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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Hugh Salway, Birmingham, EN;
Assignee:
The Lucas Electrical Company Limited, Birmingham, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 3152 / ;
Abstract
In a spark ignition system it is possible for a vehicle to stall with the contact breaker closed, and for a transistor or other device in series with the ignition coil to conduct heavily. This problem is overcome by limiting the time for which the ignition coil can be energised.