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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7021294 | Fuel pump control device To provide a fuel pump control device allowing a fuel pump having a small capacity to feed a sufficient amount of fuel to an internal combustion engine. During running of a vehicle at a low speed (for example, less than 2,0 km/hr), pulsed drive voltages are intermit... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6176216 | Ignition control for fuel direct injection type engine In a direct fuel injection engine, an ignition coil generates a high voltage applied to a spark plug at a desired ignition time and a similar ignition voltage is then continued to be repeatedly generated at a fixed frequency so that the spark plug generat... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5762052 | System for starting of internal combustion gasoline engines An ignition control system for internal combustion engines including a high frequency generator and a means of commutating the high frequency signal with a signal synchronized to the engine rotational speed. The commutated high frequency signal is amplifi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 4932387 | Emergency ignition system for motor vehicles An emergency ignition system for motor vehicles comprises a high-voltage coil having an input circuit connectible to the vehicle battery and an output circuit connectible to the vehicle distributor for applying high-voltage pulses. The input circuit inclu... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4909228 | Ignition apparatus Ignition apparatus for providing plasma ignition for an engine, which ignition apparatus comprises a switching circuit, a wave form generator for generating an a.c. wave form output, a power amplifier circuit for amplifying the output from the wave form g... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4820957 | Process for burning a carbonaceous fuel using a high energy alternating current wave An electronic ignition circuit for an internal combustion engine produces a plasma arc across the spark gap of an ignition device. An a.c. circuit is formed of a push-pull inverter, and a center tap primary step up transformer with feedback coil. A capaci... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4784105 | High performance digital ignition system for internal combustion engines A very high performance digital ignition system is disclosed which includes a precision angular position sensor within the distributor of an internal combustion engine (or otherwise coupled to the engine to sense its angular position) to provide accurate ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4710681 | Process for burning a carbonaceous fuel using a high-energy alternating current wave A process for burning a carbonaceous fuel is disclosed. This process involves the steps of providing a combustion chamber equipped with a spark gap, introducing the fuel into the chamber, providing a high-energy a.c. wave, and connecting the wave to one o... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4686954 | High performance digital ignition system for internal combustion engines A very high performance digital ignition system is disclosed which includes a precision angular position sensor within the distributor of an internal combustion engine (or otherwise coupled to the engine to sense its angular position) to provide accurate ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4528972 | Emergency ignition device for thermal engines with controlled ignition An emergency ignition device for thermal engines with controlled ignition comprises an oscillator connected to a stabilized electrical supply and whose output is connected to a power transistor connected in series with the primary winding of the ignition ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4476844 | Method of and apparatus for igniting internal combustion engine An electric or electronic system for igniting an internal combustion engine comprising generating electric pulses from a pulse generator at such a desired pulse rate as capable of producing a desired number of electric discharges per one explosion step in... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4445492 | Ignition system for internal-combustion engines Ignition system for internal combustion engines, including a transformer having a primary side with a primary winding and a secondary side with at least one secondary winding, a chopper connected to the primary winding for addressing the primary winding, ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4417563 | Ignition system for internal combustion engine An ignition system for an automotive internal combustion engine. The ignition system includes apparatus which is electrically interposed between the battery and the distributor to receive and transform current from the battery to ignition spark potential ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4327701 | Alternating current energized ignition system An inductive-capacitive cyclic charge-discharge ignition system includes an ignition transformer primary winding in parallel with a capacitor and fed by an alternating current source providing a plural number of repetition cycles during each igniter firin... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4320735 | High-frequency continuous-wave ignition system An ignition system that develops continuous-wave high-frequency spark signals. It employs a square wave oscillator which uses a unitary magnetic circuit and includes a control winding that acts to start and stop the oscillator. The control winding has a g... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4228778 | Extended spark capacitor discharge ignition system To combine the advantage of a capacitor discharge ignition system, in which the spark intensity is essentially independent of engine speed even at high speeds of the engine, and the extended spark discharge of electromagnetic coil storage ignition by inte... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4192275 | Electronic ignition system A solid state ignition system operating from a relatively low potential direct current input source for use with an internal combustion engine in which a combustible gaseous mixture is detonated by means of the introduction therein of a spark produced by ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4191911 | AC power generation control system An alternating current power source which is generally used to feed an ignition transformer primary winding may be electronically controlled so as to rapidly activate and deactivate the power source for each ignition cycle. An electronic switch intermitte... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4191912 | Distributorless ignition system A distributorless ignition system has an alternating current power source for providing power to fire the igniters. The alternating current power source is coupled through a capacitor to a plurality of ignition transformers, one transformer for each ignit... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4144476 | Multiple double energy modulation ignition system Energy provided by two circuits each of which has inductive and capacitive components which provide initial conditions for the ignition firing cycle, makes possible high modulated power components of the system for delivery to a high voltage distributor. ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4022177 | Controlled spark duration ignition system An ignition system for an internal combustion engine. The system is a type that employs a continuous-wave oscillator which includes a transformer with a high voltage output winding to supply the sparking circuit via a distributor. And, the transformer has... | 05/10/1977 |
