Abstract:
A CDI ignition coil unit integrally formed of an exciter coil, pickup coil and control unit is arranged over the upper side of the engine case, at a position on the cylinder head side in proximity to the periphery of the flywheel while an ignition cord is provided to connect a spark plug located at the cylinder head to the CDI ignition coil unit.
Abstract:
A spark plug for an internal combustion engine comprising a center electrode having a shank portion which is fluted. The flutes have at least one edge which protrudes through an opening in a ground electrode of the spark plug. The principle use is for lean burn natural gas engines, however any air-fuel mixtures 14 will benefit from this invention. For example, propane or dual fuel engines may have spark plugs with this invention.
Abstract:
An engine assembly for powering a watercraft that has a front cover which contains a number of electrical components for the engine including the flywheel magneto of the engine, a CDI ignition system for firing the spark plugs and additional components. This permits ease of servicing and reduces the number and length of the interconnecting electrical conduits.
Abstract:
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 chips. The components of the regulator circuit may be mounted to the stator by fasteners or by an adhesive resin such as epoxy.
Abstract:
A magneto generator for a motorcycle engine having a flywheel, in which a plurality of magnets are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, a certain number of adjacent magnets have the same polarity at their inner surfaces, and N- and S-pole alternately appear at the inner surfaces of the remaining magnets. A stator arranged within the flywheel includes one large pole core and a plurality of small pole cores, each of which extends radially outwardly to face to the inner surfaces of the magnets at their T-shaped pole pieces formed at their forward ends. A capacitor charging coil is wound on the large pole core so that a single pair of positive and negative halfwave voltages are generated at the coil to perform a single spark ignition for each revolution of the magneto generator.
Abstract:
'The invention is concerned with an ignition signal generator for internal combustion engines, consisting of a rotor and stators, wherein the rotor is constituted by a cylindrical magnet magnetized in the axial direction, and two disc-like magnetic pole pieces consisting of N pole and S pole attached to both side surfaces of the cylindrical magnet, the stators are so disposed that the two magnetic pole pieces are sandwiched therebetween, one end of each of the stators being faced to the N pole of the magnetic pole pieces and the other end thereof being faced to the S pole, and a pulser coil is wound on the central portion. Each of the two disc-like magnetic pole pieces is provided with stepped portions consisting of a portion larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical magnet and a portion smaller than the outer diameter of the cylindrical magnet, the stepped portions in the periphery of the two magnetic pole pieces being coupled by a curve that changes gradually.
Abstract:
A cooling plate, the hybrid electronic circuit and a circuit board connection plate, are mounted flat at the bottom of a cup-shaped vessel with a reentrant tube for an iron core leg, in which vessel the secondary winding on its spool and a primary winding set inside the spool are put for being imbedded in a casting resin. The vessel and its contents fits over the central core leg of an E-shaped stationary armature of a magneto generator for a one-cylinder internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
In a combined capacitor discharge ignition and alternator auxiliary power system for an internal combustion engine, voltage pulses for charging a capacitor, other voltage pulses for triggering an SCR, and still other voltage pulses for producing an alternating auxiliary power output are provided by a single generator having an engine driven rotor providing an array of magnetic pole faces regularly spaced and of alternating magnetic polarity along a circular path of movement. A stator carries a charge coil, a trigger coil, and at least one auxiliary power coil adjacent the circular path so that a repetitive series of charge pulses, a repetitive series of trigger pulses, and a repetitive series of auxiliary power pulses are induced respectively in the charge coil, the trigger coil, and the auxiliary power coil each time the array passes said coils. The rotor also includes a space, along the circular path, within which no magnetic pole face appears. When this space passes the trigger coil, at least some of the pole faces of the array pass the charge coil to produce charging pulses which charge the capacitor. The capacitor is then discharged, to fire the associated spark plug, by the first trigger pulse of the next series of such pulses induced in the trigger coil. Subsequent trigger pulses of the series occur with the capacitor in a discharged state and therefore do not fire the spark plug. Thus, the same magnet pole faces which excite the trigger and charge coils of the ignition portion of the system also excite the auxiliary power coils of the alternator portion of the system without creating a ripple problem common to other combined ignition and alternator systems wherein the alternator magnets generate ripple voltages in the trigger coil which may result in spurious triggering of the SCR.
Abstract:
A rotating magnet-type magnetos for use with multicylinder engines of automotive vehicles wherein a rotor with several equidistant radially magnetized permanent magnets carries a breaker cam which opens one of two sets of breaker contacts when the other set is closed and vice versa. Each set of breaker contacts is connected with one end of a winding in one of two armatures which are mounted on a stationary plate adjacent to the path of movement of permanent magnets. The armatures overlie each other and are magnetically connected in parallel with each other. The other end of each winding is connected with the ignition coil. The plate carries an auxiliary armature which can supply current to the lighting system of the vehicle.