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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1998
Tatsunori Sakaguchi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shizuhisa Watanabe, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hisao Sonobe, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masahiro Komachiya, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An on-vehicle fiber-optic cylinder pressure sensor capable of detecting the pressure within a combustion chamber with precision has an optical fiber capable of converting a change in the pressure within a combustion chamber received on its outer surface on an engine gasket into a change in the light quantity passing therethrough. A light emitting device for emitting the passed-through light; a photosenses or senses the passed-through light of which the light quantity has been changed. A converter converts the light quantity of the passed-through light into an electric signal. A reference pressure setting apparatus sets a reference electric signal. A signal processor includes an apparatus for watching a corresponding reference electric signal to the reference electric signal included in the detected electric signal.