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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1993
Koichi Kamabora, Tokoname, JP;
Koji Sakakibara, Hekinan, JP;
Hiroshi Haraguchi, Kariya, JP;
Toshiharu Iwata, Nukata, JP;
Koichi Toyama, Kariya, JP;
Toshihito Nonaka, Obu, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A knocking vibration detecting unit (1) and a knock deciding unit (c) are integrated, and the communications of a knock intensity between the knock deciding unit (c) and an engine controlling microcomputer (7) are carried out in combination of a change from the previous value of a signal line level. In the engine controlling microcomputer (7), the ignition timing is controlled by a predetermined retard angle in case of combination of no change of the present read signal line level from the previous signal line level. Thus, an internal combustion engine is prevented from any damage by relieving a failure without fail when a signal line (10) is troubled, while minimizing the influences of noises and reducing the space and size of an ECU.