US3722488A - Capacitor discharge system - Google Patents

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US3722488A
US3722488A US00126431A US3722488DA US3722488A US 3722488 A US3722488 A US 3722488A US 00126431 A US00126431 A US 00126431A US 3722488D A US3722488D A US 3722488DA US 3722488 A US3722488 A US 3722488A
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E Brayley
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P7/00—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices
    • F02P7/06—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices of circuit-makers or -breakers, or pick-up devices adapted to sense particular points of the timing cycle
    • F02P7/061—Arrangements of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. of distributor and circuit-breaker combinations or pick-up devices of circuit-makers or -breakers, or pick-up devices adapted to sense particular points of the timing cycle pick-up devices without mechanical contacts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P1/00—Installations having electric ignition energy generated by magneto- or dynamo- electric generators without subsequent storage
    • F02P1/08—Layout of circuits
    • F02P1/086—Layout of circuits for generating sparks by discharging a capacitor into a coil circuit
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US3855985A (en) * 1972-04-01 1974-12-24 Korusan Denki Co Ltd Breakerless ignition systems
US3885542A (en) * 1972-10-02 1975-05-27 Bosch Gmbh Robert Engine ignition system adapted to prevent engine rotation in the wrong direction
US3903862A (en) * 1972-06-29 1975-09-09 Nippon Denso Co Capacitor discharge type contactless ignition system for internal combustion engines
US3955549A (en) * 1974-10-29 1976-05-11 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. CD ignition system with anti-reverse feature
US3960128A (en) * 1974-10-15 1976-06-01 Mcculloch Corporation Capacitor discharge ignition system
US4036201A (en) * 1975-04-29 1977-07-19 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. Single core condenser discharge ignition system
US4157702A (en) * 1977-02-24 1979-06-12 Hitachi, Ltd. Automatic ignition timing advancing device in ignition system
JPS54141314U (de) * 1978-03-24 1979-10-01
US4169446A (en) * 1975-09-22 1979-10-02 Mcculloch Corporation CDI Method and system with in phase coils
US4170977A (en) * 1976-12-20 1979-10-16 Syncro Corporation Ignition system
US4202305A (en) * 1978-07-25 1980-05-13 Wabash, Inc. Capacitor discharge ignition system with timing stabilization arrangement
US4228780A (en) * 1979-02-22 1980-10-21 Wabash, Inc. Capacitor discharge ignition system with timing control arrangement
US4276868A (en) * 1978-11-01 1981-07-07 Outboard Marine Corporation Capacitor discharge ignition system having automatic spark advance
US4335692A (en) * 1978-11-27 1982-06-22 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Spark ignition timing control system for internal combustion engines
US4483306A (en) * 1981-07-20 1984-11-20 Ikeda Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. Magneto having transistor ignition circuit for engines
USRE31837E (en) * 1975-04-29 1985-02-26 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. Single core condenser discharge ignition system
US4528970A (en) * 1979-08-27 1985-07-16 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Magnet ignition device
US4829970A (en) * 1974-04-12 1989-05-16 Syncro Corporation Ignition system
US5105794A (en) * 1990-01-31 1992-04-21 Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd. Ignition system for internal combustion engine
WO1992018768A1 (en) * 1991-04-12 1992-10-29 Sem Ab A method for controlling the trigger sequence in a flywheel magneto system
US5265573A (en) * 1989-07-25 1993-11-30 I D M S.R.L. Inductive discharge ignition system for internal combustion engines
US5806503A (en) * 1997-01-23 1998-09-15 R.E. Phelon Company, Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having stepped spark advance
US5931137A (en) * 1997-05-30 1999-08-03 R.E. Phelon Co., Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having automatic spark advance
US6588407B2 (en) 2001-06-06 2003-07-08 R.E. Phelon Company, Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having automatic spark advance
US6691689B2 (en) 2000-10-13 2004-02-17 Prüfrex-Elektro-Apparatebau, Inh. Helga Müller. Geb Dutschke Rotation direction detector in ignition equipment of an internal combustion engine
US11011958B2 (en) * 2016-10-27 2021-05-18 Harco Semco, Llc Extreme environment variable reluctance energy harvester and method for implementing same

Cited By (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3855985A (en) * 1972-04-01 1974-12-24 Korusan Denki Co Ltd Breakerless ignition systems
US3903862A (en) * 1972-06-29 1975-09-09 Nippon Denso Co Capacitor discharge type contactless ignition system for internal combustion engines
US3885542A (en) * 1972-10-02 1975-05-27 Bosch Gmbh Robert Engine ignition system adapted to prevent engine rotation in the wrong direction
US4829970A (en) * 1974-04-12 1989-05-16 Syncro Corporation Ignition system
US3960128A (en) * 1974-10-15 1976-06-01 Mcculloch Corporation Capacitor discharge ignition system
US3955549A (en) * 1974-10-29 1976-05-11 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. CD ignition system with anti-reverse feature
USRE31837E (en) * 1975-04-29 1985-02-26 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. Single core condenser discharge ignition system
US4036201A (en) * 1975-04-29 1977-07-19 R. E. Phelon Company, Inc. Single core condenser discharge ignition system
US4169446A (en) * 1975-09-22 1979-10-02 Mcculloch Corporation CDI Method and system with in phase coils
US4170977A (en) * 1976-12-20 1979-10-16 Syncro Corporation Ignition system
US4157702A (en) * 1977-02-24 1979-06-12 Hitachi, Ltd. Automatic ignition timing advancing device in ignition system
JPS54141314U (de) * 1978-03-24 1979-10-01
US4202305A (en) * 1978-07-25 1980-05-13 Wabash, Inc. Capacitor discharge ignition system with timing stabilization arrangement
US4276868A (en) * 1978-11-01 1981-07-07 Outboard Marine Corporation Capacitor discharge ignition system having automatic spark advance
US4335692A (en) * 1978-11-27 1982-06-22 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Spark ignition timing control system for internal combustion engines
US4228780A (en) * 1979-02-22 1980-10-21 Wabash, Inc. Capacitor discharge ignition system with timing control arrangement
US4528970A (en) * 1979-08-27 1985-07-16 Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Magnet ignition device
US4483306A (en) * 1981-07-20 1984-11-20 Ikeda Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. Magneto having transistor ignition circuit for engines
US5265573A (en) * 1989-07-25 1993-11-30 I D M S.R.L. Inductive discharge ignition system for internal combustion engines
US5105794A (en) * 1990-01-31 1992-04-21 Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd. Ignition system for internal combustion engine
WO1992018768A1 (en) * 1991-04-12 1992-10-29 Sem Ab A method for controlling the trigger sequence in a flywheel magneto system
US5419295A (en) * 1991-04-12 1995-05-30 Sem Ab Method for controlling the trigger sequence in a flywheel magneto system
US5806503A (en) * 1997-01-23 1998-09-15 R.E. Phelon Company, Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having stepped spark advance
US5931137A (en) * 1997-05-30 1999-08-03 R.E. Phelon Co., Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having automatic spark advance
US6691689B2 (en) 2000-10-13 2004-02-17 Prüfrex-Elektro-Apparatebau, Inh. Helga Müller. Geb Dutschke Rotation direction detector in ignition equipment of an internal combustion engine
US6588407B2 (en) 2001-06-06 2003-07-08 R.E. Phelon Company, Inc. Discharge ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine having automatic spark advance
US11011958B2 (en) * 2016-10-27 2021-05-18 Harco Semco, Llc Extreme environment variable reluctance energy harvester and method for implementing same

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