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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Briggs & Stratton, Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jason Raasch, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Robert Koenen, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Christopher Meyers, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Timothy Ogden, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Kevin Bernier, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
An engine operation detection system includes an engine including a spark plug and a spark plug wire, and an engine run sensor including a signal wire including an antenna, the antenna configured to receive a spark plug signal from the spark plug wire, a data acquisition output wire outputting an engine on/off condition signal, a power supply providing power to the engine run sensing circuit, and an engine run sensing circuit configured to transform the spark plug signal into the engine on/off condition signal output via the data acquisition output wire.