US Patent Issued to Champion Power Equipment on July 1 for "Electronic ignition system for a generator engine" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,226, issued on July 1, was assigned to Champion Power Equipment Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Electronic ignition system for a generator engine" was invented by Mark J. Sarder (Waukesha, Wis.), Russell J. Dopke (Elkhart Lake, Wis.), Hiroaki Sato (Brookfield, Wis.), Leigh A. Jenison (Hartland, Wis.) and Mark A. Kastner (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A standby generator includes an alternator to produce electricity for distribution to an electrical system, and an air-cooled internal combustion engine driving the alternator. The air-cooled internal combustion engine includes one or more cylinders, one or more spark plugs each conf...