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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1976
Norihiko Nakamura, Mishima, JP;
Takahide Kawamura, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for preventing afterburning in an internal combustion engine having an ignition circuit, an ignition switch and a battery, and including an engine rotation detecting circuit for detecting the rotational speed of the engine above a predetermined level, a switching circuit actuated in response to the engine rotation detecting circuit which continues to energize the ignition circuit from the battery even after the ignition switch is turned off as long as the engine rotates at a speed above the predetermined level, and a timer circuit which cuts off the ignition circuit from the battery regardless of the condition of the switching circuit a predetermined time after the ignition switch is turned off.