Abstract: A generating apparatus for feeding a current to a battery using a magneto as a power supply is disclosed which is capable of varying a magnetic field acting on generating coils to widely control characteristics of the magneto. A rectifying/switch circuit is arranged between the magneto and a load, which incorporates the battery. The rectifying/switch circuit includes diodes and switch elements. The diodes are 2n (n.gtoreq.2) in number and are bridge-connected to each other. The switch elements are connected to the diodes by reverse parallel connection. A switch control unit applies an AC control voltage of a predetermined phase from the battery through the rectifying/switch circuit to the generating coils, so that a phase of the AC control voltage may be varied to widely vary characteristics of the magneto.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine-driven discharge lamp lighting apparatus including an internal combustion engine and a generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate an output voltage and capable of lighting a high-voltage discharge lamp such as a high-voltage mercury lamp, a metal halide lamp or the like without using any ballast including a leakage transformer, to thereby eliminate problems due to incorporation of the ballast therein.

Abstract: A method for controlling drive of an injector for an internal combustion engine which is capable of reducing a minimum injection quantity available for the control to increase a dynamic range of the injector is disclosed. A voltage across a solenoid coil is stepwise increased when a drive pulse is generated, so that a current fed to the solenoid coil is increased to a level higher than that of the drive current at the time when an injection valve starts port opening operation. Then, the drive current is gradually reduced toward a hold value required to hold the injection valve at a port opening position at a time-based variation ratio less than that of the drive current at the time when the voltage across the solenoid coil is stepwise decreased from a peak value, so that the voltage is stepwise reduced at the time when the drive pulse is extinguished, resulting in the drive current being extinguished.

Abstract: A fuel pump drive apparatus for a fuel injection equipment for an internal combustion engine capable of satisfactorily driving a fuel pump for a fuel injection equipment without being affected by a variation in a voltage across a battery. A magneto driven by the internal combustion engine is provided with a battery charging coil and a pump drive coil. An output of the pump drive coil is fed to a pump drive motor through a pump drive circuit including a voltage regulator. A diode is connected between a positive output terminal of a battery charging circuit and a positive output terminal of a pump drive circuit, so that a current is fed from the battery through the diode to the pump drive motor only when a voltage across the battery is higher than an output voltage of the pump drive circuit. The voltage regulator of the pump drive circuit has an adjustment value set to be higher than a maximum value of the voltage across the battery.

Abstract: A marine power device capable of preventing a failure in actuation of constantly-driven loads required to be constantly actuated for continuing operation of an internal combustion engine, when various loads are actuated using both a magneto driven by the engine and a battery driven by the magneto as a power supply in a ship in which an outboard motor is used as a propelling equipment. The device includes a switch which functions to separate occasionally-driven loads increased in power consumption and the battery from the magneto when the battery is reduced in output voltage thereof to a level of failing to actuate the constantly-driven loads due to connection of the occasionally-driven loads to the battery or overdischarge of the battery. The switch is arranged at a position which does not affect flowing of a drive current fed from the magneto to the constantly-driven loads.

Abstract: A boosting switch circuit is constituted by a plurality of MOSFETs of which drains are respectively connected to a plurality of output terminals of an AC magneto and sources are connected to each other or together. The MOSFETs each have a parasitic diode in a drain-source circuit thereof. The parasitic diodes and a plurality of rectification diodes are subjected to bridge connection, to thereby provide a rectifying circuit for rectifying an AC output voltage of the AC magneto. The MOSFETs are fed at a gate thereof with a drive signal of a rectangular waveform, resulting in being concurrently subjected to on-off operation. This permits the output voltage of the AC magneto to be boosted and then rectified through the rectifying circuit. The output voltage thus boosted and rectified is then fed to a load.

Abstract: A power device for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, which includes a rectification power section equipped with a voltage regulator and using an AC magneto driven by the internal combustion engine as a power supply therefor, a switch circuit including at least one MOSFET acting as a switching element and adapted to carry out short circuit between output terminals of the AC magneto, and an FET control circuit for repeatedly subjecting the MOSFET to on-off operation when an output voltage of the rectification power section is at a set level or below and keeping the MOSFET turned off when the output voltage exceeds the set level. The MOSFET is subjected to on-off operation during a low speed operation of the internal combustion engine to boost an output voltage of the AC magneto, to thereby provide a voltage for driving a load.

