James A Power

US Patent:

41530306, May 8, 1979

Filed:

Jun 3, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/803197

Inventors:

James H. Power - Ypsilanti MI
Ahmet R. Akman - Farmington Hills MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

F02P 702

US Classification:

1231465A

Abstract:

A distributor for use in the electrical system of an internal combustion engine, providing an increased angle of registration between a rotor element and each spark plug contact within the distributor. The rotor element is provided with a plurality of conductive rotor arms which, upon rotation, alternately register with spark plug contacts circumferentially disposed about the rotor element, wherein each spark plug contact is associated with one of the plurality of rotor arms. In one embodiment, each rotor arm includes a plurality of blades which are disposed to rotate into simultaneous registration with a single high voltage supply contact and a spark plug contact. In a second embodiment, each rotor arm includes a plurality of blades disposed to rotate into simultaneous registration with sequentially disposed ones of a plurality of high voltage supply contacts and a spark plug contact.