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US4580122A
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Ignition coil for ignition systems of internal combustion engines
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1983-11-04
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Granted: 1986-04-01
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Expires: 2003-11-04
Abstract
Abstract The secondary winding (15) and the coil body (14) carrying it are manufactured in a chambered realization, and the radial extension (height) of each chamber winding (29) decreases toward the higher chamber potential in accordance with the law of geometrical progression, so that the insulating distance (30, 31) between the secondary winding (15) and areas of the ignition coil that carry a lower potential increases with an increasingly higher chamber potential. As a result, the volume and the weight of the ignition coil are reduced, while the electrical output remains the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Worz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-07 05:21
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01F; H01F38/00; H01F38/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/4902; Y10T29/49073
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
A reduced-weight ignition coil, for the ignition system of an internal combustion engine, having (a) a cup-shaped outer housing (16); (b) a tapered coil winding form (14) having a plurality of radially projecting struts (27, 28, 28') defining therebetween a plurality of coil winding chambers; (c) a primary winding (13) and a coaxial secondary winding (15), disposed at longitudinally varying insulating distances from said primary winding, one of said windings (13, 15) being wound in said chambers forming high-voltage-carrying coil portions on said tapered coil forms (14); characterized in that (d) the insulating distance, between high-voltage-carrying coil portions of the one winding wound on said tapered coil form (14) and portions of the other of said windings which carry a lower potential, increases as the potential difference between said respective windings longitudinally increases; and (e) the insulating distance between said high-voltage-carrying coil portions and said housing (16) increases as the potential difference between said high-voltage-carrying coil portions and said housing (16) increases, and the distance between the tapered coil form and the other winding and the distance between the tapered coil form and the housing both increasing as the potential difference between said windings longitudinally increases.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
A reduced-weight ignition coil, for the ignition system of an internal combustion engine, having (a) a cup-shaped outer housing (16); (b) a tapered coil winding form (14) having a plurality of radially projecting struts (27, 28, 28') defining therebetween a plurality of coil winding chambers; (c) a primary winding (13) and a coaxial secondary winding (15), disposed at longitudinally varying insulating distances from said primary winding, one of said windings (13, 15) being wound in said chambers forming high-voltage-carrying coil portions on said tapered coil forms (14); characterized in that (d) the insulating distance, between high-voltage-carrying coil portions of the one winding wound on said tapered coil form (14) and portions of the other of said windings which carry a lower potential, increases as the potential difference between said respective windings longitudinally increases; and (e) the insulating distance between said high-voltage-carrying coil portions and said housing (16) increases as the potential difference between said high-voltage-carrying coil portions and said housing (16) increases, and the distance between the tapered coil form and the other winding and the distance between the tapered coil form and the housing both increasing as the potential difference between said windings longitudinally increases.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
102 words
A reduced-weight ignition coil according to claim 1 having an iron core (10) concentric with said housing (16) and a coil body (12) carrying the primary coil, characterized in that (f) said tapered coil form (14) carries the secondary winding (15) and is disposed between the primary winding (13) and a wall of the housing (16); and (g) coil windings (29) of said secondary winding (15) in respective coil winding chambers of said tapered coil form (14) have respective radial extensions or heights with respect to said iron core (10) which decrease geometrically as the voltages of the respective chamber windings increase.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
Coil according to claim 2, in which each annular strut of the coil body separates two adjacent chamber windings of the secondary coil from one another, characterized in that the radial cross section of each annular strut (27) is trapezoidal and that the narrow side of the trapezoid partially forms the outer boundary of the coil body (14).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
121 words
A housed coil for use in an ignitiion system of an internal combustion engine, having a cup-shaped outer housing (16) having a bottom (36) and an opening rim (33) in said housing bottom (36); an insertion opening (17) in the housing bottom; a sheath-like coil body (12) carrying a winding (13), an annular end face of the coil body (12) resting on the opening rim (33) of the housing bottom (36), characterized by (a) the insertion opening (17) in the bottom (36) of the housing (16) and the end face of the coil body (12) being each closed by a respective lid (41, 40) having a frangible perimeter and; (b) potting compound (32) within said outer housing and surrounding said winding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
121 words
A housed coil for use in an ignitiion system of an internal combustion engine, having a cup-shaped outer housing (16) having a bottom (36) and an opening rim (33) in said housing bottom (36); an insertion opening (17) in the housing bottom; a sheath-like coil body (12) carrying a winding (13), an annular end face of the coil body (12) resting on the opening rim (33) of the housing bottom (36), characterized by (a) the insertion opening (17) in the bottom (36) of the housing (16) and the end face of the coil body (12) being each closed by a respective lid (41, 40) having a frangible perimeter and; (b) potting compound (32) within said outer housing and surrounding said winding.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
Coil according to claim 4, characterized in that the lid (40) of the coil body (12) is centered in the lid (41) of the bottom (36) of the housing (16).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
Coil according to claim 5, characterized in that the two lids (40,41) each have the configuration of a hat and are nested one (40) inside the other (41).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
Coil according to claim 4, characterized in that the outer rim of each lid is formed with a predetermined frangible perimeter (34,35) so that the lids (40,41) can be severed from, respectively, the end face of the coil body (12) and the opening rim (33) of the bottom (36) for insertion of an iron core (12) into said coil.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
Coil according to claim 4, characterized in that the housing (16) and the coil body (12) comprise thermoplastic material, in particular polybutylene with glass fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
Coil according to claim 1 in which each annular strut of the coil body separates two adjacent chamber windings of the secondary coil from one another, characterized in that the radial cross section of each annular strut (27, 278) is trapezoidal and that the narrow side of the trapezoid partially forms the outer boundary of the coil body (14).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
Coil according to claim 5, characterized in that the outer rim of each lid is formed with a predetermined frangible perimeter (34,35) so that the lids (40,41) can be severed from, respectively, the end face of the coil body (12) and the opening rim (33) of the bottom (36) for insertion of an iron core (12) into said coil.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
Coil according to claim 6, characterized in that the outer rim of each lid is formed with a predetermined frangible perimeter (34,35) so that the lids (40,41) can be severed from, respectively, the end face of the coil body (12) and the opening rim (33) of the bottom (36) for insertion of an iron core (12) into said coil.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
Coil according to claim 4 wherein the housing and a coil body comprise polybutylene with glass fibers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
Coil according to claim 7 wherein the housing and a coil body comprises a thermoplastic material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
Coil according to claim 7 wherein the housing (16) and a coil body comprise polybutylene.
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