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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Kiseon Sim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dongwon Jung, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Won Gyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jin Oh Song, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Soo Hyung Woo, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An ignition coil control method may include receiving first pulse signal and second pulse signal following the first pulse signal by a delay time transmitted from an engine control unit; charging the first ignition coil when the first pulse signal is on; charging the second ignition coil when a predetermined time period elapses from a time at which the first pulse signal is on; discharging the first ignition coil when the first pulse signal is off; discharging the second ignition coil when a maintaining time of the first pulse signal from a time at which the second ignition coil is charged; when the second pulse signal is on, charging the first ignition coil for a dwell time and then discharging the first ignition coil; and charging the second ignition coil for the dwell time and then discharging the second ignition coil when a predetermined time period elapses from a time at which the second ignition coil is discharged.