(19)
(11) EP 0 728 944 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.08.1996 Bulletin 1996/35

(21) Application number: 96102450.2

(22) Date of filing: 19.02.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6F02P 7/077
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT DE ES FR IT SE

(30) Priority: 22.02.1995 IT MI950326

(71) Applicant: DUCATI ENERGIA S.p.A.
I-40132 Bologna (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Venturoli, Alessandro
    I-40134 Bologna (IT)
  • Gabrielli, Christian
    I-40137 Bologna (IT)

(74) Representative: Coloberti, Luigi 
Via E. de Amicis No. 25
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Method and apparatus for setting the timing of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine


(57) A method and an apparatus for setting the timing of the ignition system (CDI) of an internal combustion engine (M); after checking the timing of the ignition circuit (CDI) with the engine (M) running at a predetermined speed, and determining the amount of the correction to be performed for the advance, the engine (M) is stopped and the active setting of the ignition (CDI) is modified on the basis of a coded correction procedure stored in a setting unit (21) detachably connected between the voltage generator (10, 12, 13) and the ignition system (CDI), by sending timing correction signals to a control processor (PC) of the ignition system (CDI) via the same lines (RL1÷RL4) which normally connect the timing pick-up (13) and the feed coil (12) of the voltage generator, to the ignition circuit (CDI).







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