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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1977
Donald Kirk, Jr, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Kirk M Charles, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An automotive ignition system utilized multiple sparks for each cylinder ignition to ensure complete burning of the fuel mixture therein. To this end, a plurality of control signals are produced each time the engine breaker points or other timing apparatus signals that a chamber is conditioned for combustion. Successive control signals during each combustion cycle build up and collapse a magnetic field in the primary winding of the ignition coil to thereby generate the requisite multiple sparking. The resultant complete burning of the fuel mixture in each cylinder results in increased gas mileage, reduced air pollution, and improved and continued high level engine performance, notwithstanding degradation in ignition system elements.