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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1975
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JA;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JA;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for instantaneously measuring fuel consumption rate and indicating the instantaneously measuring distance traveled per unit fuel amount consumed, i.e., the instantaneous fuel consumption rate of a running vehicle. A signal representing the operating parameter of the internal combustion engine of the running vehicle measured in terms of the amount of fuel being consumed by the vehicle and another signal representing the running speed of the vehicle are separately integrated by first and second integrating circuits, whereby when the integrated value of the first integrating circuit reaches a predetermined value, the integrated value of the second integrating circuit is indicated.