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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:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
May. 23, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert V Jackson, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
McCulloch Corporation, , MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ; 1231 / ; 3152 / ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
The several embodiments of the self-generating breakerless ignition system disclosed herein are each comprised of a rotor structure with a permanent magnet which induces voltages in a plurality of windings, three cascaded semi-conductor switching elements to control the current in the windings, a trigger signal which is provided by one of the windings and which activates the switching elements at a predetermined time, and means which simultaneously supply positive and negative biasing to the switching elements to enhance the switching procedure.