GB2015739A - A system for indicating the miles remaining to go for an internal combustion engine vehicle - Google Patents

A system for indicating the miles remaining to go for an internal combustion engine vehicle

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Publication number
GB2015739A
GB2015739A GB7902173A GB7902173A GB2015739A GB 2015739 A GB2015739 A GB 2015739A GB 7902173 A GB7902173 A GB 7902173A GB 7902173 A GB7902173 A GB 7902173A GB 2015739 A GB2015739 A GB 2015739A
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Prior art keywords
fuel
signal
remaining
indicating
miles
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GB7902173A
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Bendix Corp
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Bendix Corp
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US05/881,476 external-priority patent/US4157030A/en
Application filed by Bendix Corp filed Critical Bendix Corp
Publication of GB2015739A publication Critical patent/GB2015739A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
    • G07C5/0816—Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
    • G07C5/0825—Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction using optical means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K35/00—Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F9/00—Measuring volume flow relative to another variable, e.g. of liquid fuel for an engine
    • G01F9/008—Measuring volume flow relative to another variable, e.g. of liquid fuel for an engine where the other variable is the flight or running time
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M15/00—Testing of engines
    • G01M15/04—Testing internal-combustion engines
    • G01M15/042—Testing internal-combustion engines by monitoring a single specific parameter not covered by groups G01M15/06 - G01M15/12

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)
  • Instrument Panels (AREA)
  • Electric Propulsion And Braking For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Control Of Vehicle Engines Or Engines For Specific Uses (AREA)
  • Combined Controls Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
  • Electrical Control Of Air Or Fuel Supplied To Internal-Combustion Engine (AREA)

Abstract

A system for indicating the miles to go on remaining fuel, for use in a motor vehicle, the indication being generated in response to signals representing the fuel consumption and the fuel remaining in the vehicle, the system including: a transducer (18) for sensing vehicle speed and a conditioning circuit (22) to provide an output analog signal indicative of vehicle speed, the output of which is fed to an analog divider circuit (26); and, in the case of a fuel injected engine, a circuit (14) for sensing and conditioning the fuel injection pulses to provide an input to the analog divider circuit (26), the speed signal being thus divided by the fuel consumption per unit time signal to provide an output signal indicative of the distance per unit of fuel consumed by the engine at the senses operating condition, this signal being multiplied by a fuel remaining signal to provide a miles to go indication. <IMAGE>
GB7902173A 1978-02-27 1979-01-22 A system for indicating the miles remaining to go for an internal combustion engine vehicle Withdrawn GB2015739A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US88144278A 1978-02-27 1978-02-27
US05/881,476 US4157030A (en) 1978-02-27 1978-02-27 System for deriving fuel consumption of a vehicle

Publications (1)

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GB2015739A true GB2015739A (en) 1979-09-12

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GB7902173A Withdrawn GB2015739A (en) 1978-02-27 1979-01-22 A system for indicating the miles remaining to go for an internal combustion engine vehicle

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DE (1) DE2903682A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2418500A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2015739A (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2202633A (en) * 1987-03-23 1988-09-28 Paccar Inc Method and apparatus for calculating corrected vehicle fuel economy
GB2274167A (en) * 1993-01-07 1994-07-13 Ford Motor Co Electronic calculation of distance to empty for motorised vehicles
EP1001155A1 (en) * 1998-05-29 2000-05-17 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Method and device for calculating cruising range

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
HU185536B (en) * 1982-06-02 1985-02-28 Koezlekedestudomanyi Intezet Apparatus for meassuring the fuel consumption of automobiles on test bench with rollers

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2202633A (en) * 1987-03-23 1988-09-28 Paccar Inc Method and apparatus for calculating corrected vehicle fuel economy
US4845630A (en) * 1987-03-23 1989-07-04 Paccar Inc. Method and apparatus for calculating corrected vehicle fuel economy
GB2202633B (en) * 1987-03-23 1991-03-27 Paccar Inc Method and apparatus for calculating corrected vehicle fuel economy
GB2274167A (en) * 1993-01-07 1994-07-13 Ford Motor Co Electronic calculation of distance to empty for motorised vehicles
GB2274167B (en) * 1993-01-07 1996-02-07 Ford Motor Co Electronic system and method for calculating distance to empty for motorised vehicles
EP1001155A1 (en) * 1998-05-29 2000-05-17 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Method and device for calculating cruising range
EP1001155A4 (en) * 1998-05-29 2006-02-22 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Method and device for calculating cruising range
EP1865180A1 (en) * 1998-05-29 2007-12-12 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Device for calculating cruising range and method therefor

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FR2418500A1 (en) 1979-09-21
DE2903682A1 (en) 1979-10-11

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