| DIAMOND ELECTRIC MFG. CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120017881 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an internal combustion engine ignition system, including: a plurality of spark coils each having a primary coil and a secondary coil, each secondary coil being coupled to a common spark plug to apply a high voltage thereto; a plurality of primary current generation module provided correspondingly with the spark coils and configured to asynchronously generate primary currents respectively flowing through the primary coils; one or a plurality of primary current detection module configured to detect each of the primary currents; and a primary current control module configured to adjust an output power supplied to each primary coil in accordance with a change in the primary current to thereby control an increase rate of the primary current. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20100154509 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR FUEL RATIO OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ON THE BASIS OF ION CURRENT - In a method for determining an air fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine on the basis of an ion current, for detecting an ion current generated per ignition within a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the method measures a generation period in which the ion current is greater than a determination value set as long as the ion current is generated, computes a divisor for computing a rate of fluctuation of the generation period of the ion current on the basis of a plurality of measured generation periods, computes the rate of fluctuation of the generation period of the ion current by weighing in a direction of increasing the computed divisor, and determines that an air fuel ratio is excessively high in the case that the calculated rate of fluctuation is equal to or more than a predetermined value. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20090013772 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMBUSTION STATE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates of a method for determining a combustion state of an internal combustion engine, for detecting an ion current generated within a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, including the steps of measuring a characteristic value of the ion current detected during a period that the ion current is generated and a generation period in which the ion current is generated, and determining a combustion state on the basis of a relation between the characteristic value and the generation period with respect to an elapsed time from an ignition, and the method comprises determining that the combustion state is normal, by setting a determination reference to be larger with respect to the characteristic value and shorter with respect to the generation period, in the case that the elapsed time from the ignition is short, and determining that the combustion is normal, by setting the determination reference to be smaller with respect to the characteristic value and longer with respect to the generation period in correspondence that the elapsed time from the ignition becomes longer. | 01-15-2009 |
