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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:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Canup, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
An ignition system for internal combustion engines that operate with a combustible mixture in only one cylinder at a time. It eliminates the need for a distributor by firing all of the spark plugs simultaneously in accordance with the engine timing for each cylinder. It employs a transformer with a single low voltage primary and a plurality of high voltage secondary windings.