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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Applicants:
Lothar Puettmann, Weissach, DE;
Jochen Reiter, Waiblingen, DE;
Inventors:
Lothar Puettmann, Weissach, DE;
Jochen Reiter, Waiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 15/08 (2006.01); F02P 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a multi-spark ignition system in an engine system includes: receiving time information regarding a multi-spark phase; cyclical charging of an ignition coil of an ignition device, and discharging of the ignition coil via a spark plug of the ignition device during the multi-spark phase; the charging and/or discharging of the ignition coil taking place as a function of a current flow in the ignition coil.