Ignition energy and duration augmentation

• US 5,168,858 A
• Filed: 09/09/1991
• Issued: 12/08/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frank Mong
• Original Assignee: Frank Mong
• Inventors: Mong, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelli, Raymond A.
• Application Number:
  US07/756,603
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 123/620, 123/605, 123/596, 123/598, 123/653, 123/643, 331/112, 307/106, 363/21
• US Class Current: 123/620
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 15/10 having continuous electric sparks
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 9/002 Control of spark intensity, intensifying, lengthening, suppression by means of current control in the storage devices F02P3/05, F02P3/09, during starting F02P15/12

Abstract

A motor vehicle high voltage ignition energy and duration augmentation comprising a primary recharging circuit, a diode capacitor circuit, a rear recharging circuit and a noise suppression circuit, wherein high voltage from an ignition coil is transmitted through said primary recharging circuit, said diode capacitor circuit, said rear recharging circuit and said noise suppression circuit to discharge through a spark plug for primary ignition, and at the same time, part of said high voltage is transmitted to charge the capacitor of said primary recharging circuit, the capacitor of said diode capacitor circuit and the capacior of said rear recharging circuit, causing the discharging resistor of said primary recharging circuit and the discharging resistor of said rear recharging circuit to instantaneously discharge high voltage for secondary ignition and, reverse voltage from said spark plug is sent to charge the capacitor of said rear recharging circuit and to drive the diodes of said diode capacitor to compensate the current.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle high voltage ignition energy and duration augmentation comprising four circuits in series as follows;

a primary recharging circuit, said primary recharging circuit comprising a capacitor and a discharging resistor connected in parallel with each other;

a diode capacitor circuit, said diode capacitor circuit comprising a forward diode, a backward diode and a capacitor respectively connected in parallel with one another;

a rear recharging circuit, said rear recharging circuit comprising a capacitor and a discharging resistor connected in parallel with each other;

a noise suppression circuit;

wherein high voltage from an ignition coil is transmitted through said primary recharging circuit, said diode capacitor circuit, said rear recharging circuit and said noise suppression circuit to discharge through a spark plug for primary ignition; and

characterized in that part of said high voltage is transmitted to charge the capacitor of said primary recharging circuit, the capacitor of said diode capacitor circuit and the capacitor or said rear recharging circuit, causing the discharging resistor of said primary recharging circuit and the discharging resistor of said rear recharging circuit to instantaneously discharge high voltage for secondary ignition;

reverse voltage from said spark plug being to charge the capacitor of said rear recharging circuit and to drive the diodes of said diode capacitor circuit to compensate the current.