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Engine operation detection system

US11022085B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2018
Grant dateJun 1, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C7/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An engine operation detection system includes an engine including a spark plug and a spark plug wire, and an engine run sensor including a signal wire including an antenna, the antenna configured to receive a spark plug signal from the spark plug wire, a data acquisition output wire outputting an engine on/off condition signal, a power supply providing power to the engine run sensing circuit, and an engine run sensing circuit configured to transform the spark plug signal into the engine on/off condition signal output via the data acquisition output wire.

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