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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1991
Gary D Jonker, Kenosha, WI (US);
Craig F Govekar, Gurnee, IL (US);
Michael B Meeker, Kenosha, WI (US);
James R Piehl, Kenosha, WI (US);
Michael C Putrow, Racine, WI (US);
John C Sniegowski, Kenosha, WI (US);
Snap-on Tools Corporation, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A digital engine analyzer has an oscilloscope display and is controlled by microprocessors operating under menu-driven stored program control. The analyzer receives analog input signals from an engine being analyzed. The engine calculates and displays real-time cylinder time balance information by calculating for each cylinder the cylinder time period from the firing of that cylinder to the firing of the next cylinder, storing the cylinder time values for each cylinder for a number of successive engine cycles, averaging the time period values for each cylinder over that number of engine cycles, calculating an overall average of the cylinder averages, calculating the percentage difference between each cylinder average and the overall average and then displaying the percentage differences in both numerical and bar graph form along with the overall average value.