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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:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney G Blodgett, Yates City, IL (US);
Anthony K Chan, Peoria, IL (US);
George Codina, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Teala D Lavell, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ; F02P / ; F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123298 ; 1231 / ; 123620 ; 123163 ; 123604 ;
Abstract
A spark ignition system of an internal combustion engine has a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other operating at high voltages to produce a spark in a combustion zone of the engine. The construction of the system permits the formation of long length sparks with a train of electrical pulses having a shortened total burst duration having higher power while using lower energy.