Method and apparatus for timing diesel engines
CA 1066773 A · Owner: Scans Associates · Inventors: Smith, Richard L.
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The specification discloses an improved method and apparatus for determining the timing angle of a diesel engine which, in contrast to the present day method is one which, is fast, accurate, and can be readily used on a production line basis. There is disclosed a method and apparatus which by the utilization of pulses of fixed angular frequency produced by an encoder, and counted between the moment the pressure in the injector line of the cylinder whose timing, angle you are measuring, reaches a predetermined pressure and the moment the piston in the same cylinder reaches top dead center, a number of pulses representing the timing angle of the engine is obtained, which can easily be …
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- Granted November 20, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 20, 1996.
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