F02P 15/10
Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest
Official title: having continuous electric sparks
F02P15/10 (Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest) appears on 284 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02P- Granted patents
- 284
- Published applications
- 174
- Assignees
- 101
- Inventors
- 378
- Latest grant
- 16 Sep 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus to control an ignition system16 Sep 2025US 12,416,282 B2BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SA
- Dual energy ignition system with on time energy transfer and a method thereof15 Oct 2024US 12,116,968 B2
- Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine26 Mar 2024US 11,939,943 B2Denso Corporation
- Ignition coil control system and method19 Dec 2023US 11,846,262 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Variable energy ignition systems, methods, and apparatuses12 Dec 2023US 11,840,996 B2Cummins Inc.
- Ignition system and control method19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049589 A1Clean Combustion Engine Technology Inc.
- Ignition coil and ignition device20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354533 A1Diamond&Zebra Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Ignition device for internal combustion engine23 May 2024US 2024/0167445 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- A dual energy ignition system with on time energy transfer and a method thereof25 Jan 2024US 2024/0026850 A1
- Method and apparatus to control an ignition system9 Nov 2023US 2023/0358200 A1BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi spark ignition system95US 4,922,883 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- High efficiency voltage doubling ignition coil for CD system producing pulsed plasma type ignition92US 4,677,960 ACombustion Electromagnetics, Inc. · 1987
- Optimized high power high energy ignition system88US 5,456,241 ACombustion Electromagnetics, Inc. · 1995
- Ignition system of multispark type75US 5,056,496 ANippondenso Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Rapid pulsed multiple pulse ignition and high efficiency power inverter with controlled output characteristics72US 4,688,538 ACombustion Electromagnetics, Inc. · 1987