EP0512357A2 - Zündeinheit für eine Brennkraftmaschine - Google Patents

Zündeinheit für eine Brennkraftmaschine Download PDF

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EP0512357A2
EP0512357A2 EP92107180A EP92107180A EP0512357A2 EP 0512357 A2 EP0512357 A2 EP 0512357A2 EP 92107180 A EP92107180 A EP 92107180A EP 92107180 A EP92107180 A EP 92107180A EP 0512357 A2 EP0512357 A2 EP 0512357A2
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Vincenzo c/o Industrie Magneti Romano
Maurizio Marcuzzi
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Federal Mogul Italy SRL
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Cooper Industries Italia SpA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P13/00—Sparking plugs structurally combined with other parts of internal-combustion engines
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00—Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/40—Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices
    • H01T13/44—Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices with transformers, e.g. for high-frequency ignition

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  • the present invention relates to a plug-top coil-ignition unit for a multi-cylinder combustion engine.
  • the ignition unit according to the invention is characterized in that it includes: a plurality of so-called plug-top ignition coils each including an ignition transformer housed in an insulating casing from which input terminals and at least one output terminal extend at opposite ends, the at least one output terminal being connected to electrical connection means carried by a tubular appendage of insulating material which is connected to the casing of the coil and is adapted to be fitted directly onto a spark plug, a channel-shaped metal support element the base wall of which has a plurality of holes which are narrower than the widest portions of the coils, each coil being fixed to the base wall of the channel-shaped support element so as to extend partially through an associated hole therein, with its appendage for connection to the plug extending beyond the base wall, and a cover of electrically-insulating material, which is connected to the channel-shaped support element, has a plurality of holes with removable closure elements, and carries a plurality of conductors which extend between an electrical connector on the cover and the holes, some of the conductors being
  • the drawings show, by way of example, an ignition unit according to the invention for a four-cylinder internal combustion engine.
  • the unit generally indicated 1, includes a casing formed by a channel-shaped support element 2 made of metal and by a cover 3 of electrically-insulating material connected to the support element 2.
  • the channel-shaped element 2 has a substantially flat base wall 2a and two side walls or panels each of which has a portion 2b which is perpendicular to the base wall and a portion 2c which is bent so as to be horizontal and coplanar with the corresponding portion of the other side wall of the shaped element.
  • the cover 3 is substantially tank-shaped and its longitudinal side walls have respective coplanar flanges 3a which bear on the portions 2c of the side walls of the channel-shaped element 2.
  • the end walls of the cover 3 have respective extensions, indicated 3b in Figure 1, which close the ends of the channel-shaped element 2.
  • the channel-shaped element 2 and the cover 3 are interconnected by rivets 4 which, in the embodiment illustrated, are constituted by tubular elements which are integral with the appendages or flanges 2c of the channel-shaped element 2 and extend through corresponding holes in the flanges 3a of the cover 3 and are then clenched onto the flanges.
  • the top wall of the cover 3 has four holes 5 surrounded by respective collars 6 for retaining corresponding removable closure elements 7.
  • This appendage may be formed as a separate part, as shown in Figure 7, having appendages or pins 8a which can be upset ultrasonically to fix it to the cover 3.
  • a plurality of electrical terminals for example, of the flat pin type, which are not visible in the drawings but are of known type, extend in the connector appendage 8 of the cover 3.
  • these terminals are integral with or at any rate connected to conductors 9 which are incorporated in the top wall of the cover 3 and have projecting ends (indicated 9a in Figures 1 and 2) which extend through the holes 5 in the cover.
  • the base wall 2a of the channel-shaped element 2 has four holes, indicated 10 in Figure 2.
  • Each coil is substantially of the type described in British patent application GB-A-2 231 729 in the name of the present Applicant.
  • Each coil includes, in known manner, an insulating casing 12, which houses the primary and secondary windings of an ignition transformer and from which input terminals 13 and an output terminal 14 (only one of which is shown in broken outline in Figure 2) extend at opposite ends.
  • Each ignition coil 11 includes a magnetic core constituted by a pack of plates 15 which extend substantially around the casing 12.
  • Each coil 11 and, in particular, its pack of plates 15 is wider than each hole 10 in the base wall of the channel-shaped element 2.
  • Each coil 11 is thus positioned with most of its casing 12 between the channel-shaped element 2 and the cover 3 but with part of its casing extending downwardly through a hole 10 in the channel-shaped element 2.
  • the channel-shaped support element 2 Adjacent each hole 10, the channel-shaped support element 2 has integral fixing appendages 16 which are turned over onto the pack of plates 15 of the associated ignition coil 11 (see in particular Figures 1 and 2).