Abstract: Ignition operation is carried out by charging a capacitor (C1) of an ignition circuit (3) by means of an output of a positive half cycle of an exciter coil (104) and discharging charges in the capacitor (C1) through a thyristor (Th1). A transistor (Tr4) is turned on when a level of a detected value (Vb) of an output voltage of a negative half cycle of the exciter coil coincides with a level of a reference voltage (Vr), resulting in a reference signal being generated. Measuring of an ignition timing operated by a microcomputer (4) is started at a generation position of the reference signal, so that the ignition timing is measured, the thyristor (Th1) is fed with an ignition signal, leading to ignition operation. A generation position of the reference signal is rendered constant by varying a reference voltage (Vr) depending on an output voltage of the exciter coil and an output frequency thereof.

Abstract: A method for driving an injector for feeding an internal combustion engine with fuel which is capable of improving starting characteristics of the engine. A power circuit is provided which functions to charge a power capacitor utilizing an output of a generating coil, so that feeding of an injection command signal permits a driving current to flow through a driving coil of an injector. A period of time required to permit charges in an amount necessary to drive the injector to be accumulated in the power capacitor is defined to be an injector drive prohibition period, during which generation of the injection command signal is prohibited, to thereby prohibit flowing of the driving current. The injector drive prohibition period is elapsed, so that a required amount of charges are accumulated in the power capacitor, followed by generation of the injection command signal, to thereby permit the driving current to flow the driving coil.

Abstract: A fuel injection equipment for an internal combustion engine capable of reducing a variation in fuel injection time due to a variation in power supply voltage. An injector is incorporated which is constructed so as to exhibit characteristics which permit ineffective time consumed between start of flowing of an exciting current and actual opening of a valve to converge on a constant value while being gradually reduced with an increase in driving voltage. The driving voltage is set to be a value increased sufficient to permit a ratio of variation of the ineffective time to the driving voltage to be within a tolerance.

Abstract: A power device for driving an auxiliary equipment for an internal combustion engine capable of driving both a fuel injection unit and a valve without specifically providing a adjusting valve when the engine includes no battery acting as a power supply. A generator driven by the internal combustion engine is provided therein with a generating coil for driving the auxiliary equipment which is common to both a pump motor and an actuator. A driving power feed circuit is arranged for feeding driving power to the pump motor and actuator from the generating coil for driving the auxiliary equipment which acts as a power supply. The driving power feed circuit includes a pump driving switch for switching a driving current of the pump motor, an actuator driving switch for switching a driving current of the actuator, and a switch control unit for turning on the pump driving switch and actuator driving switch at duty ratios different from each other, respectively.

Abstract: A control device for a brushless motor capable of stopping the brushless motor without any complicated control. The control device includes a rotation control section to which an output of a position detector detecting a polarity of a magnet field of a rotor on a side of a stator is fed and which generates a driving signal of a predetermined polarity based on the output of the position detector input thereto. Also it includes a motor driving section to which the driving signal is fed and which flows an excitation current through a driving coil for a phase determined depending on a polarity of the driving signal input thereto.

Abstract: A fuel injection system wherein a microcomputer carries out an operation of a fuel injection period using a generator mounted on an internal combustion engine as a power supply is provided, which is capable of preventing excessive feeding of fuel to the engine during restarting of the engine to ensure smooth restarting of the engine. The fuel injection system includes a charge storing circuit for carrying out charging of a charge storage element during initial starting of the engine, a discharge circuit for permitting discharge of the charge storage element to be carried out over a long period of time, and a signal generating circuit for generating an initial starting signal when the amount of charges in the charge storage element is below a predetermined level and a restarting signal when the amount reaches the predetermined level or more.

