Abstract:
A method for operating an internal combustion engine and a corresponding device are described, reference pulses (45) being generated synchronously with respect to the cyclical movement of at least one part of the internal combustion engine. At least one event moment for the occurrence of at least one event is calculated by an output unit (24) at specific, definitively preset time intervals of the cyclical movement. Moreover, an independent clock-pulse generator (25) is provided which generates clock pulses, the interval of the clock pulses being independent of the movement, and the interval of the clock pulses being smaller than the intervals of the reference pulses. The at least one event moment is expressed as the number of clock pulses of the independent clock-pulse generator, and the at least one event is triggered upon reaching the number of clock pulses. By observing the clock pulses of the independent clock-pulse generator (25) counted between at least two successive reference pulses, a relationship value is formed which contains information about the future timing of the movement, this relationship value being used to alter the number of clock pulses.
Abstract:
The ignition device for an internal combustion engine includes two spark plugs provided for each cylinder, ignition coils arranged independently to each of the spark plugs, an ignition power source circuit for supplying electrical energy to first coils which constitute the ignition coils, and an ignition transistor circuit for switching on and off the electrical supply from the ignition power source circuit to the first coils. In the ignition device, the first coils corresponding to spark plugs that are provided to the same cylinder are connected in parallel with the ignition transistor circuit that is arranged to each cylinder. The ignition power source circuit is a circuit including an energy storage condenser for storing electrical energy supplied to the first coil. The electrical supply circuit is a circuit including an MOS-type field effect transistor.
Abstract:
An ignition system for an internal combustion engine. At least one of a plurality of spark plugs 4 and 5 attached to each of cylinders 2A, 2B, 3B, and 3A is a self-cleaning spark plug A.
Abstract:
There is provided an ignition coil alleviating an insulating load between output terminals and at inside of the ignition coil and stabilizing insulating performance by constituting two outputs from the ignition coil by the same output electrode. Specifically, the invention is characterized in arranging two ignition plugs at a single cylinder, providing a center tap terminal at a secondary coil, regularly winding the secondary coil until reaching the center tap terminal and inversely winding the secondary coil from a regular winding direction to an inverse winding direction after reaching the center tap.
Abstract:
A capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) system is capable of generating intense continuous electrical discharge at a spark gap for a desired duration and may include a second controllable power switching circuit with its input terminal connected to an output terminal of a high voltage DC source device. An output terminal of the second controllable power switching circuit is connected to an input terminal of a first power switching circuit. The second controllable power switching circuit may also have a control terminal connected to an output of a controller. The first controllable power switching circuit may be used for discharging a discharge capacitor, and the second controllable power switching circuit may cause charging of the discharge capacitor. As such, an ignition current through an ignition coil of the system is enabled for any desired number of cycles during both the charge and discharge cycles of the discharge capacitor.