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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. 01, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koichi Toyama, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324388 ; 324390 ; 324393 ;
Abstract
An ignition detecting device for use in an internal combustion engine. An ignition surge current detector detects an ignition surge current due to capacitive discharge of the ignition coil. A comparator compares an output voltage detected by the ignition surge current detector with a predetermined reference voltage to detect accurately occurrence or non-occurrence of ignition spark.