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8109250 Glow plug with integrated pressure sensor  
A glow plug includes: a tubular body (2) having at one of its ends a plug head as well as a fixing zone including elements (12, 13) for being fixed in a bore, an arm (4) mounted on the body (2) of...
8082897 Plasma jet ignition plug and ignition device for the same  
The cavity of a plasma jet ignition plug is configured in a stepped shape; i.e., composed of a constricted portion and a diameter-increased portion (65). The inner diameter (B) of the constricted...
8061321 Ignition device  
The ignition device is comprised of a center electrode, an insulator having a tubular shape for covering the center electrode, and a ground electrode having an open portion communicating with an...
8051822 Spark plug and cylinder head assembly ensuring reliable ignition of air/fuel mixture  
A spark plug and cylinder head assembly includes a spark plug and a cylinder head of an engine. The cylinder head has a bore and a surface which faces a combustion chamber of the engine and on...
8006678 Igniter system  
A coil failure detection circuit detects a rise of a collector current of an IGBT and a timer circuit measures the length of a rise period. If the rise is not a normal one, an electronic control...
8006663 Post-start controller for diesel engine  
A glow power selected from a map based on a coolant temperature and an intake air temperature is applied to a glow plug provided at a combustion cylinder after an engine starts. Air-fuel mixture is...
7942124 Exposed coil rocker arm cover assembly having external multi-coil mounting bracket  
An improved rocker arm cover assembly having an enclosed rocker arm chamber housing and a generally L-shaped bracket for mounting multiple coils to an exterior vertical side wall of the housing, so...
7905209 Glow plug with combustion pressure sensor  
A glow plug with combustion pressure sensor is disclosed having a cover and a housing with which a piezoelectric element is hermetically accommodated. A lead wire having flexibility is employed to...
7834295 Printable igniters  
An igniter comprises at least two conductors in the spaced-apart configuration and an electrically conductive layer bridging the at least two conductors, wherein the conductive layer has an...
7775187 Head of a glow plug provided with a pressure sensor  
A glow plug includes a glow plug body (2), a pressure sensor arranged inside the glow plug body (2), a threaded portion (6) on the outside of the glow plug body (2) and gripping elements (12),...
7770551 Method for igniting combustion of fuel in a combustion chamber of an engine, associated device and engine  
A method ignites the combustion of fuel in a combustion chamber (5) of engine (2), by introducing microwave radiation into the combustion chamber (5). The microwave radiation is produced in a...
7765974 Body of a glow plug provided with a pressure sensor  
This body (8) has on its outer surface both a screw thread (16) adapted for fixing the body (8) into a corresponding tapping in an engine (4), as well as a gripping zone (28), generally of...
7757650 Gas engine and ignition device for a gas engine  
The gas engine for burning a gaseous fuel-air mixture includes a combustion chamber containing the gaseous fuel-air mixture, at least one ignition device projecting into the combustion chamber to...
7726269 Glow plug with integrated pressure sensor  
A glow plug includes: a tubular body (2) having at one of its ends a plug head as well as a fixing zone including elements (12, 13) for being fixed in a bore, an arm (4) mounted on the body (2) of...
7721697 Plasma generating ignition system and associated method  
An apparatus and method for igniting combustible materials in a combustion chamber of a combustion engine using corona discharge plasma from a coaxial cavity resonator. This system and method uses...
7711498 Glow plug degradation determination device  
A glow plug degradation determination device energizes a glow plug immediately after an operation of an internal combustion engine is stopped. When a preset energization time elapses, the device...
7699033 Method and system to distribute high-energy pulses to multiple channels  
A method and system to distribute high-power laser pulses to create sparks in individual cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine are provided. A laser provides laser output pulses. A distributor...
7467612 Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure  
An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to...
7448352 Centrally located ignition source in a combustion chamber  
The centrally located ignition source in a combustion chamber is an electrical conductor spanning the general center of the combustion chamber, with a spark gap at the general center of the...
7421166 Laser spark distribution and ignition system  
A laser spark distribution and ignition system that reduces the high power optical requirements for use in a laser ignition and distribution system allowing for the use of optical fibers for...
7251553 Thermal optimization of EMI countermeasures  
The present invention provides an electronic circuit and EMI countermeasure for an automotive electronic control unit that provides a maximum amount of EMI protection under normal operating...
6662793 Electronic circuits for plasma-generating devices  
A circuit for providing a follow-on current between the electrodes of a traveling spark ignitor after an initial break down between the electrodes has occurred is disclosed. The circuit may include...
6637393 HCCI engine combustion control apparatus and method  
Compression ignition of a homogeneous air fuel charge in a piston engine is controlled over a substantial range of lean to stoichiometric air fuel ratios by supplying additional heat as required to...
6363898 Quick replacement igniter assembly  
A two-piece igniter includes an outer housing that includes a cylindrical member having an outer wall and an inner wall that defines a passage through the outer housing. The igniter further...
6152095 Quick replacement spark plug assembly  
A two-piece spark plug includes an electrically conductive outer housing including a cylindrical member having an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining a passage through the outer...
