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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7218494 | Overload current protection device using magnetic impedance element An overload current protection device for cutting off power applied from a power supply to a load (3) such as a motor by means of a contactor (switch) (2) at overloading. With the configuration, an element (40) having a magnetic impedance effect... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200917 | Method of manufacturing stator coil structure for revolving-field electrical machine A number of embodiments of rotating electrical machines and methods for winding them that provides a high space utilization and very effective winding with less likelihood of damage to the insulation of the wire of the winding during the winding process. The arrange... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6873073 | Magneto rotor A rotor core, rotating in the vicinity of a generating coil, comprises a balance weight section and a pair of magnetic poles, provided on opposite sides of the balance weight section 2 with respect to a center of rotation O of the rotor core 1 to sandw... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6720698 | Electrical pulse generator using pseudo-random pole distribution A multi-pole electric pulse generator contains poles having a pseudo-random distribution. Preferably, poles are equally sized and spaced, and polarity corresponds to a pseudo-noise binary sequence, which is specifically a primitive polynomial m-sequence. At one poin... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6242828 | Flywheel-rotor apparatus A flywheel-rotor apparatus that transforms electrical power into mechanical power and mechanical power into electrical power through a unitary device is disclosed. The invention includes an inner portion and an outer portion which are made of an electrica... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6189522 | Waste-spark engine ignition A distributorless ignition system is provided which includes an ignition coil for firing a pair of first and second spark plugs at the same time. The ignition system includes a changeover switch which, when assuming one operating position, causes the firs... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6094011 | Discharge lamp lighting device driven by internal combustion engine A discharge lamp lighting device driven by an internal combustion engine is disclosed which is capable of lighting a discharge lamp without using a ballast constituted by a leakage transformer. The device includes a generator which is driven by the intern... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5777410 | Motor actuator and method of making the same A first conductive plate is formed integrally of a single conductive sheet comprising a plurality of brushes and power supply terminals that are partially short-circuited, and a second conductive plate is formed integrally of a single conductive sheet com... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5233295 | Angle detecting device having improved mounting arrangement for mounting Hall-effect sensor An angle detecting device including a magnetism gap where a magnetic-flux shutter rotates synchronously with a detection subject, a magnetic flux generator provided at one side of the gap, a magnetic-flux detector provided at the other side of the gap, an... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5031587 | Internal combustion engine with integral stator and regulator An alternator assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a regulator whose individual circuit components are mounted directly on the stator of the alternator assembly. The regulator may be in the form of discrete components or integrated circuit ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5014005 | Hall-effect sensor with component positioning element for detecting crankshaft angle An assembling structure of a Hall-effect sensor device suitable to be used as a crankshaft angle sensor of an automotive internal combustion engine is disclosed. The device comprises: a frame of a resin material which includes a box-shaped accommodating p... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4944270 | Asymmetrical excitation type magnetic device and method of manufacture thereof An asymmetric excitation type magnetic device is provided with a composite magnetic body composed of a first magnetic layer having a relatively strong coercive force and a second magnetic layer having a relatively weak coercive force which layers are comb... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4746825 | Alternator core attachment An alternator or generator core attachment is provided for connecting to a ferromagnetic coil of a magneto used in the ignition system of small combustion engines. The attachment includes a radially extending leg portion, on which a generator coil is woun... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4687945 | Low power generator A stationary spark ignition internal combustion engine which normally operates unattended continuously for long periods of time is modified to eliminate problems in electrical systems. The battery and voltage regulator of the engine is removed and the ele... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4628891 | Magneto-generator for internal combustion engine A signal generator is located substantially in a center position within an iron cup opposingly to the fore end of a crankshaft, and a timing portion is provided on the inner periphery of the iron cup in a position opposing the signal generator, permitting... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4620522 | Ignition distributor voltage generator A voltage generating ignition distributor for an internal combustion engine that has a pickup coil and a magnetic rotor. In order to prevent high frequency voltages, developed at the gap between the rotor contact and the outer electrodes of the distributo... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4564776 | Magneto device for generating signals A magneto device for generating signals comprises a rotor including a permanent magnet and a pole piece which are secured to a rotary body, and a stator including a stationary pole piece and a signal output coil. Formed in the outer periphery of the rotar... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4537174 | Output supply control apparatus for internal combustion engine magneto generator An output supply control apparatus controls the supply of an output from an internal combustion engine magneto generator to its loads so as to effectively utilize the magneto generator. The desired ignition energy is obtained by charging a discharge capac... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4520288 | Ignition magneto having an improved primary winding construction An ignition magneto having an improved primary wiring assembly that consists of a plastic bobbin having a generally rectangular configuration and composed of a pair of end flanges connected together by a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls. The sid... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4485796 | Ignition distributor voltage generator An ignition distributor for an internal combustion engine including a magnetic pick-up for generating a timing control voltage. The distributor has a rotor comprised of a plurality of radially extending circumferentially spaced permanent magnets that defi... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4463715 | Otto engine ignition pulse generator and distributor To eliminate frictional effects by stationary elements (17, 37, 47) with respect to a sleeve (16, 36, 46) which rotates with a shaft (11) of a distributor, but is adjustable with respect to the instantaneous position about the shaft by a centrifugal spark... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4435660 | Magneto generator for a contactless ignition system In order to increase the power output of a magneto generator without causing additional undesired sparks to be generated in the ignition system, a plurality of permanent magnets each having associated pole pieces is arranged around the periphery of a magn... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4430984 | Bracket for breakerless ignition system A bracket for mounting a transistor device and trigger coil of a breakerless ignition system between the induction coil and one of the leg portions of an A-shaped armature core. The bracket includes a hollow housing for receiving the transistor and trigge... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4418296 | Magneto-generator for engine ignition systems A magneto-generator for engine ignition has a cup-shaped pole-wheel with a multiplicity of magnet poles (13) within which is a stationary star-shaped armature having generator windings (20) on the outwardly extending pole legs. A pulse generator (24) is b... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4390804 | Magneto generator for ignition systems A magneto generator includes a magnet wheel 11 which carries a magnetic system. The magnetic system consists of a plurality of claw shaped pole pieces (12,13) which form extensions of two pole plates (14,15). A plate shaped permanent magnet 16 is position... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4345553 | Multiple step advance with magnetic trigger rotor An ignition system for a small internal combustion engine is disclosed, including a magnetic trigger rotor (33) having two magnets (45) disposed in arcuate slots (43), with a radial slot (41) disposed between the arcuate slots (43) for causing an abrupt f... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4335700 | Pulse generator, particularly to provide ignition pulses for internal combustion engines To simplify a Wiegand wire type pulse source, a Wiegand wire (4) has a coil (3) wound thereon. A permanent magnet (5) is positioned with a gap from the coil, and a magnetically permeable masking element, for example a sector-shaped disk, is movable betwee... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4333433 | Electronic ignition system with mechanical advance A mechanical structure for an ignition controller (20) for an electronic ignition system, including structure for a sensing coil carrier, a trigger rotor, and a mechanical advance mechanism is disclosed. The sensing coil carrier (28) is pivotably mounted ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4328439 | Inductive signal source for internal combustion engine ignition system To provide an inherent delayed effect of spark trigger pulses derived from a magnetic transducer in which a salient pole piece of a rotor rotates with respect to a salient pole piece of a stator and, upon juxtaposition, a pulse is induced in a pickup coil... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4307698 | Distributor for contactless ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine A distributor for a contactless ignition apparatus of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. An ignition control circuit unit of contactless type is comprised of a case containing the ignition control IC circuit and a mold resin of the pick-up coil i... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4306167 | Flywheel magneto rotor and manufacture method thereof A joining construction between a flywheel of a flywheel magneto and a boss for mounting thereon a shaft comprises a joining portion formed on the periphery of the boss, and a joining portion of the flywheel surrounding the periphery of the boss. The joini... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4295070 | Means for providing a mechanically definable selected trigger interval in a flywheel magneto In the disclosed ignition apparatus for internal combustion engines provided with flywheel magnetos, the ignition spark interval is purely mechanically provided at the manufacturing stage. In the direction of rotation, the edges of both pole shoes and cor... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4284916 | Rotary signal generator A non-contact signal generator which is adapted for the conduction signal source for the semi-conductor ignition system of so-called current-breaking type or induced-energy accumulating type and which is of the permanent-magnet-energization, variable magn... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4275322 | Ignition system with active pulse discriminating means Disclosed herein is a rotary pulse generator including an armature having a two-magnet assembly including spaced pole pieces defining a pair of spaced gaps, an armature plate including a charge core and charge coil mounted thereon, and a trigger core and ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4227105 | Annular magnet assembly An annular magnet assembly for a dynamoelectric machine includes a plurality of arcuate permanent magnets disposed in an annular array and a frame member of a non-magnetic material for rigidly connecting the magnets together. The magnets are disposed in e... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4173960 | Inductive ignition control pulse generator in an internal combustion engine distributor An inductive pulse generator for producing control pulses for ignition timing is built into a conventional distributor designed for a mechanical circuit interruptor. The stator is mounted on a plate fastened to the interruptor carrier plate and consists o... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4166966 | Rotary pulse generator for automatic engine ignition advance and retard An engine driven rotor has pairs of arms of different lengths passing by the stator core teeth with respectively different clearances. The stator teeth carry pick-up coils that are connected in series-aiding relation. Although the stator teeth are uniform... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4165726 | Low mass breakerless ignition distributor An automotive type ignition distributor featuring a Hall Effect pickup and associated electronic circuitry and a combined distributor rotor and interrupter unit, which distributes the high tension energy to the spark plugs of the engine, acts as an interr... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4157702 | Automatic ignition timing advancing device in ignition system A device for automatically advancing the ignition timing in an ignition system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, in which the ignition timing is fixed constant in a low speed range of the rotation of the engine, advanced in an intermediate s... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4129107 | Magnetic pickup type ignition distributor In an ignition distributor of the type having an ignition coil mounted in the distributor cap and a magnetic signal generating assembly including a pickup coil, a pickup coil magnetic decoupling arrangement comprising an annular ring member of an electric... | 12/12/1978 |