  • the ignition coils 11 are of the so-called plug-top type and are intended to be fitted directly onto respective spark plugs of the internal combustion engine. Accordingly, as described in British patent application GB-A-2 231 729, electrical connecting elements are connected to the output terminal 14 of each coil and are housed in a flexible tubular appendage 17 of electrically insulating material, such as an elastomeric material, connected to the portion of the casing 12 of the coil 11 which projects from the channel-shaped element 2.
  • the flexible tubular appendages 17 of the coils 11 are intended to be fitted in corresponding recesses in the internal combustion engine and their distal ends are intended to fit onto the ends of the corresponding plugs the central electrodes of which are thus connected to the output terminals 14 of the associated ignition coils 11.
  • each coil 11 The input terminals 13 of each coil 11 are bent upwardly and are welded in order, for example by resistance welding, to the corresponding ends 9a of the conductors 9 which are incorporated in the top wall of the cover 3.
  • the connector 8 is connected to the outputs of an ignition control unit which can drive the ignition coils 11 selectively by means of the conductors incorporated in the cover 3.
  • the base wall 2a of the channel-shaped element 2 conveniently has further holes, indicated 18 in Figure 2, for the passage of members of the internal combustion engine.
  • the flanges 2c of the channel-shaped element 2 have holes 4a in which the members for fixing the ignition unit to the internal combustion engine can be inserted.
  • the ignition coils 11 and their associated connecting appendages 17 are conveniently produced as preassembled units.
  • the entire unit described above can thus be assembled extremely quickly, easily, and above all, completely automatically, for example by means of electronically-controlled assembly machines.
  • the assembly involves first of all the positioning of the coils 11 in the holes in the base wall of the channel-shaped support element 2 and the turning-over of the appendages 16 of the channel-shaped element to anchor the coils 11 and the cover 3 and the channel-shaped support element 2 are then riveted together.
  • the input terminals 13 of the coils 11 can be welded to the corresponding ends 9a of the conductors carried by the cover 3 through the holes 5 in the top wall of the cover 3. Upon completion of the welding, the holes in the top of the cover 3 are closed by the fitting of the removable closure elements or plugs 7.
  • the extremely simple structure of the ignition unit described above also facilitates operations, when the need arises, to check the functioning of the ignition coils after a certain period of use.
  • the channel-shaped element 2 and the conductors 9 of the cover together form a screen against radio interference generated by the coils in operation.
  • the conductors carried by the cover 3 are constituted by metal members incorporated in its top wall.
  • the conductors could be constituted by pre-blanked and bent metal elements fitted on the underside of the top wall of the cover 3 and retained thereon by conventional retaining members such as engagement teeth or appendages integral with the wall which are upset over the conductor members, etc.
  • Figure 4 shows in plan, by way of example, a conductor structure formed by blanking for incorporation (co-moulding) in the cover 3.
  • the structure includes the conductors 9 with respective appendages 9a for connection to the coils and ends 9b which are intended to extend through the connector 8 shown in Figures 2 and 7.
  • the structure shown in Figure 4 also has bridges 9c which connect the various conductors 9 and hold the structure together until it has been incorporated in the cover 3, after which the bridges are removed so that the conductors 9 are electrically separated.
  • Figure 5 is a transparent view of the cover 3 from above showing the conductor structure 9 incorporated therein.
  • Figure 5 shows the terminals 9a and 9b of the conductors 9 and the bridges 9c which are accessible through the holes 5 and 5a from both sides of the cover 3 so that the bridges can be cut off and removed.
  • the terminals 9a are shown in broken outline in their initial positions, in which they are coplanar with the conductors 9; after the conductor structure has been incorporated in the cover, the terminals 9a are bent so as to be substantially parallel to the axes of the holes 5 for subsequent connection to the terminals of the coils.
  • Figure 6 shows an embodiment of the cover 3 in which a conductor structure similar to that shown in Figure 4 is anchored by the upsetting (for example, by ultrasound) of pins or appendages which are integral with the cover and are inserted through corresponding holes in the conductors 9.
  • the upset appendages are indicated 3g in Figure 6.
  • the invention is not limited to the number and arrangement of coils shown in the drawings but these may differ according to the number of cylinders in the combustion engine for which the ignition unit is intended.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Ignition Installations For Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
EP92107180A 1991-05-03 1992-04-28 Zündeinheit für eine Brennkraftmaschine Expired - Lifetime EP0512357B1 (de)

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ITTO910328A IT1246068B (it) 1991-05-03 1991-05-03 Gruppo di accensione a bobine di tipo plug-top per un motore a combustione interna
ITTO910328 1991-05-03

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EP0512357A2 true EP0512357A2 (de) 1992-11-11
EP0512357A3 EP0512357A3 (en) 1992-12-09
EP0512357B1 EP0512357B1 (de) 1996-07-03

