A distributor with heat dissipation effect has an ignition device having includes a distributor upper cap, a rotor assembly and a distributor bowl-shaped lower cap, a transmission device connected between the distributor bowl-shaped lower cap and the rotor assembly, and a heat insulation pad held between the distributor bowl-shaped lower cap and the transmission device. When the distributor is assembled on an engine, heat from the engine can be effectively isolated and heat from the ignition device can also be dissipates by the heat insulation pad.

Disclosed is a reluctor plate controller that detects vacuum and pressures in the engine which are used to create digital motor control signals for controlling a reluctor plate actuator using a digital stepper motor, servo motor or a voice-coil actuator. The system can be programmed to create various desired responses that function to create better efficiency of an internal combustion engine, less pollution and/or greater engine output.

Disclosed is a reluctor plate controller that detects vacuum and pressures in the engine which are used to create digital motor control signals for controlling a reluctor plate actuator using a digital stepper motor, servo motor or a voice-coil actuator. The system can be programmed to create various desired responses that function to create better efficiency of an internal combustion engine, less pollution and/or greater engine output.

A system for igniting a combustion chamber of a turboshaft engine, comprising: a plurality of start-up injectors which are suitable for injecting fuel into said chamber during a combustion-initiating phase; a circuit for supplying fuel to said start-up injectors, comprising a first sub-circuit, referred to as the primary start-up circuit, designed to supply fuel to some of said plurality of start-up injectors; a second sub-circuit, referred to as the secondary start-up circuit, designed to supply fuel to the other start-up injectors of said plurality.

A method for controlling an internal combustion engine. Target ignition times for the individual cylinders are given by an engine control device through trigger signals transmitted to the ignition control device. After receiving a trigger signal, the ignition control device activates the ignition device associated with this trigger signal to effect ignition in the respective cylinder. The ignition control device stores a firing order in which an ignition is to be cyclically effected in the individual cylinders, and it is checked whether trigger signals for all cylinders are received in the stored firing order, and if not, a substitutional ignition time is calculated for the at least one cylinder for which no trigger signal has been received, from at least two trigger signals for the cylinders or one of the remaining cylinders, and the respective ignition device or ignition devices are activated according to the calculated substitutional ignition time.

A method for controlling an internal combustion engine. Target ignition times for the individual cylinders are given by an engine control device through trigger signals transmitted to the ignition control device. After receiving a trigger signal, the ignition control device activates the ignition device associated with this trigger signal to effect ignition in the respective cylinder. The ignition control device stores a firing order in which an ignition is to be cyclically effected in the individual cylinders, and it is checked whether trigger signals for all cylinders are received in the stored firing order, and if not, a substitutional ignition time is calculated for the at least one cylinder for which no trigger signal has been received, from at least two trigger signals for the cylinders or one of the remaining cylinders, and the respective ignition device or ignition devices are activated according to the calculated substitutional ignition time.

A electromagnetic motor enhancement system includes an internal combustion engine that has a plurality of pistons, at least one cylinder head and an ignition control module. Each of the pistons is selectively urged in an upstroke and a downstroke. A plurality of magnets is provided and each of the magnets is coupled to an associated one of the pistons. An electromagnetic unit is coupled to the internal combustion engine. The electromagnetic unit is electrically charged in a first polarity when the pistons are urged in the upstroke. Thus, the magnet corresponding to each of the pistons is attracted to the electromagnet unit. The electromagnetic unit is electrically charged in a second polarity when the pistons are urged in the downstroke. Thus, the magnet corresponding to each of the pistons is repelled from the electromagnetic unit.

A distributor with heat dissipation effect has an ignition device having includes a distributor upper cap, a rotor assembly and a distributor bowl-shaped lower cap, a transmission device connected between the distributor bowl-shaped lower cap and the rotor assembly, and a heat insulation pad held between the distributor bowl-shaped lower cap and the transmission device. When the distributor is assembled on an engine, heat from the engine can be effectively isolated and heat from the ignition device can also be dissipates by the heat insulation pad.

Disclosed is a reluctor plate controller that detects vacuum and pressures in the engine which are used to create digital motor control signals for controlling a reluctor plate actuator using a digital stepper motor, servo motor or a voice-coil actuator. The system can be programmed to create various desired responses that function to create better efficiency of an internal combustion engine, less pollution and/or greater engine output.

An ignition device includes: a high frequency power source; a first device having inductance; a second device having capacitance; a discharge GAP; and a shield device which covers a connection portion between the first device and the second device, and is connected to the ground. The high frequency power source supplies AC power to the discharge GAP by using a resonance circuit composed of the first device and the second device, and ignites fuel by discharge plasma generated in the discharge GAP. In the ignition device, the first device, the second device, the connection portion, and the shield device are arranged in the same package and are sealed with an insulating substance.