IPC 6 English version  F02P-F02P02304
SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 02

COMBUSTION ENGINES (cyclically operating valves therefor, lubricating, exhausting, or silencing engines F 01); HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

F 02 P

IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES (specially adapted for rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines F 02 B 53/12; ignition of combustion apparatus in general, glowing plugs F 23 Q; measuring of physical variables in general G 01; controlling in general G 05; data processing in general G 06; electrical components in general, see section H; sparking plugs H 01 T)


Electric spark ignition installations characterised by the type of ignition power generation or storage

1/

00

Installations having electric ignition energy generated by magneto- or dynamo-electric generators without subsequent storage

1/

02

the generator rotor being characterised by forming part of the engine flywheel

1/

04

the generator being specially adapted for use with specific engine types, e.g. engines with V-arrangement of cylinders

1/

06

Generator drives, e.g. having snap couplings

1/

08

Layout of circuits

3/

00

Other installations

3/

01

Electric spark ignition installations without subsequent energy storage, i.e. energy supplied by an electrical oscillator (with magneto- or dynamo-electric generators F 02 P 1/00; piezo-electric ignition F 02 P 3/12; with continuous electric spark F 02 P 15/10) [4]

3/

02

having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils

3/

04

. . 

Layout of circuits

3/

045

. . . 

for control of the dwell or anti-dwell time [4]

3/

05

. . . 

for control of the magnitude of the current in the ignition coil (during starting F 02 P 15/12) [4]

3/

055

. . . 

with protective means to prevent damage to the circuit or the ignition coil [4]

3/

06

having capacitive energy storage (piezo-electric or electrostatic ignition F 02 P 3/12)

3/

08

. . 

Layout of circuits (for low tension F 02 P 3/10)

3/

09

. . . 

for control of the charging current in the capacitor (F 02 P 15/12 takes precedence) [4]

3/

10

. . 

Low-tension installation, e.g. using surface-discharge sparking plugs

3/

12

Piezo-electric ignition; Electrostatic ignition
Advancing or retarding electric ignition spark; Arrangements of distributors or of circuit-makers or -breakers for electric spark ignition; Electric spark ignition control or safety means, not otherwise provided for

5/

00

Advancing or retarding ignition; Control therefor [6]

5/

02

non-automatically; dependent on position of personal controls of engine, e.g. throttle position

5/

04

automatically, as a function of the working conditions of the engine or vehicle or of the atmospheric conditions (dependent on position of personal controls of engine F 02 P 5/02)

5/

05

. . 

using mechanical means [4]

5/

06

. . . 

dependent on engine speed [4]

5/

07

. . . . 

Centrifugal timing mechanisms [6]

5/

10

. . . 

dependent on fluid pressure in engine, e.g. combustion-air pressure [4]

5/

12

. . . . 

dependent on a specific pressure other than that of combustion-air, e.g. of exhaust, cooling fluid, lubricant [4]

5/

14

. . . 

dependent on specific conditions other than engine speed or engine fluid pressure, e.g. temperature [4]

5/

145

. . 

using electrical means [4]

5/

15

. . . 

Digital data processing [4]

5/

152

. . . . 

dependent on pinking (detecting or indicating knocks in internal-combustion engines G 01 L 23/22) [6]

5/

153

. . . . 

dependent on combustion pressure [6]

5/

155

. . . 

Analogue data processing [4]

5/

16

characterised by the mechanical transmission between sensing elements or personal controls and final actuating elements

7/

00

Arrangement of distributors, circuit-makers or -breakers, or pick-up devices (advancing or retarding ignition or control therefor F 02 P 5/00; such devices per se, see the relevant classes of section H, e.g. rotary switches H 01 H 19/00, contact-breakers, distributors H 01 R 39/00, generators H 02 K)

7/

02

of distributors

7/

03

. . 

with electrical means (ignition occurring simultaneously at different places in one engine cylinder or in two or more separate engine cylinders F 02 P 15/08) [4]

7/

04

. . 

having distributors with air-tight casing

7/

06

of circuit-makers or -breakers, or pick-up devices adapted to sense particular points of the timing cycle [4]

7/

063

. . 

Mechanical pick-up devices, circuit-makers or -breakers, e.g. contact-breakers [4]

7/

067

. . 

Electromagnetic pick-up devices [4]

7/

07

. . . 

Hall-effect pick-up devices [4]

7/

073

. . 

Optical pick-up devices [4]

7/

077

. . 

Circuits therefor, e.g. pulse generators [4]

7/

08

. . 

having air-tight casings

7/

10

Drives of distributors or of circuit-makers or -breakers

9/

00

Electric spark ignition control, not otherwise provided for

11/

00

Safety means for electric spark ignition, not otherwise provided for

11/

02

Preventing damage to engines or engine-driven gearing

11/

04

Preventing unauthorised use of engines (of vehicles B 60 R 25/04; ignition locks H 01 H 27/00)

11/

06

Indicating unsafe conditions

13/

00

Sparking plugs structurally combined with other parts of internal-combustion engines (with fuel injectors F 02 M 57/06; predominant aspects of the parts, see the relevant subclasses)

15/

00

Electric spark ignition having characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F 02 P 1/00 to F 02 P 13/00

15/

02

Arrangements having two or more sparking plugs

15/

04

one of the spark electrodes being mounted on the engine working piston

15/

06

the electric spark triggered by engine working cylinder compression

15/

08

having multiple-spark ignition, i.e. ignition occurring simultaneously at different places in one engine cylinder or in two or more separate engine cylinders

15/

10

having continuous electric sparks

15/

12

having means for strengthening spark during starting

17/

00

Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting (testing fuel injection apparatus F 02 M 65/00; testing ignition installations in general F 23 Q 23/00); Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines [4]

17/

02

Checking or adjusting ignition timing [6]

17/

04

. . 

dynamically [6]

17/

06

. . . 

using a stroboscopic lamp [6]

17/

08

. . . 

using a cathode-ray oscilloscope (F 02 P 17/06 takes precedence) [6]

17/

10

Measuring dwell or antidwell time [6]

17/

12

Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current (testing of sparking plugs G 01 M 19/02) [6]
Other ignition

19/

00

Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal-combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition [4]

19/

02

electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs

19/

04

non-electric, e.g. heating incandescent spots by burners (use of burners for direct ignition F 02 P 21/00)

21/

00

Direct use of flames or burners for ignition

21/

02

the flames being kept burning essentially external to engine working chambers

21/

04

Burning-cartridges or like inserts being arranged in engine working chambers (as starting aid F 02 N 17/02)

23/

00

Other ignition

23/

02

Friction, pyrophoric, or catalytic ignition

23/

04

Other physical ignition means, e.g. using laser rays

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