Patents Examined by Willis R. Wolfer
  • Engine operation control system
    Patent number: 5738073
    Abstract: An engine operation control system for an engine having at least one variable volume combustion chamber with an ignition element corresponding thereto and an exhaust port for controlling the flow of exhaust from the chamber is disclosed. Upon detection of an engine overheat condition, the operation control system operates to advance the timing of the firing one or more of the ignition elements and misfiring these elements, whereby engine cooling is achieved without backfire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Sanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Koike, Kazumasa Itoh