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US 2010/0132678 A1Published application
Multiple Primary Coil Ignition System And Method
AssigneeAutotronic Controls Corporation
InventorHerbert Boerjes
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Abstract
An original coil having a single primary winding is replaced with a replacement ignition coil having a first primary winding and a second primary winding. The replacement coil is coupled to the existing controller of the ignition system and to a spark plug. The controller is operated within predefined operating limits so as to optimize at least one predetermined ignition spark characteristic of the spark plug.
Claims7
A method of interchangeably operating an existing controller with different ignition coils in an ignition system comprising:
- replacing an original coil having a single primary winding with a replacement ignition coil having a first primary winding and a second primary winding;
- coupling the replacement coil to the existing controller of the ignition system and to a spark plug;
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- operating the controller within predefined operating limits so as to optimize at least one predetermined ignition spark characteristic of the spark plug.
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