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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7827976 | Tube unit of ignition spark plug for engine A tube unit of a spark plug for an engine that is used for mounting the spark plug in a cylinder head, may include a spark plug tube including a hollow tube body inserted in an interior mounting hole of the cylinder head, wherein a lower end of the hollow tube body ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7798136 | Ignition coil for an internal combustion engine An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine can increase a contact area between an end of a GND line terminal and a bolt thereby to reduce the contact resistance therebetween. In the ignition coil, a GND potential is ensured by the GND line terminal that is e... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7441553 | Ignition coil, mounting structure, and method for mounting of the same An ignition coil, which is adapted to being mounted to a sparkplug, includes a coil body having a primary coil and a secondary coil. The ignition coil further includes a plug cap provided to an axial end of the coil body. The coil body is adapted to being mounted to... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409949 | Ignition housing for internal combustion engine A two-stroke internal combustion engine including a molded ignition housing connected to the crankcase of the engine which protects the electric generator of two-stroke internal combustion engine. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7352070 | Polymer encapsulated electrical devices Improved encapsulated, overmolded and/or underfilled electrical components having a complete encapsulation, overmolding and/or underfilling with a coefficient of thermal expansion that is uniform and substantially free of gradients includes a polymeric matrix and an... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350488 | Rocker arm cover A rocker arm cover comprises a shell having an upper portion and a lower portion formed by inner and outer side walls and end walls contiguous therewith. A dividing wall is joined to the side walls and end walls to define an upper cavity in the upper portion of the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341052 | Power switching control device for electric systems A power switching control device for electric systems such as an ignition device for internal combustion engines has a control circuit IC and a switching IC. A temperature sensor is provided in the switching IC. The control circuit IC is joined to a grounding termin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329846 | Electric range An electric range includes a circuit board provided with at least one semiconductor chip and adapted to control an electric current to be applied to an induction heating device, a heat sink to absorb heat of the semiconductor chip to discharge the heat to the outsid... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7287524 | Internal combustion engine ignition device An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided with a connector including first external connection terminal, and second external connection terminal. The first external connection terminals is formed with no noble metal coat, while the second external co... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7243621 | Two-stroke engine A two-stroke engine (1, 31, 41, 51) includes a cylinder (2) having a combustion chamber (5). The combustion chamber (5) is delimited by a piston (7) which drives a crankshaft (25) rotatably journalled in a crankcase (3 | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234454 | Ignition coil and method for manufacturing an ignition coil An ignition coil is disclosed. The ignition coil includes an insulative material, a body, and a head coupled to the body. A portion of the insulative material is included in the body, and a portion of the insulative material is included in the head. The head include... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230320 | Electronic circuit device with reduced breaking and cracking In an electronic circuit device including a substrate including a front surface on which an electronic circuit element is mounted and a reverse surface opposite to the front surface in a thickness direction of the substrate, an electrically conductive terminal membe... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207314 | Control circuit module, intake air passage body, engine electronic control device, and engine air intake system provided with the same An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185624 | Fuel injection control apparatus of engine The invention provides a fuel injection control apparatus of an engine in which a temperature sensor for detecting an engine temperature is inexpensive and a wiring to a control unit is made unnecessary, thereby restricting a system cost low. A control unit (5 | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158002 | Primary wire winding having optimized package dimensions for a pencil-style ignition coil To optimize the package dimensions of pencil-style ignition coils, a structural component including a primary wire and a primary bobbin is constructed in such manner that this structural component is also used as the encapsulation layer of the ignition coil. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145236 | Semiconductor device having solder bumps reliably reflow solderable A semiconductor module solder bonding of high reliability in which the heat resisting properties of the circuit substrate and electronic parts are taken into consideration. In order to achieve this, there are provided semiconductor devices each having solder bumps a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142080 | Stick-type ignition coil and terminal assembly therefor A stick-type ignition coil comprises a coil part, an insulating ring-shaped terminal assembly and a control part. The coil part includes a central core, a primary coil and a secondary coil. The terminal assembly is press-fitted on the upper end part of a primary spo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130180 | Partitioned exciter system A partitioned exciter system for use with an igniter in an aircraft engine. The exciter has low-energy charging circuit and a high-energy discharge circuit that are remotely located from each other and that are connected by a low-energy coaxial cable. The charging c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107977 | Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which is controlled by a control unit, includes a connector, an ignition coil assembly, an igniter and a capacitor. The connector is electrically connected with the control unit, and includes an input terminal... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7084729 | Ignition coil An ignition coil has a connector electrically connected to an external circuit, an igniter for accommodating a switching element adapted to cause a current supplied from the connector to be intermittent, a primary coil portion for generating a predetermined voltage ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066163 | Ignition system for an internal combustion engine An ignition system into which signal lines and an evaluating circuit are integrated, so that the signals of a sensor integrated into a spark plug may be passed on, without additional mounting expenditure and space requirement, to a control unit of the engine control... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047939 | Control circuit module, intake air passage body, engine electronic control device, and engine air intake system provided with the same An engine electronic control unit is inserted through a through hole provided in an intake pipe and mounted in an intake air passage in a direction substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the intake pipe forming the intake air passage. This unit is ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7004134 | Engine generator A positioning pin is knocked onto a crankshaft of an engine and a key way is formed in a boss of a first flywheel. When an outer rotor type generator is connected with the engine, the boss of the first flywheel is fitted over the crankshaft so as to adjust the posit... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976482 | Electronic ignition system for vintage automobiles An electronic ignition system for a vintage automobile includes an ignition coil and an electronic switching circuit disposed in a coil box of the vintage automobile. The coil and electronic switching circuit are mounted within a coil box module that replaces four o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6956252 | Hybrid integrated circuit device In preferred embodiments, a compact a hybrid integrated circuit device 1 can be provided. A conductive pattern 12 is formed on the top surface of a circuit substrate 10, on the top surface of which an insulating layer 11 has been provided... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953987 | Composite integrated circuit device having restricted heat conduction A composite integrated circuit is formed by being molded with a mold resin, including a seat member of a lead frame, a substrate attached on the seat member of the lead frame, a heater element, and a temperature-restricted element. Here, the heater element and the t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948472 | Arrangement structure for a motorcycle ignition switch apparatus, and motorcycle incorporating same To improve the degree of freedom in attachment of an ignition switch apparatus, and to make the ignition switch apparatus less likely to be influenced by heat from an engine and by electrical noise interference, an ignition switch apparatus is provided including an ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947292 | Primary functional circuit board suitable for use in verifying chip function by alternative manner A primary functional circuit board with the capability to verify the chip function by an alternative manner and a simplified design for reducing the fabrication cost includes circuit board, chip, verifying apparatus, and extending connection terminals distributed on... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940164 | Power module A power module incorporates a switching semiconductor element and a smoothing capacitor and includes a metallic base plate dissipating heat produced by the switching semiconductor element and the smoothing capacitor. The metallic base plate is thermally separated in... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925980 | Integrated powertrain control system for large engines An integrated manifold assembly (500) for routing electrical signals in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The assembly includes an air-intake manifold (506) for drawing fresh air into the internal combustion engine, a main circuit portion ( | 08/09/2005 |
| 6909351 | Ignition coil module With an ignition coil module comprising a coil system which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding and a flux conducting, soft magnetic device to increase and/or to conduct a magnetic flux generated by one of the windings and comprising an electronic com... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6883509 | Ignition coil with integrated coil driver and ionization detection circuitry Internal combustion engine (ICE) on-plug ignition coils with transistor drivers located in powertrain control modules (PCM) or other remote locations are prone to high electrical and magnetic interference (EMI) emissions and are subject to interference from other co... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880539 | Ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine and a manufacturing method therefor An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine can increase the degree of freedom of wiring paths of electroconductive wires as well as simplifying and miniaturizing a wiring module. Transformers (5A, 5B, 5C) are built into a casing ( | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877497 | Ignition coil cassette having epoxy anchored bushings An ignition coil cassette having bushings retained by an irregularity of the bushings being encased by epoxy. As a result, the process by which the bushings are installed into the ignition coil cassette avoids the cost associated with the overmolding installation pr... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6843217 | Integrated electrical connectors for fuel injectors An independent electrical module 26 distributes an electrical signal to the terminals 24 of a fuel injector device in an engine. The module 26 comprises a self-supporting plastic lead frame 28 with copper ribbons 30 disposed on the... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6805086 | Ignition coil apparatus for engine Plural ignition coils are inserted into corresponding plug holes. Each coil-head of the ignition coil is received by a holder. The coil-head is pressed by a base plate toward the engine. The holder has hooking claws. The base plate has hooking slots to movably engag... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6770825 | Reinforced connection between a distributor and a distributor cap The present invention is a reinforced connection between a distributor body and a distributor cap. The distributor cap rests on the distributor body as in the conventional arrangements. However, an additional clamp is provided to mount over the interface between the... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758200 | Ignition coil driver chip on printed circuit board for plughole coil housing A product, product by process, and process according to the present invention integrates an ignition coil driver electronics or ignitor into a plughole coil housing. Electronic components are mounted directly to a printed circuit board serving as a direct connection... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6736119 | Ignition spark enhancing device An ignition spark enhancing device disposed in the electrical path between a spark source and a spark plug of an internal combustion engine. The device includes one or more coils of conductive hollow tubing formed from a length of conductive tubing and having ends e... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712052 | Engine control unit An engine control unit having electronic components and various circuits for controlling an engine is mounted on a portion substantially just above an intake manifold of the engine. An ignition coil circuit and an injector circuit are formed integrally in a case of ... | 03/30/2004 |