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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M Storwick, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7311 / ; 731173 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining diesel engine fuel injection timing. While a diesel engine is running a microwave signal is supplied to the combustion chamber thereof and the reflected signal is detected. The combustion chamber is supplied with fuel by an outwardly opening poppet type injector. The reflected microwave signal has an asymmetric portion which is produced when the injector poppet opens to inject fuel. The method and system of this invention detects the occurrence of the asymmetric waveform and relates it to the top dead center position of the engine.