Ignition system for internal combustion engine

US5505175A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Vogt Electronic AG · DE

Inventors

• Udo Mai · Hauzenberg, DE
• Ekkehard Kollmann · Passau, DE
• Johann Wandl · Hauzenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1995
• Grant date: Apr 9, 1996
• Expiry date: May 3, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02P17/00
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An alternating current based ignition system, in which a computer, in which a motorspecific data recognition field ("look-up" table) is stored and which is provided by sensors with operating parameters, controls the duration of the alternating ignition current and the ignition coil energy.