5517081 Gas-filled discharge tube  
A gas-filled discharge tube includes a cylindrical casing (11, 31), a terminal member (12, 13; 32, 33) for closing an open end of the casing, an inert gas sealed within the casing, a gas sealing...
5136994 Internal combustion engine  
The present invention is a catalytic ignition engine (10) having a catalytic hot plug (14) mounted therein for 24 alcohol fuel. The hot plug (28) comprises a base material (32) coated at least...
4852529 Laser energy ignition system  
An ignition system for internal combustion engines which minimizes or eliminates problems associated with conventional spark ignition arrangements, the ignition system comprises a laser energy...
4523552 Ignition system for engine  
An ignition device for use with internal combustion engines is adapted for conducting a light beam into the combustion chamber of the engine to ignite a fuel-air mixture. The ignition device...
4452189 Separately ignited internal combustion engine with at least one main combustion chamber and an ignition chamber assigned to it  
A separately ignited internal combustion engine and/or an ignition chamber insert for insertion into the combustion wall of an internal combustion engine is proposed with an ignition chamber which...
4434753 Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine  
An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises an intake path supplying a mixture of air and fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine, a particle supplying unit having an...
4416226 Laser ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine  
A laser ignition apparatus includes a laser oscillator which generates at least two successive pulse-shaped laser beams during each compression stroke of the engine. A first pulse-shaped laser beam...
4343272 Devices for supplementing conventional liquid fuels in internal combustion engines with gaseous fuel supplements  
Disclosed are several devices for supplementing conventional fuels (liquid or gas) in internal combustion engines with gaseous fuel supplements. The first device contains means for introducing a...
4330732 Plasma ceramic coating to supply uniform sparking action in combustion engines  
The present invention provides a hot spark that is more-or-less uniform over the combustion chamber volume in a liquid oxidant/liquid fuel combustion engine. In addition, heat losses are reduced...
4317432 Two-cycle internal combustion engine  
A method for operating a two-cycle internal combustion engine wherein in the scavenging stroke the air-fuel mixture charged into the cylinder forms a stratum adjacent to a piston and the stratum of...
4314530 Amplified radiation igniter system and method for igniting fuel in an internal combustion engine  
An amplified radiation igniter system initiates the ignition of a fuel/air mixture retained within a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The amplified radiation, usually supplied...
4114567 Ignition enhancement chamber for internal combustion engine  
In an internal combustion engine an ignition enhancement and regulating chamber in fluid-flow communication with a principal combustion chamber of the engine through a restricted passage serving as...
4061120 Ignition device for engines  
Disclosed are cell-type ignition devices for Otto cycle internal combustion engines, said devices having cylindrical cells with end orifices communicating with the engine combustion chamber. The...
4061122 Spark plug  
A spark plug generally similar to standard design including a body member supporting a pair of electrodes to provide a spark gap in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the side...
4043308 Control of the initiation of combustion and control of combustion  
Method and apparatus for controlling the initiation and completion of self-sustaining combustion in fuel/oxidizer mixtures through the use of ultraviolet radiation absorbed throughout the mixture.
4011839 Method and apparatus for promoting combustion in an internal combustion engine using a catalyst  
An internal combustion piston engine utilizing a catalyst to promote combustion and not requiring spark ignition. A catalyst member is provided within the engine cylinder. Air is supplied to the...
3958538 Gaseous ignition system for internal combustion engine  
An internal combustion engine comprising a gaseous ignition system which employs a high temperature and high pressure gaseous mixture obtained by decomposing hydrogen peroxide.
3923011 Apparatus and method  
An internal combustion piston engine utilizing a catalyst to promote combustion and not requiring spark ignition. A catalyst member is provided within the engine cylinder. Air is supplied to the...
3908146 Break ignition plug and ignition device  
Break ignition plug and ignition device for piston motors and the like with a battery or any other current supply means, wherein a magnet coil acts upon an armature which, via connection means,...
3886535 Apparatus for detecting flammable vapors and controlling starting coil of ignition system  
Apparatus for detecting the presence of flammable vapors and for controlling the starter coil of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the result thereof. A...
3842808 REGENERATIVE STEAM IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE  
An internal combustion engine is provided with means for injection of high temperature steam into the combustion chamber to ignite combustible air-fuel mixtures over a wide range of mixture ratios....
3710764 IGNITION APPARATUS  
A jet flame ignition apparatus for internal combustion engines having a pressure chamber including the spark-plug and equipped with a one-way valve controlling a relatively large port allowing...
3693607 MAKE-AND-BREAK SPARK PLUG  
There is disclosed a make-and-break type of spark plug for piston engines comprising a spark plug housing equipped with a counter electrode and a movable electrode positioned to cooperate with said...
3665902 STRATFIELD-CHARGE ENGINE AND FUEL IGNITION-INJECTION PLUG THEREFOR  
A stratified-charge spark ignition engine. The engine has cylinder intake ports which effectively open directly to atmosphere, such that unheated and unthrottled fuel free air is drawn into the...
3502055 COMBINED SPARKPLUG AND FUEL-INJECTION DEVICE  
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