Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing degradation and issues related to noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) for a canister purge valve configured to regulate a flow of fuel vapors from a fuel vapor canister to an engine in response to a request to purge the fuel vapor canister of fuel vapors. In one example, a method may include purging the fuel vapor canister by synchronizing a timing of opening and closing events of the canister purge valve to correspond with instances where a pressure difference across the canister purge valve is lower as compared to higher in terms of pressure oscillations across the canister purge valve during the purging. In this way, higher loads and stress on the canister purge valve may be avoided, thus reducing degradation and NVH issues.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an anode electrode in Schottky contact with an n-type drift layer formed in an SiC substrate and a JTE region formed outside the anode electrode. The JTE region is made up of a first p-type zone formed in an upper portion of the drift layer under an edge of the anode electrode and a second p-type zone formed outside the first p-type zone having a lower surface impurity concentration than the first p-type zone. The second p-type zone is provided 15 ?m or more outwardly away from the edge of the anode electrode. The surface impurity concentration of the first p-type zone ranges from 1.8×1013 to 4×1013 cm?2, and that of the second p-type zone ranges from 1×1013 to 2.5×1013 cm?2.

Abstract: A capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) system for a light-duty spark ignition combustion engine includes an analog control circuit having a charging circuit, a trigger circuit and a shutdown circuit. In response to activation of a kill-switch, the shutdown circuit causes a switching device to discharge an ignition capacitor. Through the use of an RC circuit, the switching device continues to be biased such that it prolongs the discharge of the ignition capacitor, thereby preventing it from storing charge for the upcoming ignition pulse. This generally continues until the engine has come to a stop, at which time the engine can be immediately restarted without having to reset anything. The control circuit may also include engine speed limiting and ignition timing features.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine which includes a distributor and electronic control unit, a plurality of ignition coils, a like plurality of silicone controlled rectifiers for each spark plug, and with each spark plug having a like plurality of conductors therein. The distributor puts out a signal to the rectifiers of the spark plug which is about to fire and turns the rectifiers on. The distributor also puts out a signal to the control unit which in turn supplies a triggering signal to the ignition coils causing them to discharge through the rectifiers which have been turned on and through the latter to the conductors in the spark plug.

Abstract: A process for burning a carbonaceous fuel is disclosed. This process involves the steps of providing a combustion chamber equipped with a spark gap, introducing the fuel into the chamber, providing a high-energy a.c. wave, and connecting the wave to one of the electrodes of the spark gap.The alternating current wave used in the combustion process of this invention has a peak voltage of from 25,000 to 200,000 volts, a frequency of from 8,000 to 80,000 herz, and an energy of at least 600,000,000 volt-herz. The use of this wave creates an arc across the electrodes of the spark gap, thereby facilitating the combustion of the fuel.

Abstract: An ignition coil includes a primary winding, an auxiliary primary winding and an ignition high voltage generating secondary winding which are wound on the same core. The primary current from the generating coil of a magneto flows to the base of a transistor through the primary winding of the ignition coil. The primary current flowing through the primary winding induces a voltage across the auxiliary primary winding and the induced voltage is applied between the base and emitter of the transistor. At the time of ignition, the primary current flowing to the base of the transistor is shunted by a semiconductor switching element so that the transistor is turned off and the current flowing through the auxiliary primary winding is interrupted, thus generating a high voltage across the secondary winding of the ignition coil.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ignition device which can provide a good ignition timing characteristic over an engine speed range from low to high by using a first angular signal corresponding to a given crank position of an engine and a second angular signal corresponding to a crank position retarded by a given angle behind the generating position of the first angle signal.

Abstract: A magnet ignition device is provided with an angular position detecting device for producing a first angular signal with one polarity corresponding to an angular position of a given crankshaft of an engine and a second angular signal with the other polarity corresponding to an angular position of the crankshaft retarded by a given angle relative to the angular position where the first angular signal is generated. An ignition timing operation circuit is driven by the first angular signal. A signal representing advance angle information of the result of the operation by the operation circuit and the second angular signal are both applied to a switching element. In the circuit arrangement, only the second angular signal is used as an ignition signal in low rotational frequencies suffering from a great variation of the rotational frequency of the engine and, in high rotational frequencies higher than a given rotational frequency, only the advance angle signal is used as the ignition signal.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine that provides automatically advanced timing over a predetermined range of engine speeds. The ignition system includes a timing circuit (100) that controls the resistance and hence voltage across a capacitor (53) that biases a switch in the trigger circuit (50) of the system. The transistor (125) is operated in its active region so that the transistor (125) operates as a variable resistor. As the resistance of the transistor (125) decreases with increasing engine speed the timing of the system advances. The predetermined speed at which the advance begins is determined by zener diode (119) in series with the base of the transistor (125). The maximum advance of the system is limited by a resistor (94) in series between the transistor (125) and the capacitor (53) of the trigger circuit (50). The transistor (125) is operated in its active region by a transistorized circuit that receives its power from the main storage capacitor (27) of the ignition system.

Abstract: An ignition system for an internal combustion engine having a transistor switch means connected across a primary winding of an ignition coil wherein a base current input terminal of the transistor switch means is connected through a coil to an igniting exciter coil to supply a base current through the coil to the base current input terminal thereby decreasing a power loss at the interruption of a primary current flowing through an ignition coil and operating a transistor in a low power loss region, so that a high voltage may be induced across a secondary winding of an ignition coil.