Abstract: A fuel injection equipment including a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a fuel injected space of an internal combustion engine and a fuel pump is disclosed. A generator which is driven by the internal combustion engine and has characteristics of being increased in output voltage or output current with an increase in engine rotation speed is used as any one of an injector driving power supply for feeding the fuel injector with an exciting current through an injector trigger circuit and a fuel pump driving power supply. Use of the generator as the power supply permits the fuel injection equipment to be controlled without requiring a complicated control circuit.

Abstract: A fuel injection equipment including a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a fuel injected space of an internal combustion engine and a fuel pump is disclosed. A generator which is driven by the internal combustion engine and has characteristics of being increased in output voltage or output current with an increase in engine rotation speed is used as any one of an injector driving power supply for feeding the fuel injector with an exciting current through an injector trigger circuit and a fuel pump driving power supply. Use of the generator as the power supply permits the fuel injection equipment to be controlled without requiring a complicated control circuit.

Abstract: A rotational speed control system for an internal combustion engine capable of preventing a dead time or dead section from occurring in controlling of a rotational speed of the engine. An integrating circuit is controlled by means of an output of a comparator for comparing a rotational speed detection signal with a target rotational speed setting signal, to thereby obtain an integral voltage which falls and rises when the rotational speed detection signal is above and below the target rotational speed setting signal, respectively. Comparison of the integral voltage with a sawtooth signal voltage leads to a pulse signal subjected to pulse width modulation. The pulse signal is fed to an actuator driving circuit to carry out on-off controlling of a drive current for the actuator. Connection of voltage limiting circuits to the integrating circuit causes a variation of the integral voltage to be limited within a range of amplitude of the integral voltage, to thereby eliminate the dead time or dead section.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine capable of being normally operated while using an output of a generator driven by the internal combustion engine as a power supply therefor. The system includes a switching circuit for switching a driving current fed to an injector from a main power circuit which uses the output of the generator as a power supply therefor. The switching circuit is controlled by a switch control circuit for which a power supply comprises a control power circuit. The control power circuit includes a storage unit for storing electric power therein, so that the storage unit may be act as a power supply when the output of the main power circuit is reduced, to thereby feed the switch control circuit with a power supply voltage of a level equal to or above an operable level.

Abstract: A method for controlling ignition timing of an internal combustion engine and an apparatus for practicing the method are disclosed which are adapted to determine ignition timing depending upon information on an engine speed detected, to thereby control the ignition timing. Pulsin signal counting is started evey time when a reference signal is generated from a signal generator to count first, second and third numbers N1, N2 and N3 of pulse signals, to thereby obtain information on an engine speed depending upon the difference between time T2 when the counting of the second number of pulse signals is completed and time T1 when that of the first number of pulse signals is completed, and then the information is used for obtaining ignition timing measuring time equal to a period of time between time T3 when the counting of the third number of pulse signals is completed and target ignition timing T1.

Abstract: An ignition system of the current interruption type for internal combustion engine wherein a three-pole magneto having a magnet positioned in a recess formed at a magnetic rotor is used as a power supply for the ignition system and a transistor switch circuit is used for interrupting a primary current of an ignition coil device is disclosed which is capable of significantly increasing an advance angle width. Pole arc angles .alpha. of a pair of stator magnetic poles are set to be equal to each other and an angular interval .alpha. between stator magnetic poles is set to be equal to or less than an angular interval .beta. between rotor magnetic poles adjacent to each other. Also, an angular interval .delta. between the outer ends of the stator magnetic poles is set to be larger than an angular interval .epsilon. between the first rotor magnetic pole and the third rotor magnetic pole.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine capable of carrying out operaton of an ignition position using a generating coil arranged in a magneto as a signal coil and without using an integrating circuit. For this purpose, in the ignition system, a trigger circuit for supplying a semiconductor switch with a trigger signal includes a delay rotation region setting circuit detecting that a rotational speed of an engine enters a delay rotation region to generate a delay region signal, a reference signal generating circuit for generating reference signals of different levels depending on the delay region signal, and a trigger signal generating circuit for comparing the output signal of the signal coil with the reference signal to generate a trigger signal.