Since 1914 auto makers have used the Kettering or inductive ignition system: a battery, transformer (coil), a cam-driven mechanical switch (breaker points), a distributor and spark plugs. The system ...

The ignition system has always been the weakest link in the combustion engine cycle. Belgian-born engineer, Jean Joseph tienne Lenoir, invented the stationary gasoline engine back in 1860 and he used ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Happy birthday to one of the unheralded legends who helped make Michigan the automotive capital of the world, Charles Kettering. Names like Ford and Dodge are synonymous ...

Legend has it that Charles Kettering, later known as "Boss Ket," earned his first $14 cutting a neighbor's wheat crop. With the money, he bought a telephone from a mail-order house, dismantled it to ...