Engine analyzers
AssigneeTI Crypton Limited
InventorsGeoffrey J. Everett, Christopher J. Hunt
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Abstract
An engine analyzer including a plurality of probes each connectable to one component of a different pair from a plurality of pairs of engine components, each pair comprising a spark plug and a lead connected direct to said spark plug, in which each probe will emit a succession of pulses during use, some or all of the pulses being of either one polarity or of the opposite polarity, wherein the invention comprises means to process said pulses and to emit coincident pulses all of one predetermined polarity, irrespective of the polarity of the pulses from the probe.
Claims6
An engine analyser to analyse a parameter of a spark ignition internal combustion engine of the type having a plurality of pairs of ignition components, each component comprising a spark plug and a lead connected directly to said spark plug, and means for supplying high voltage pulses to said components at least some of the pulses being of opposite polarity, comprising:
- a plurality of probes equal in number to the number of component pairs, each for connection to one component of a different one of said pairs to provide pulses corresponding to the ignition voltage or current pulses applied to the associated spark plug, there being at least one separate probe for each of said pairs;
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- means connected to each of said probes to process said pulses and emit further pulses each coincident with the original pulse but all of one predetermined polarity irrespective of the polarity of the pulses from the probe for display of said further pulses.
An engine analyser to analyse a parameter of a spark ignition internal combustion engine of the type having a plurality of paris of ignition components, each component comprising a spark plug and a lead connected directly to said spark plug and means for supplying high voltage pulses to said components, at least some of the pulses being of opposite polarity, comprising:
- a plurality of probes equal in number to the number of component pairs, each for connection to one component of a different one of said pairs to provide pulses corresponding to the ignition voltage or current pulses applied to the associated spark plug, there being at least one separate probe for each of said pairs;
- means connected to each of said probes for processing said pulses and emit coincident pulses all of one predetermined polarity, irrespective of the polarity of the pulses from the probe, said means including comparator means connected to compare the magnitude of any pulses received simultaneously from the probes and to transmit only the pulse of greatest magnitude at that time.
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