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7552724 Multi-spark ignition system  
A multi-spark ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes ignition coils each of which is mounted on one of spark plugs of an engine, an energy storing circuit, switching elements...
7475672 Inductive ignition control system  
An apparatus for producing an ignition spark in an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises an inductive ignition device having a primary coil and a secondary coil, flow of current...
7400965 Ignition control process  
A process is provided for ignition control in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, using an ignition coil which has a connected primary winding and a secondary winding which is connected to...
7275514 Method of HCCI and SI combustion control for a direct injection internal combustion engine  
The present invention relates to methods for robust controlled auto-ignition and spark ignited combustion controls in gasoline direct-injection engines, including transients, using either exhaust...
7263976 Method for controlling an internal combustion engine  
A method is proposed for controlling an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, in which from the angular pulses of a sensor a pulse time is formed that is a measure for the rotation of the...
7191051 Method and apparatus for operating an injection system in an internal combustion engine  
In a method and an apparatus for operating an injection system of an internal combustion engine, triggering of an injection actuator being performed on the basis of at least one state variable of...
7165542 High energy ignition method and system using pre-dwell control  
A system and method of managing the energy stored in a single ignition coil of a distributor inductive ignition for an engine. The engine comprises a plurality of cylinders and the ignition coil...
7131435 Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
In step 400 , microcomputer 12 calculates a temperature change amount ΔT 1 of ignition coil FC caused by the heat generating from the ignition coil FC, based on a previous calculated...
7013882 Over-dwell protection circuit for an automotive ignition control system  
An ignition control circuit ( 12 ) is responsive to a control signal (ESTC) to apply a drive signal (GD) to a power switching device ( 22 ) to conduct ignition coil current (I C ) therethrough. A...
6883508 Method for controlling the primary ignition current of an internal combustion engine with controlled ignition  
Method for controlling a primary current in an ignition coil of an internal combustion engine with controlled ignition, the current is established in an inductive primary circuit over a given...
6805110 Ignition control method and apparatus of an engine  
The invention discloses an apparatus and method that calculates parameters for ignition control with respect to a reference cylinder every 180° of crank angle and actuates a dwell-on period and...
6796297 Device for ignition of an internal combustion engine  
A device for ignition of an internal combustion engine is described, having a computer and an ignition output stage. A current flow through the primary side of an ignition coil is controllable by...
6763815 Device and method for regulating the energy supply for ignition in an internal combustion engine  
A device for regulating the energy supply for the ignition of an internal combustion engine including an ignition coil and a central control unit, the ignition coil including a primary winding and...
6761156 Multiplexed single wire control and diagnosis of an electrical object  
An ignition coil assembly for providing ignition energy to a spark plug in accordance with a dwell pulse and transmitting diagnostic data related to an ignition event occurring after the dwell...
6752134 Ignition arrangement  
An improved electronic ignition arrangement for an internal combustion engine having an output drive shaft, a rotary shaft drivingly coupled to the output drive shaft, a plurality of spark plugs,...
6736102 Method for operating an internal combustion engine and corresponding arrangement  
A method for operating an internal combustion engine and a corresponding device are described, in which reference pulses are generated synchronously with respect to the cyclical movement of at...
6668811 Ignition control circuit providing temperature and battery voltage compensated coil current control  
An automotive ignition system ( 50 ) includes a control circuit ( 52 ) operable to drive a coil current switching device ( 24 ) connected between an ignition coil ( 30 ) referenced at battery...
6595192 Ignition control device and method  
An ignition control device for controlling an ignition coil device for an internal combustion engine, having an angle measuring device for measuring the current crank angle of the internal...
6591810 Control system for internal combustion engine  
A control system for an internal combustion engine is provided which is capable of satisfying the demand of reducing the size, weight and cost thereof, and at the same time fulfilling sufficient...
6575150 Ignition timing control device for internal combustion engine  
In order to improve the control characteristics for ignition timing during transient operating conditions including engine startup, during engine transient operating conditions, a controller ( 1 )...
6571783 Ignition control device and method  
The present invention relates to an ignition control device for the control of an ignition coil device for an internal combustion engine having an engine speed detection device for detecting the...
6526953 Ignition unit for internal combustion engine  
For minimizing spark energy and improving durability of a spark plug ( 13 ) without controlling a time for energizing a primary wiring (L 1 ); the ignition unit ( 1,2 and 3 ) for an internal...
6484692 Ignition control system  
An ignition control system is provided, which includes: an engine speed detector ( 101 ) for calculating an engine speed according to an engine crank angle signal ( 100 ); a current supply start...
6357427 System and method for ignition spark energy optimization  
A method for controlling spark energy from a spark plug of a combustion engine. The method includes determining a spark energy intensity based on at least one engine operating condition,...
6298837 Method and device for regulating power in ignition systems with a primary-side short-circuiting switch  
A method and an arrangement for energy control on an ignition system for an internal combustion engine are presented having an ignition coil or an ignition transformer whose primary winding can be...
