Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Jeffrey Dan Ogden

Fariborz Kayyod

Richard J Stuart

James Alva Boyer

James Patrick Henry

Jeff A King

James Tordt Wright

An ignition coil has concentrically arranged components including a core, a secondary winding spool adjacent to the core, a secondary winding wound on the spool, a case made of electrical insulating material, a primary winding wound on an outer surface of the case, and a shield disposed radially outwardly of the primary winding. The case is configured so as to allow the primary winding to be wound thereon and to space the shield a predetermined space from the primary winding. A radially inner surface of the case and a radially outer portion of the secondary winding define a single potting channel for receiving an epoxy potting material. The configuration eliminates the primary winding spool, which reduces material cost, and further eliminates the effective dielectric contribution of the primary winding spool for reduced capacitance to thereby provide improved secondary winding output.

Ignition coil with primary winding outside of secondary winding

An ignition coil, spark plug, and pressure sensor for an internal combustion engine are integrated into a single assembly and mounted directly on a plug hole of an internal combustion engine. A hard spark plug shell serves as a magnetostrictive section for pressure detection. A radially polarized biasing magnet is disposed adjacent the spark plug shell thereby generating an initial flux through a sensing winding. The sensing winding is wound about the lower end of the coil case to sense changes in the induction characteristics of the spark plug shell as a result of pressure changes in the cylinder. A first passive method of sensing pressure whereby the flux change due to the permeability change generates a signal voltage in the sensed coil. This voltage is proportional to the time rate of change of pressure which is integrated to produce a cylinder pressure waveform. A second active method employs an oscillator to drive the sensing circuit with a frequency at least ten times that of the pressure signal content. The frequency or amplitude of this signal is then modulated in response to the induction property change of the spark plug shell the induction changes The second method is capable of detecting both static and dynamic pressure.

Integrated spark plug ignition coil with pressure sensor for an internal

An ignition coil is secured to an internal combustion engine by a twist lock connection. The twist lock connection is defined by a first connection feature comprising a plurality of tabs extending radially outwardly from a cylindrical body portion of the ignition coil, and a second connecting feature comprising a corresponding plurality of camming surfaces having a ramp shape and terminating in a mechanical stop.

Twist lock ignition coil

A linear to rotary actuator is disclosed having a fluid pressure operated diaphragm whose linear movement is translated into rotary movement of an output member by a helical coupling therebetween. The coupling comprises a coupling member that is insert molded in the diaphragm so as to extend therethrough and interlock therewith while preventing fluid from passing from one diaphragm side to the other. The coupling member has a combined guide and anti-rotation portion extending from one side of the diaphragm that slidably engages a stationary guide so as to guide linear movement while preventing rotational movement of the coupling member and further has a helix extending from the other side of the diaphragm which in one embodiment slidably engages in a slot directly in the output member whereby linear movement of the diaphragm forces linear non-rotational movement of the coupling member and thereby rotary movement of the output member. In another embodiment, the helix engages in a slot in a sector gear which meshes with a gear connected to the output member to turn same.

Actuator for converting linear motion to rotary motion and vice versa

A linear to rotary actuator is disclosed having a fluid pressure operated diaphragm whose linear movement is translated into rotary movement of an output member by a helical coupling therebetween. The coupling comprises a coupling member that is insert molded in the diaphram so as to extend therethrough and interlock therewith while preventing fluid from passing from one diaphragm side to the other. The coupling member has a combined guide and anti-rotation portion extending from one side of the diaphragm that slidably engages a stationary guide so as to guide linear movement while preventing rotational movement of the coupling member and further has a helix extending from the other side of the diaphragm that slidably engages in a slot in a section that meshes with a gear connected to the output member whereby linear movement of the diaphragm forces linear non-rotational movement of the coupling memmer and thereby rotary movement of the output member.

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Anderson, IN, United States of America

Jeffrey Dan Ogden