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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kimihiko Tanaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 11/00 (2006.01); F02P 3/09 (2006.01); F02P 9/00 (2006.01); F02P 3/04 (2006.01); F02P 3/08 (2006.01); F02P 11/02 (2006.01); F02P 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 11/00 (2013.01); F02P 3/09 (2013.01); F02P 9/005 (2013.01); F02P 9/007 (2013.01); F02P 3/02 (2013.01); F02P 3/04 (2013.01); F02P 3/0892 (2013.01); F02P 11/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an ignition apparatus and an ignition control method capable of suppressing occurrence of a defect caused by a charge unit, which may occur when ignition of a combustible mixture in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine needs to be stopped. When a stop condition for stopping ignition of a combustible mixture in a combustion chamber () of an internal combustion engine () is satisfied, supply of plasma generation energy to an ignition plug () is stopped, and DC energy charged in a charge unit () is discharged.