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DE4305684A1 (en) * 1992-02-26 1993-09-02 Yazaki Corp Electrical cabling e.g. for IC engine ignition coil and fuel injection valve - includes cylinder-head mounted coil or injectors with socket units mating with distribution network on cylinder head cover
DE4223071C1 (de) * 1992-07-14 1993-12-23 Audi Ag Zündkerzen-/Zündkerzenstecker-Einheit
DE4405989A1 (de) * 1994-02-24 1995-08-31 Opel Adam Ag Zündeinheit für Ottomotoren
US5501205A (en) * 1994-06-10 1996-03-26 Robert Bosch Gmbh Ignition coil set for a multicylinder internal combustion engine
DE19620454A1 (de) * 1995-05-25 1996-11-28 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Zündvorrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine
FR2737054A1 (fr) * 1995-07-21 1997-01-24 Renault Dispositif de protection pour cables d'allumage haute-tension de moteur a combustion interne multicylindre a allumage commande
DE29621692U1 (de) * 1996-12-13 1997-02-06 Grote & Hartmann Gmbh & Co Kg, 42369 Wuppertal Kontaktierungsvorrichtung für Einzelfunken-Zündspulen
WO1997029280A1 (de) * 1996-02-06 1997-08-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Zündvorrichtung für eine mehrzylinder-brennkraftmaschine
EP0855771A1 (de) * 1997-01-25 1998-07-29 TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH Zündschiene mit abgedichteten, beweglichen Verbindungen
FR2775318A1 (fr) * 1998-02-26 1999-08-27 Sagem Module d'injection multi-points pour moteur a combustion interne
US7350488B2 (en) * 2006-01-20 2008-04-01 Harbert Richard H Rocker arm cover
US9903311B1 (en) 2016-10-06 2018-02-27 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Engine cam cover with integrated wiring and quick-connect electrical components
CN108506139A (zh) * 2017-02-24 2018-09-07 本田技研工业株式会社 车辆用内燃机

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FR2630782B1 (fr) * 1988-04-28 1993-05-14 Marchal Equip Auto Bobine d'allumage pour l'allumage des moteurs a combustion interne de vehicules automobiles, et son procede de fabrication

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DE4305684C2 (de) * 1992-02-26 1998-03-26 Yazaki Corp Elektrische Verdrahtungsvorrichtung für einen Brennkraftmotor
US5390648A (en) * 1992-02-26 1995-02-21 Yazaki Corporation Electrically wiring parts mounted on an engine
DE4305684A1 (en) * 1992-02-26 1993-09-02 Yazaki Corp Electrical cabling e.g. for IC engine ignition coil and fuel injection valve - includes cylinder-head mounted coil or injectors with socket units mating with distribution network on cylinder head cover
DE4223071C1 (de) * 1992-07-14 1993-12-23 Audi Ag Zündkerzen-/Zündkerzenstecker-Einheit
DE4405989A1 (de) * 1994-02-24 1995-08-31 Opel Adam Ag Zündeinheit für Ottomotoren
DE4405989C2 (de) * 1994-02-24 2000-07-06 Opel Adam Ag Zündeinheit für Ottomotoren
US5501205A (en) * 1994-06-10 1996-03-26 Robert Bosch Gmbh Ignition coil set for a multicylinder internal combustion engine
DE19620454A1 (de) * 1995-05-25 1996-11-28 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Zündvorrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine
DE19620454C2 (de) * 1995-05-25 1999-06-17 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Zündvorrichtung für eine Brennkraftmaschine
FR2737054A1 (fr) * 1995-07-21 1997-01-24 Renault Dispositif de protection pour cables d'allumage haute-tension de moteur a combustion interne multicylindre a allumage commande
WO1997029280A1 (de) * 1996-02-06 1997-08-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Zündvorrichtung für eine mehrzylinder-brennkraftmaschine
US5890473A (en) * 1996-02-06 1999-04-06 Robert Bosch Gmbh Ignition device for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine
DE29621692U1 (de) * 1996-12-13 1997-02-06 Grote & Hartmann Gmbh & Co Kg, 42369 Wuppertal Kontaktierungsvorrichtung für Einzelfunken-Zündspulen
EP0855771A1 (de) * 1997-01-25 1998-07-29 TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH Zündschiene mit abgedichteten, beweglichen Verbindungen
US5979422A (en) * 1997-01-25 1999-11-09 Temic Telefunken Microelectronic Gmbh Ignition rail with sealed movable connections
WO1999043940A1 (fr) * 1998-02-26 1999-09-02 Sagem S.A. Module d'injection multi-points pour moteur a combustion interne
FR2775318A1 (fr) * 1998-02-26 1999-08-27 Sagem Module d'injection multi-points pour moteur a combustion interne
US7350488B2 (en) * 2006-01-20 2008-04-01 Harbert Richard H Rocker arm cover
US9903311B1 (en) 2016-10-06 2018-02-27 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Engine cam cover with integrated wiring and quick-connect electrical components
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CN108506139A (zh) * 2017-02-24 2018-09-07 本田技研工业株式会社 车辆用内燃机

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DE69211908T2 (de) 1997-01-30
IT1246068B (it) 1994-11-07
ES2089278T3 (es) 1996-10-01
ITTO910328A0 (it) 1991-05-03
EP0512357A3 (en) 1992-12-09

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