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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1993
Yuichi Shimasaki, Wako, JP;
Kazutomo Sawamura, Wako, JP;
Kenichi Maeda, Wako, JP;
Shigetaka Kuroda, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A combustion state-detecting system, for internal combustion engines, has a crank angle sensor. The crank angle sensor generates a crank angle signal with a predetermined period shorter than a firing period of the engine whenever the crankshaft rotates through a predetermined angle. A value of the rotational speed of the engine is detected whenever the crank angle signal is generated. A first average value of the detected engine rotational speed is calculated over a period of one rotation of the crankshaft, followed by calculating a second average value of the first average value over every firing period, to thereby calculate a rate of variation in the second average value over every firing period. The rate of variation is compared with a predetermined value, to determine whether or not the engine is in a degraded state of combustion.