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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
James Cress, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Andrew Neaville, Mt. Pulaski, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 3/05 (2006.01); F02P 9/00 (2006.01); F02P 17/12 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); F02D 41/20 (2006.01); H01T 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 9/002 (2013.01); F02D 41/20 (2013.01); F02P 3/05 (2013.01); F02P 17/12 (2013.01); G01R 19/16528 (2013.01); H01T 13/40 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2013 (2013.01); F02D 2041/2051 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device may determine a timing configuration for an ignition system. The device may pulse a driver to apply a set of resonant voltage pulses to the ignition system. The set of resonant voltage pulses may cause a set of increasing peak voltages. At least one peak voltage, of the set of increasing peak voltages, may satisfy a threshold to cause a spark in a spark plug of the ignition system.