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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7017565 | Supplemental capacitive discharge ignition system A capacitive discharge ignition system for initiating combustion during cold- and hot-ignition of an internal combustion engine requiring minimal mechanical energy input. The capacitive discharge ignition system includes a magneto having a rotor, a first capacitive ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6758199 | Tuned power ignition system An ignition system employing a piezoelectric transformer having a drive side and an output side. The ignition system further includes circuit elements in electronic communication with the output side that tune output impedance in series with a breakdown gap to optim... | 07/06/2004 |
| 5988130 | Electrical system for marine engine The present invention is an electrical system for an engine of the type used to power a watercraft. A primary power supply of the system is connected to a main circuit by a feed circuit. A main switch controls the flow of power from the primary power supp... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5787857 | Fuel injected internal combustion engine A Diesel engine is started as a direct fuel injected engine with ignition accomplished by spraying fuel onto a hot wire electrode that is made hot as part of a spark plug activated by an enhanced ignition system. The fuel injector's normally atomized spra... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5654868 | Solid-state exciter circuit with two drive pulses having indendently adjustable durations A solid-state exciter circuit for establishing arc discharges in igniter devices. The exciter circuit includes first and second transformers, first and second main discharge capacitors, and first and second exciter sub-circuits for controlling the chargin... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5042449 | Method and related system for controlling the ignition in internal combustion engines, particularly direct-ignition engines with individual coils Upon starting or in the event of a malfunction of the sensor for detecting the stage of the engine, the ignition in the various cylinders is controlled according to a sequence different from that used during normal operation. In the case of engines with o... | 08/27/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4917060 | Ignition device for starting an internal combustion engine An ignition device for starting an internal combustion engine surely, having a starting member arranged on a rotor of a manual starter or a self-starter motor, the starting member being engaged with an actuating member of a piezoelectric element, an outpu... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4442821 | Internal combustion engine ignition method In order to improve the cold starting efficiency of a an internal combustion engines using alcohol or low cetane type fuel, an ignition method provides an ignition mode in which a plurality of energizations of the ignition plugs per cycle is effected duri... | 04/17/1984 |
