Alternating ignition system
OwnerLarry Vitatoeinventor
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Abstract
An ignition control device controls the alternate grounding of magnetos, or other ignition systems, in internal combustion engines utilizing two spark plugs per cylinder. The ignition control device can include two separate ignition systems to control each magneto. The ignition control device can alternate arcing of opposing spark plugs for each combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine.
Claims20
An ignition system for an internal combustion engine, the ignition system including a timing controller configured to alternate a generation of an arc across a pair of spark plugs of a single cylinder for each combustion cycle upon a startup of the internal combustion engine.
An ignition system, the ignition system comprising:
- i) at least one ignition source configured to generate an arc utilizing a pair of spark plugs associated with a single cylinder of an internal combustion engine;
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- ii) an ignition control in electrical communication with the at least one ignition source and configured to selectively transition between an alternating configuration and a continuous configuration, wherein the alternating configuration is configured to alternate spark plug arc generation such that the at least one ignition source generates an arc utilizing a spark plug on alternating combustion cycles of the internal combustion engine relative to the other spark plug of the pair of spark plugs, wherein the continuous configuration is configured to arc a select spark plug of the pair of spark plugs on each combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine.
A method, the method using at least one ignition source in electrical communication with a pair of spark plugs associated with a single cylinder of an internal combustion engine;
- and an ignition control in electrical communication with the at least one ignition source, the method including:
- (i) manually transitioning the ignition control to an alternating configuration;
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- (ii) when in the alternating configuration, using the at least one ignition source to alternate an arc generation between spark plugs of the pair of spark plugs for every combustion cycle of the single cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.