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Ignition system for internal combustion engine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6058053

An ignition system for an internal combustion engine is described, comprising: an ignition voltage generating circuit for inducing a high voltage across a secondary coil of an ignition coil by operating a semiconductor switch to quickly vary a primary current of the ignition coil; a signal coil for generating an AC signal in synchronism with rotation of the engine, the AC signal having a wave height increased with an increase in a rotational speed of the engine; and a trigger circuit for receiving the output signal of the signal coil and generating a trigger signal which is supplied to the semiconductor switch to operate it at an ignition position of the engine. The trigger circuit consists of a delay rotation region setting circuit for receiving the output signal of the signal coil and generating a delay region signal when it detects, depending on the output signal, that the rotational speed of the engine reaches a delay rotation region in which the ignition position is delayed with an increase in the rotational speed.

Assignee:
Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd., Numazu
Patent Number(s):
US 4809661
OSTI ID:
6058053
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English