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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. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip D McDowell, Sullivan, WI (US);
Wolfram Hellmich, Munich, DE;
Todd D Craft, Kenosha, WI (US);
Christopher R Irgens, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Wolfgang Heimberg, Ebersberg, DE;
Francis A McGinnity, Eglinton, IE;
Gregory J Binversie, Grayslake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123620 ; 123625 ;
Abstract
A method of operating a two-stroke, spark-ignited, internal combustion engine in which the ignition is time-based controlled at low or idle speeds and is crank-angle-based controlled at higher speeds.