IP Library Granted Patent US 9,887,039
Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,039 · App. 14/612,810 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Motorcycle ignition coil assembly

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Patent No.
US 9,887,039
App. No.
14/612,810
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In accordance with one embodiment, an ignition coil assembly includes an ignition coil cover, a boot, and an ignition coil. The ignition coil cover includes a plurality of fins, an opening, and a channel. The boot includes a slotted opening and a centralized orifice and is configured to be disposed within the opening of the ignition coil cover. The ignition coil includes a seat and a tab. The ignition coil is configured to be disposed within the centralized orifice. The seat is capable of supporting the ignition coil within the centralized orifice of the boot. The tab is configured to be inserted into the slotted opening and the channel when the ignition coil is disposed within the centralized office and the boot is disposed within the opening.

Claims (25)

1. A method of retrofitting a motorcycle ignition coil, comprising the steps of:

disconnecting existing wires between at least one existing ignition coil and at least one spark plug of a motorcycle engine;

securing a coil-on-plug ignition coil into a centralized orifice of a boot; and

securing the boot to an ignition coil cover; and

securing the ignition coil cover with the boot to the motorcycle engine, proximate the spark plug, to create a coil-on-plug ignition coil system; and

electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition coil and the spark plug;

wherein the ignition coil cover has a plurality of fins arranged in a stadium style and the fins of the ignition coil cover are lined up with existing fins on the motorcycle engine.

2. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition coil system to an electrical source of a motorcycle via a wire harness.

3. A method of retrofitting a motorcycle ignition coil, comprising the steps of:

disconnecting existing wires between at least one existing ignition coil and at least one spark plug of a motorcycle engine;

securing an ignition coil cover to the motorcycle engine, proximate the spark plug;

securing a coil-on-plug ignition coil into a centralized orifice of a boot;

securing the boot to the ignition coil cover, to create a coil-on-plug ignition system; and

electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition coil and the spark plug,

wherein the ignition coil cover has a plurality of fins arranged in a stadium style and the fins of the ignition coil cover are lined up with existing fins on the motorcycle engine.

4. A method according to claim 3 , further comprising the step of electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition system to an electrical source of a motorcycle via a wire harness.

5. A method of retrofitting a motorcycle ignition coil, comprising the steps of:

disconnecting existing wires between at least one existing ignition coil and at least one spark plug of a motorcycle engine;

securing an ignition coil cover to the motorcycle engine, proximate the spark plug;

securing a coil-on-plug ignition coil to the ignition coil cover to create a coil-on-plug ignition coil system;

electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition coil and the spark plug;

wherein the ignition coil cover has a plurality of fins arranged in a stadium style and the fins of the ignition coil cover are lined up with existing fins on the motorcycle engine.

6. A method according to claim 5 , further comprising the step of:

electrically coupling the coil-on-plug ignition coil system to an electrical source of a motorcycle via a wire harness.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: AEA DEBT MANAGEMENT LP, AS SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT
To: FLOWMASTER, INC.; APR, LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; RACEPAK LLC; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.; HIGH PERFORMANCE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058944/0279 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2021
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT
To: FLOWMASTER, INC.; APR, LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; RACEPAK LLC; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058948/0926 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; DRAKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, LLC; B&M RACING & PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 058214/0174 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DELETE PATENT NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 047429 FRAME: 0343. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Nov 18, 2018
From: FLOWMASTER, INC.; APR, LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; RACEPAK LLC; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 048475/0125 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2018
From: FLOWMASTER, INC.; APR, LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; RACEPAK LLC; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.; HIGH PERFORMANCE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: AEA DEBT MANAGEMENT LP, SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 048147/0510 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2018
From: FLOWMASTER, INC.; APR, LLC; ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC; MSD LLC; POWERTEQ LLC; RACEPAK LLC; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC.; HOLLEY PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047429/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2017
From: ELLISON, JASON
To: ACCEL PERFORMANCE GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 042618/0280 →