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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1980
Filed:
May. 19, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert L Fowler, Kirkaldy, GB;
Assignee:
Hughes Microelectronics Limited, Glenrothes, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
The invention concerns an internal combustion engine provided with a vacuum sensor for monitoring the level of partial vacuum in the engine's inlet manifold, in order to provide an indication of engine load. during changes in engine load, the level of partial vacuum presented to the vacuum transducer is modified from that obtaining in the inlet manifold in order to improve the accuracy of the output of the transducer during changes of engine load.