ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,536, issued on March 3, was assigned to FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC (Northville, Mich.).
"Ignition coil assembly with internal diagnostic features" was invented by Ardit Shima (Modena, Italy), Simone Daniele (Modena, Italy), Stefano Papi (Modena, Italy) and Massimo A. Dalre (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ignition coil assembly with internal diagnostic features that can be used to monitor and evaluate different aspects of an ignition system and provide continuous feedback. The ignition coil assembly may be a coil-on-plug type device that converts low-voltage battery power into high-voltage ignition pulses, and may inc...