US Patent:
20150211474, Jul 30, 2015
Inventors:
Adam Eckardt - Shelby Township MI, US
Adam Remesz - Auburn Hills MI, US
Lakshmi Ganapathy - Troy MI, US
Monroe Goble, JR. - Wyandotte MI, US
International Classification:
F02P 15/08
F02P 5/04
Abstract:
An optimized multi-strike ignition technique for an internal combustion engine includes, in one exemplary implementation, determining (i) a number of ignition coil re-strikes, (ii) a re-dwell percentage for ignition coil re-strikes, and (iii) a time between ignition coil re-strikes based on total exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and engine speed. The optimized multi-strike engine ignition technique also includes controlling multi-strike engine ignition by controlling a sparking system of the engine based on the determined multi-strike parameters.