Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring the turning angle of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine in order to control the ignition timing, etc.

Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring the turning angle of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine in order to control, for example, the ignition timing thereof comprises: a rotating disc which is adapted to rotate in synchronization with a crankshaft and which has a plurality of slits formed along the circumference thereof; light-emitting elements arranged in the vicinity of the rotating disc; light-receiving elements adapted to receive light emitted from the light-emitting elements through the slits of the rotating disc; and a signal processing circuit adapted to process signals output from the light-receiving elements and including: a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of islands formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate from diffusion layers, a protective-resistor element formed in one of the islands and connected to the light-emitting means, and separation layers separating the island on which the protective-resistor element is formed from the other islands, no other elements being f

Abstract: An ignition distributor for an internal combustion engine comprises a cylindrical distributor rotor of synthetic resin that rotated synchronously with the revolution of the engine, a rotor electrode radially and outwardly extending from the central portion on an upper surface of the rotor, a plurality of circumferential electrodes disposed in the rotating locus of said rotor and separated from said rotor electrode by a discharge gap, a contact electrode contacting said rotor electrode, a rotation angle sensor, and a signal processing unit for processing output signal from the rotation angle sensor. The signal processing unit is arranged coaxially with and below the distributor rotor, and is provided with a shield cover which is earthed.

Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring the turning angle of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine in order to control the ignition timing, etc. thereof comprises: a rotating disc adapted to rotate in synchronization with the rotation of a crankshaft and having a plurality of slits formed along the circumference thereof; light-emitting elements arranged in the vicinity of the rotating disc; a photodiode adapted to receive light emitted from the light-emitting elements through the slits of the rotating disc; a resistor for converting electric-current signals output from the photodiode into voltage signals; a clamping device for clamping the maximum voltage at the output terminal of the converter to such a voltage value as will not allow the photodiode to be forward-biased, and a signal processing circuit adapted to measure the turning angle of the rotating disc by processing the electric-current signals converted into voltage signal by the resistor.