摘要 |
A dual ignition system for a truly opposed piston engine providing offsets from the standard timing separation, which is 1440 degrees divided by the number of pistons. Timing is obtained from a timing mark on the flywheel. An ignition transformer is provided on each cylinder. Each transformer has two output coils, and fires two cylinders on the same side of the engine that are separated by 360 degrees of timing plus or minus the offset. A cam position disk is provided on a camshaft of the engine. Half of its circumference is marked sensibly differently from the other half. A cam position sensor adjacent this disk provides input to a logic circuit that determines which of the two adjacent offset timings to send to each transformer depending on which half of the 720-degree engine cycle is in effect.
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