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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Kohei Katsuraya, Aichi, JP;
Katsutoshi Nakayama, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Katsuraya, Aichi, JP;
Katsutoshi Nakayama, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23Q 3/00 (2006.01); F02P 3/01 (2006.01); H01T 13/40 (2006.01); H01T 13/50 (2006.01); F02P 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 3/01 (2013.01); H01T 13/40 (2013.01); H01T 13/50 (2013.01); F02P 9/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ignition system having a spark plug, a discharge power supply, and an AC power supply. Voltage from the discharge power supply and AC power from the AC power supply are supplied to a spark discharge gap through an electrode of the spark plug. The AC power from the AC power supply is applied to a spark generated by the voltage from the discharge power supply in the spark discharge gap.