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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
Atsuko Hashimoto, Himeji, JP;
Toshio Iwata, Himeji, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cylinder identifying apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine can generate an exact reference position signal at an earliest possible time during engine start-up operation, thereby making it possible to identify predetermined reference positions of each cylinder in a highly accurate manner. A first signal generator 1 is provided on a camshaft for generating a cylinder identifying signal SC in synchronization with the rotation of the camshaft. A second signal generator 4 is provided on a crankshaft for generating, in synchronization with the rotation of the crankshaft, a pulse signal P containing a series of pulses each corresponding to predetermined first and second crank positions of each cylinder. A reference position signal generating circuit 2 generates, based on the output signals from the first and second signal generators, a reference position signal ST containing a series of pulses each exactly indicating the predetermined crank position of each cylinder and a cylinder identifying information signal indicative of the cylinder corresponding to each pulse of the reference position signal.