ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,929, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Ignition circuit for a combustion engine" was invented by Florian Schumann (Fellbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to an ignition circuit for a combustion engine. The combustion engine has a piston movable between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and, via a connecting rod, drives a crankshaft. Combustion air is apportioned via an intake channel. A control circuit provides an ignition time for the idling situation and an ignition time for the acceleration situation. To adjust an early switch to an ...