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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Zhong-You Shi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bernard A. Meyer, Taylor, MI (US);
Harvinder Singh, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jay DeAvis Baker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Novi, MI (US);
Richard Keith McMillan, Dearborn, MI (US);
David James Steinert, Canton, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An integrated control system comprising an integrated circuit that controls at least one component or subsystem of an engine and a first light source that generates a first light signal when triggered through the integrated circuit. The first light signal propagates from the first light source through an LCC that may also serve as a substrate, wherein the signal that actuates the component of the engine can be the first light signal or a signal generated after the first light signal is produced. The component or subsystem of the engine may be an ignition system or a fuel injection system. The present invention is also directed to a method of controlling a component or subsystem of an engine.