Ignition interrupter and related methods
AssigneeZombiebox International LLC
InventorsTimothy David Leedy, Kim R. Rogers
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Implementations of a system for interrupting ignition may include a first spark plug terminal coupled with a first internal contact, the first internal contact extending into a housing; a second spark plug terminal coupled with a second internal contact, the second internal contact extending into the housing; a contactor biased against the first internal contact and the second internal contact; a plunger coupled with a solenoid coupled within the housing; a battery coupled with the solenoid; and a temperature sensor coupled with the battery and the solenoid.
Claims20
A system for interrupting ignition comprising:
- a first spark plug terminal coupled with a first internal contact, the first internal contact extending into a housing;
- a second spark plug terminal coupled with a second internal contact, the second internal contact extending into the housing;
- a contactor biased against the first internal contact and the second internal contact;
- a plunger coupled with a solenoid coupled within the housing;
- a battery coupled with the solenoid;
- and
- a temperature sensor coupled with the battery and the solenoid.
A system for interrupting ignition comprising:
- a first spark plug terminal coupled with a second spark plug terminal through a contactor plate in contact with a first internal contact and a second internal contact, the first spark plug terminal and second spark plug terminal extending from a housing;
- a plunger coupled with a solenoid coupled within the housing;
- and
- a temperature sensor coupled with the solenoid.
A method for interrupting ignition comprising:
- coupling a first spark plug terminal with first portion of a spark plug wire of a single spark plug;
- coupling a second spark plug terminal with a second portion of the spark plug wire of the single spark plug;
- using a temperature sensor, generating a voltage signal corresponding with an ambient temperature of a housing to which the first spark plug terminal and the second spark plug terminal are coupled;
- using a comparator, sending a signal to activate a solenoid when the voltage signal received from the temperature sensor exceeds a reference voltage corresponding with a predetermined temperature threshold;
- breaking a contact between a contactor plate at the first spark plug terminal and second spark plug terminal using a plunger coupled with the solenoid;
- and
- stopping flow of electricity to the single spark plug coupled with the first portion of the spark plug wire and the second portion of the spark plug wire through breaking the contact of the contactor plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.