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US 4,304,972 AGranted
Removable spark plug terminal for an ignition commutation distributor
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDavid H. Fox, Robert L. Kuhn, Charles C. Kostan
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Abstract
A high voltage ignition distributor having a plurality of removable spark plug terminals which, when mounted on the distributor, extend from the outside to the commutation cavity inside the distributor.
Claims7
An ignition commutation distributor for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- a distributor base for mounting on said internal combustion engine, defining a portion of a commutation cavity;
- a distributor cap, for mounting on said distributor base and defining the remaining portion of said commutation cavity;
- a rotor mounted within said commutation cavity, in rotational driving communication with said engine, said rotor containing at least one commutation conductor which rotates with said rotor about a central axis of said commutation cavity;
- a common high voltage supply electrode fixedly mounted to said base in said commutation cavity to be in arc-gap registration with said at least one commutation conductor over several distinct portions of said electrode when said rotor is rotationally driven;
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- a plurality of tubular bodied spark plug wire terminal connectors permanently attached to spark plug wires and removably mounted on said distributor cap to extend therethrough into said commutation cavity in arc-gap registration positions with said at least one commutation conductor during a portion of each rotation.
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