel ratio feedback control is enhanced to improve drivability and exhaust emission characteristics.
摘要:
A device according to an aspect of the invention detects abnormality of spark plugs of an internal combustion engine. A value related to electric resistance across a gap between electrodes of each spark plug is measured. Next, it is determined whether or not the measured value, related to the electric resistance, assumes a value indicating that the electric resistance is below a predetermined value, when the engine is determined to be in a non-combustive state. The spark plug is determined to be abnormal when it is determined that the measured value, related to the electric resistance, assumes the value indicating that the electric resistance is below the predetermined value. A misfire-detecting system according to another aspect of the invention incorporates the above device.
摘要:
A high probability of detecting an erroneous misfire occurs when combustion becomes unstable during jolt control. Therefore, during jolt control the reliability of the misfire detection system is degraded. As a result, the misfire detection system is inactivated during jolt control by discontinuing the misfire detection, or by deliberately deeming no misfire has occurred if jolt control has occurred. Alternatively, the misfire detection sensitivity is masked during jolt control.
摘要:
A misfire-detecting system for an internal combustion engine in which a value of sparking voltage is detected, which is generated across a spare plug when high voltage is generated by an ignition device in response to generation of an ignition command signal. When a time period over which the detected value of sparking voltage exceeds a predetermined reference voltage value exceeds a predetermined time period value, the system determines that a misfire has occurred in the engine. A recharging command signal is generated for applying high voltage to the spark plug, after generation of the ignition command signal. As a result, a misfire can be accurately detected.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a spark plug cap covering a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, equipped with an ignition voltage detective capacitor having a first conductor housed in a cap body for carrying an ignition voltage produced by an ignition coil to the spark plug and a second conductor located keeping a predetermined distance from the first conductor while sandwiching an insulative material such that the capacitor is formed between the first and second conductors for detecting the ignition voltage. The method comprises separately fabricating said insulative body and a member from the insulative material embedding said second conductor therein and fixing the member at said insulative body such that said detective capacitor is formed. The second conductor may be formed in the shape of a plate to be wound around the cap body.
摘要:
A spark plug cap covering the terminal of a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, made up of an insulative cap body, an ignition coil unit case housing the coil and having a terminal for the ignition coil, a first conductive shaft housed in the insulative cap body for carrying an ignition voltage produced by the ignition coil to the spark plug terminal, and a second conductor located around the first conductor keeping a predetermined distance therefrom separated by the insulative material of the cap body such that a capacitor is formed between the first and second conductors for detecting the ignition voltage. The cap is further provided with a first contact in the form of an annulus provided at the end of said insulative cap body and electrically connected with said second conductor, and a second contact in the shape of a leaf spring electrically connected with the terminal of said case, such that the second contact is brought into contact with the first contact when said case is threaded into said insulative cap body, thereby ensuring electrical connection therebetween.
摘要:
An ignition coil unit for an internal combustion engine for containing an ignition voltage detective capacitor for misfire discrimination, including a core, a primary and a secondary coil wound around the core, and a case housing the core and the primary and secondary coils which is filled with an insulative material. In this unit, a first conductive electrode plate is placed in the case and electrically connected with the output of the secondary coil, and a second conductive electrode plate is also placed in the case in parallel with the first conductive electrode plate while maintaining a predetermined distance therefrom. An insulator is interposed between the first and second conductive electrode plates forming a capacitor that uses the insulator as the dielectric. When the first plate is fixed to the coil's bobbin at a position close to the secondary coil's higher voltage end such that it cantilevers therefrom, a partition or the like is interposed between the plates so as to prevent the first plate from interfering with the second plate.
摘要:
A misfire-detecting system detects a misfire occurring in an internal combustion engine. A value of sparking voltage for discharging a spark plug of the engine is detected. A differentiating circuit differentiates the detected value of the sparking voltage. A misfire-determining circuit compares the differential value of the sparking voltage with a predetermined value, and determines, based upon a result of the comparison, whether a misfire has occurred in the engine.
摘要:
A misfire-detecting system for an internal combustion engine compares detected sparking voltage with a first predetermined comparative level and a second predetermined comparative level lower than the first predetermined comparative level. Whether a misfire has occurred in the engine is determined based upon a logical relationship between results of the comparisons. As a result, a misfire can be detected accurately even when dielectric breakdown of the mixture occurs while a misfire has occurred.