Ignition distributor for internal combustion engines
US5416292A · kind A · utility
Assignees
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02P7/022
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The ignition distributor comprises a housing, in which a distributor rotor (4) is rotatably mounted, which comprises a first electrode (9) close to the axis of rotation (5) of the rotor, a second electrode (10) at that end of the rotor which is remote from the axis of rotation, and between said electrodes an electrical line (11), which connects the two electrodes. The housing is closed by a distributor cap (1), which is provided on its inside surface with a plurality of peripherally spaced apart stationary electrodes ( 3 ), which cooperate with the second electrode (10) of the distributor rotor, and also comprises a center electrode (2), which terminates at a small distance from and defines a spark gap with the first electrode (9) of the distributor rotor. One electrode of the pair consisting of the first electrode (9) of the distributor rotor and the center electrode (2) is pinlike and the other electrode (9) does not surround the pinlike electrode (2) or surrounds it around less than its entire periphery.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.