Abstract:
A transistor operating as an AND gate permits a semiconductor controlled rectifier to discharge a condenser through the primary of an ignition coil when the magneto and the motor to which it is coupled are turning in the normal direction but does not allow the SCR to be fired when the motor turns in the other direction. A pulse transmitter is mounted on the armature plate of the magneto so as to provide properly timed pulses in cooperation with a projection revolving on the hub of the device. The disposition of these elements relative to the armature which provides the alternating current to the switching path of the transistor assures the appropriate polarity of the voltages applied to the transistor.
Abstract:
A plurality of permanent magnets forming a cylinder is rotated about a common axis, inducing voltages in two windings on respective legs of a magnet yoke positioned within the cylinder, the windings being so wound that their voltage normally cancel. Means are provided within the cylinder so as to upset, once every rotation of the plurality of magnets, the balance between the voltages in the two windings so that there is produced a control voltage that is conducted to the control electrode of a thyristor that controls the discharging of an ignition capacitor through the primary of a spark coil. In one form of the invention, the cross piece connecting together the two legs is nonmagnetic, and means are provided for preventing the generation of a control voltage when the engine rotates in the wrong direction.
Abstract:
This disclosure deals with a novel impulse producing apparatus for ignition systems and the like involving a full-wave rectifier charging circuit discharged by solid-state switching means and controlled by a half-wave rectifying circuit that prevents failure to turn off the switching means.
Abstract:
A triggering magnet and coil assembly for use with a permanent magnet alternator and ignition system a a spark-ignited engine is disclosed. The ignition system includes a condenser discharge circuit using a silicon-controlled rectifier for controlling the charging and discharging of a condenser; the condenser when discharged being discharged through the primary winding of a step-up transformer having its secondary winding connected to the spark plug of the engine. Triggering signals for the siliconcontrolled rectifier are provided by the triggering magnet and coil assembly. The triggering magnet and coil assembly includes a core and two coils arranged and connected to minimize the effect of the leakage field established by the permanent magnets of the alternator.
Abstract:
A condenser discharge type electrical pulse generating circuit, such as for a combustion engine ignition system, wherein two storage capacitors are charged in parallel to discharge across a relatively low-voltage trigger gap which connects the condensers in series to discharge across a higher voltage control gap and through a relatively low-voltage ignition gap which is connected in series with the control gap. The above circuit is disclosed herein as being used in combination with a second, alternatively employed ignition circuit which supplies higher energy pulses for short periods, as during the starting of the engine.
Abstract:
An alternator for use with an internal combustion engine includes a rotor having a plurality of generating magnets and a stator carrying a number of coils in which voltages are induced by the movement of the generating magnets therepast. One of these coils is used to charge the capacitor of an associated capacitor discharge ignition system for the engine, and triggering of the ignition system to control the discharge of the capacitor and firing of the associated spark plug is achieved by a trigger signal producing means including a magnet separate from the generating magnets, a trigger coil, and irregularities such as pins on the rotor for varying the flux of the trigger magnet through the trigger coil in response to rotation of the rotor.
Abstract:
An ignition arrangement for internal combustion engines in which an induced voltage charges an ignition capacitor. A magnetic member driven by the engine induces the charging voltage within a charging coil and, moreover, induces a control voltage within another coil for controlling an electronic switch. When the latter is turned on, the capacitor discharges through the primary winding of an ignition transformer to generate a voltage for firing the spark plugs. Ignition of the fuel-air mixture is inhibited when the engine is rotating in the wrong direction.
Abstract:
A capacitor discharge ignition system wherein an energy storage capacitor is charged to a relatively high voltage and synchronously discharged into the primary winding of an ignition coil to develop a high-energy short-time duration spark discharge at the secondary winding of the ignition coil, and a circuit is provided for increasing the time duration of the spark discharge beyond that normally obtained from the capacitor discharge system to improve the fuel-igniting properties of the spark.