Patents Examined by Andrew W. Dollnar
  • Patent number: 6308696
    Abstract: An ignition apparatus is received in a plug hole which is formed by a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine. A side core has a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends. The side core is selected from a laminated sheet structure comprised of two grain oriented silicon steel sheets, each having a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends, and the plural slits align at substantially the same position. The slit prevents a one-turn short of a magnetic flux of the side core. Thereby a predetermined secondary voltage more than an engine requirement secondary voltage is obtained. An ignitor reception portion has an independent and individual ignitor reception portion and an independent and individual coil reception portion, with the ignitor reception portion and the coil reception portion being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Junichi Shimada, Kazutoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5954036
    Abstract: An ignition apparatus is received in a plug hole which is formed by a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover of an internal combustion engine. A side core has a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends. The side core is selected from a laminated sheet structure comprised of two grain oriented silicon steel sheets, each having a slit between two horizontally extending side wall ends, and the plural slits align at substantially the same position. The slit prevents a one-turn short of a magnetic flux of the side core. Thereby a predetermined secondary voltage more than an engine requirement secondary voltage is obtained. An ignitor reception portion has an independent and individual ignitor reception portion and an independent and individual coil reception portion, with the ignitor reception portion and the coil reception portion being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kondo, Noboru Sugiura, Yoichi Anzo, Hiroshi Watanabe, Junichi Shimada, Kazutoshi Kobayashi