Patent ID: 9341155
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F02D,F02P,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one ignition plug, an actuating circuit provided with first and second coil pairs corresponding to one ignition plug for generating spark discharge in said at least one ignition plug, and control means for generating first and second ignition signals supplied respectively to said first and second coil pairs, said ignition apparatus being characterized in that, said control means generates the first and second ignition signals so that a first discharge period and a second discharge period partially overlap with each other during an overlap discharge period, the overlap discharge period is made equal to a set overlap period, and a start timing of the first discharge period is prior to a start timing of the second discharge period, wherein the first discharge period is a time period from start to end of an electric discharge generated by electric current supplied to a first primary coil constituting said first coil pair, and the second discharge period is a time period from start to end of an electric discharge generated by electric current supplied to a second primary coil constituting said second coil pair, wherein the set overlap period is set according to the first discharge period, a temporary cut threshold value, and a discharge start current value which is a discharge current value at the start timing of the first discharge period, the temporary cut threshold value being a minimum value of the discharge current value at which no temporary cut of the discharge current in said ignition plug occurs.