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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:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard Frank, Skokie, IL (US);
John W Swafford, Jr, Glenview, IL (US);
Perry Farazi, Chicago, IL (US);
Arvind M Patel, Chicago, IL (US);
Cheuk-Wah Chan, Highland Park, IL (US);
Edward J Dohnal, Chicago, IL (US);
Clark S Wang, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Ashokkumar D Mehta, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sun Electric Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364551 ; 73116 ; 235 / ; 324385 ; 324391 ; 364424 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting a defective distributor is shown. The apparatus includes an input system providing the time of each cylinder firing after an initial firing of cylinder #1. A processor then determines the deviation between the actual time of firing and an optimum time thereof.