6247465 System and method for preventing spark-on-make in an internal combustion engine using manifold pressure  
A system is provided for preventing spark-on-make in an internal combustion engine, using manifold pressure information. The system includes a pressure sensor and a controller. The pressure sensor...
6223722 Apparatus and method for controlling an ignition timing in an internal combustion engine  
An apparatus for controlling ignition timing in an internal combustion engine includes a cam sensor for generating a standard position signal for each standard piston position, a position sensor...
6116226 Inductive ignition device  
An inductive ignition device for spark plugs of an internal combustion engine is having at least one activation circuit for at least one ignition coil and having at least one spark plug. A...
6115665 Memory efficient computer system and method for controlling an automotive ignition system  
In an automotive ignition system having ignition coil banks with at least one ignition coil for energizing a corresponding spark plug, input/output (I/O) devices are provided in electrical...
6050242 Lobe sensor arrangement for an ignition system  
A lobe sensor arrangement for an internal combustion ignition system provides a control signal to an ignition coil of the internal combustion engine to effect sequential firing of spark plugs, the...
5954037 Redundant magneto for race car  
The present invention is directed to a magneto having two sets of primary windings and no secondary windings which will allow the magneto to function as an ignition source even though one set of...
5939797 Ignition control system  
An ignition control system controls an ignition of a vehicle engine based on a pulse signal generated by a pulse coil in response to a rotation of the vehicle engine by using a rectified output of...
5913302 Ignition coil dwell time control system  
A two-stroke direct fuel injected internal combustion engine has an ignition coil dwell time control system. An electronic control unit controls switching of electronic ignition coil drivers in a...
5896848 Ignition control circuit for internal combustion engine  
A combined heat and power system including a 4 cylinder reciprocating internal combustion engine fuelled by a fuel gas, for example natural gas, and operating at a substantially constant speed and...
5871002 Apparatus for controlling ignition timing in engines  
An apparatus controls an ignition timing in association with rotation of an engine. The engine has an ignitor, an ignition coil and a spark plug. The ignitor provides the ignition coil with primary...
5638798 Method and system for generating ignition coil control pulses  
A method and system for generating an ignition coil output signal to control charging and discharging of a plurality of ignition coils in an internal combustion engine. A plurality of holding...
5619968 Electronic ignition system with pre-ignition prevention apparatus and method  
An electronic ignition system for a reciprocating engine includes a pre-ignition prevention control sub-system which acts as an independent monitor system to ensure the ignition system can only...
5553594 Controllable ignition system  
A method for controlling an ignition system for internal combustion engines where the sparking current together with the sparking period can be set to a particular value. The method described here...
5546905 Control apparatus for controlling the ignition timing of an internal combustion engine  
In a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, an ignition control apparatus for suppressing generation of high-level noise and voltage leakage due to unwanted increases; in spark plug demand...
5513620 Ignition energy and breakdown voltage circuit and method  
In an engine and associated ignition energy and breakdown voltage circuit, the engine having at least one spark plug and an associated ignition coil having a primary and secondary winding, the...
5392754 Method of suppressing ringing in an ignition circuit  
An inductive ignition circuit, comprising a secondary winding across a spark plug and a primary winding in series with a lossy transistor switch and a power source, is subject to ringing at the...
5383433 Microprocessor-controlled inductive ignition system  
A microprocessor-controlled inductive ignition system uses a magneto inductive ignition circuit at engine starting speeds, and a microprocessor-controlled ignition circuit at engine running speeds....
5309888 Ignition system  
The present invention encompasses an ignition system with an ignition dwell signal (207) having charge and discharge states for driving at least one energy storage device (105) and at least one...
5301650 Ignition device for internal combustion engines  
An ignition device for internal combustion engines includes a monitoring device for a closing duration of a primary current circuit of at least one ignition coil, being set into motion...
5301649 Ignition device for internal combustion engines  
An ignition device for internal combustion engines includes an ignition coil with separate primary and secondary windings. A sensor is connected in a spark plug current circuit. A peak value of an...
5213080 Ignition timing control  
An electronic control system for an internal combustion gas engine adapted to control the timing pulse for spark ignition in a single cylinder gas engine wherein precise timing of the spark advance...
5199405 Ignition current conduction time control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
An ignition current conduction time control apparatus, comprising power transistors for producing a spark for ignition at the ignition plugs, and a controller for applying ignition signals to the...
RE34183 Ignition control system for internal combustion engines with simplified crankshaft sensing and improved coil charging  
An electronic ignition system is disclosed for controlling as a function of at least one selected engine parameter the ignition or spark instants of an internal combustion engine having at least...
5143553 Control apparatus of ignition current conducting time  
During an abnormal stop condition of an internal combustion engine, the semiconductor devices which control the supply of current to the ignition coils during a dwell time are subject to damage by...
5139004 Ignition system for a spark ignited internal combustion engine  
An ignition system for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine has a transistor connected in series with the primary winding of an ignition coil. The transistor is switched ON and OFF in...
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