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Time delay ignition circuit for an internal combustion engine

  • US 6,173,692 B1
  • Filed: 12/03/1998
  • Issued: 01/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An internal combustion engine assembly, comprising:

  • an internal combustion engine including an engine block having at last one cylinder;

    a piston mounted within said cylinder for reciprocal movement in said cylinder;

    a fuel injector for injecting fuel into said cylinder; and

    circuit means for generating an injection control signal indicative of a fuel injection event and for generating a spark in said cylinder a predetermined amount of time after generation of said injection control signal;

    wherein said circuit means includes means for measuring the time elapsed since generation of said injection control signal, and means responsive to said elapsed time for generating a spark, including a timer generating a timing signal corresponding to said elapsed time.

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