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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:
Oct. 29, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123425 ; 123435 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are method and apparatus for controlling knocking of an internal combustion engine by retarding an ignition timing in accordance with a knocking intensity of detected knocking and advancing the ignition timing at a predetermined velocity after the ignition timing has been retarded. When the detected knocking intensity is below a predetermined level, it is regarded that the knocking has not occurred and the retardation is inhibited.