F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 02 – P
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
02
P
317/5.2
F02P 3/05 (2006.01) F02P 3/08 (2006.01) F02P 3/10 (2006.01) F02P 9/00 (2006.01) F02P 15/00 (2006.01) F02P 15/10 (2006.01) F02P 3/02 (2006.01) F02P 17/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2002121
A unipolar ignition of the invention provides a current waveform at the ignitor plug which initially rises relatively slowly, followed by a transition to a fast rising current which quickly peaks and thereafter slowly dissipates. Such a current waveform provides an initially hotter and longer lasting spark which does not harm the ignitor plug of the system or shorten its life expectancy. Neither does the spark create stress on the solid state circuitry which delivers the energy to the ignitor plug. To provide the foregoing spark and current characteristics, an inductor having a saturable core is in series with the ignitor plug, and it provides an initially high inductance which limits the rate of current rise at the plug as energy is transferred from an energy storage device to the plug. As the current through the inductor increases, its core begins to saturate and the effective inductance begins to decrease, allowing the current to rise more quickly. As energy is transferred to the ignitor plug, the increasing saturation, decreasing inductance and increasing current complement one another, causing the rate of current rise to increase quickly to a high value desirable for ignition. Related features of the invention provide for easy diagnostics of the spark and for timing an ignition sequence and providing a repetition rate which aids in a successful ignition.
Frus John R.
Sontag Frederick B.
Frus John R.
Marks & Clerk
Sontag Frederick B.
Unison Industries Inc.
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