F02P 3/02
Ignition, other than compression ignition, for internal-combustion engines: other installations: having inductive
Official title: having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils {(ignition coils structurally combined with sparking plugs F02P13/00; constructional details of ignition coils H01F38/12)}
F02P3/02 (Ignition, other than compression ignition, for internal-combustion engines: other installations: having inductive) appears on 1,501 US grants and 952 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multiconfiguration ignition coil and coil cap adapter12 May 2026US 12,626,860 B1
- Electrically assisted pre-chamber ignition system17 Mar 2026US 12,577,902 B1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Adaptive spark energy control10 Feb 2026US 12,546,279 B2Altronic, Inc.
- Ignition device16 Sep 2025US 12,416,281 B2Diamond&Zebra Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus to control an ignition system16 Sep 2025US 12,416,282 B2BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SA
- System and method for monitoring by ion current the combustion in an internal combustion engine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309113 A1Ferrari S.P. A.
- Preignition detection for hydrogen combustion engines24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286925 A1Cummins Inc.
- Ignition method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266254 A1Save the Planet Co., Ltd.
- Ignition coil28 May 2026US 2026/0148891 A1Diamond&Zebra Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Load control device, igniter, engine ignition device, and vehicle16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104027 A1Rohm Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Noise blanker circuit for use with electronic ignition systems or the like224US 4,347,827 AMotorola, Inc. · 1982
- Ignition system power converter and controller203US 5,558,071 ACombustion Electromagnetics, Inc. · 1996
- Exhaust gas control using a spark plug ionization signal198US 6,980,903 B2Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Compensation circuit for an automotive ignition sensing system165US 6,392,315 B1Delphi Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Power module153US 4,899,256 AChrysler Motors Corporation · 1990