1. Method for starting an internal combustion engine including an intake manifold and a plurality of combustion chambers, comprising:
evacuating the intake manifold; and
subsequent to intake manifold evacuation, cranking the engine including
forcing rotation of the engine,
providing a combustible air and fuel mixture to the combustion chambers for combustion therein, and
combusting the combustible air and fuel mixture within the combustion chambers.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein evacuating the intake manifold comprises closing substantially all leak paths to the intake manifold and pumping the gases out of the intake manifold.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein said internal combustion engine further includes an intake throttle valve and closing substantially all leak paths to the intake manifold comprises closing the intake throttle valve.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said internal combustion engine includes a spark ignition source and combusting the combustible air and fuel mixture within the combustion chambers comprises providing an ignition spark thereto.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said internal combustion engine is a spark-ignited engine.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said internal combustion engine is a controlled auto-ignition engine.
7. The method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the gases pumped out of the intake manifold are pumped into an exhaust conduit of the internal combustion engine.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the gases are pumped out of the intake manifold and into the exhaust conduit of the internal combustion by a secondary air injection reaction pump.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein evacuating the intake manifold is effected by a secondary air injection reaction pump selectively coupled between the intake manifold and an exhaust conduit of the internal combustion engine.
10. Starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine including an intake manifold, comprising:
a pump selectively coupled to the intake manifold and operative to evacuate the intake manifold prior to engine cranking; and
engine cranking apparatus operative to force rotation of the engine, provide a combustible air and fuel mixture to the combustion chambers and combust the combustible air and fuel mixture within the combustion chambers.
11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 further comprising an intake throttle valve which is substantially closed during evacuation of the intake manifold.
12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein the engine cranking apparatus further comprises a spark ignition system operative to provide an ignition spark to initiate combustion of the combustible air and fuel mixture within the combustion chambers.
13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 further comprising a conduit between the pump and an exhaust conduit of the internal combustion engine effective to route gases evacuated from the intake manifold by the pump into the exhaust conduit.
14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein said pump comprises a secondary air injection reaction pump adapted to evacuate the intake manifold.
15. Article of manufacture having program instructions therein for starting an automotive internal combustion engine having an intake manifold, comprising:
said program instructions comprising;
code for evacuating the intake manifold prior to engine cranking;
code for cranking the internal combustion engine; and
a computer readable medium that stores the code.
16. The article of manufacture as claimed in claim 15 wherein the code for cranking the internal combustion engine further comprises:
code for controlling an electric machine operative to force rotation of the engine;
code for controlling a fuel delivery system operative to provide fuel to the engine during forced rotation thereof; and
code for controlling a spark delivery system operative to provide spark to the engine during forced rotation thereof.
17. The article of manufacture as claimed in claim 15 wherein the engine further includes an intake throttle valve and the code for evacuating the intake manifold further comprises:
code for closing the intake throttle valve; and
code for controlling a pump operative to evacuate the intake manifold.
18. The article of manufacture as claimed in claim 15 wherein the engine further includes an exhaust conduit and a secondary air injection reaction pump coupled between the intake manifold and the exhaust conduit, the code for evacuating the intake manifold further comprises:
code for controlling the secondary air injection reaction pump to evacuate the intake manifold and route gases evacuated from the intake manifold by the secondary air injection reaction pump into the exhaust conduit.
19. The article of manufacture as claimed in claim 18 wherein the engine further includes an intake throttle valve and the code for evacuating the intake manifold further comprises:
code for closing the intake throttle valve during evacuation of the intake manifold.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. System for monitoring detachable connections of cable channel using RFID tags, which system comprising:
patch panels thereto each of at least some ports of said patch panels is provided with the sensor of presence, which changes its state when a patch cord plug is connected to the port;
computer system, which processes the signals of said sensor of presence of plug;
characterized in that
the system comprises the patch cord at least one plug of which is provided with the sensor of plug with the RFID tag which tag changes its reply signal perceived by an RFID interrogator when said plug is connected to the port of patch panel;
the system comprises one or several RFID interrogator that isare used to interrogate the data of said RFID tag of sensor of plug at some interval of time;
the memory of said computer system contains the identifier of said RFID tag of sensor of plug which said identifier is correlated with said patch cord andor said plug of patch cord where said sensor of plug is mounted;
said computer system is capable of identifying of said plug orand said patch cord and said patch panel port where said plug connected to;
said identification is based on the signal of said sensor of presence and the data of said changing of the reply signal of the RFID tag of the sensor of said plug;
said data isare transmitted by said RFID interrogator or interrogators to said computer system after connecting the plug provided with said sensor of plug to the port provided with said sensor of presence.
2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said sensor of presence of plug comprise the RFID tag which changes its reply signal perceived by the RFID interrogator when a patch cord plug is connected to said patch panel port.
3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that changing of reply signal of said RFID tags of sensors of plug andor sensor of presence is expressed itself in possibility or impossibility to identify said RFID tags by said RFID interrogator or interrogators.
4. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that changing of reply signal of said RFID tags of sensors of plug andor sensors of presence takes place as a result of influence of the interference generated by approach said RFID tags to metal.
5. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said RFID tags of sensors of plug andor sensors of presence have a switch in their electrical circuit.
6. The system according to claim 5, characterized in that said switch is a dry reed switch.
7. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said changing of reply signal of said RFID tags of sensors of plug andor sensors of presence is expressed itself in changing of data transmitted in the reply signal of said RFID tags.
8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said RFID interrogator or interrogator hashave a near-field antenna.
9. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said RFID interrogator or interrogators hashave an antenna multiplexer that feeds orand receives the signal of antennas depending on data of states of external sensors received by said RFID interrogator or interrogators.