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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186322 | Ignition apparatus, internal-combustion engine, ignition plug, plasma equipment, exhaust gas degradation apparatus, ozone generating/sterilizing/disinfecting apparatus, and odor eliminating apparatus Stable and highly efficient combustion/reaction is provided, even when fuel ratio of mixture is decreased and combustion/reaction of the lean mixture is performed in a heat engine such as a reciprocating engine, for controlling dielectric constant of mixture in a co... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181618 | Induction driven ignition system An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies bet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181617 | Laser ignition for gas mixtures An ignition device for the ignition of a gas mixture in a main combustion chamber (1), in particular of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, wherein the absorber body (5) is heated by means of a laser (8). A prechamber (10) is loca... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8156911 | Compression ignition internal combustion engine, glow plug, and injector The invention provides a practical diesel engine that uses plasma formed by microwave emissions. In a compression-ignition internal combustion engine, fuel is sprayed by an injector in the combustion chamber in which compressed oxidizing gas is present, and the fuel... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146553 | Spark plug for an internal combustion engine and method for the operation thereof A spark plug for an internal combustion engine having a light guide device for supplying the spark plug with optical radiant power. A sensor arrangement is at least partially integrated into the spark plug but disposed outside the light guide device, and is embodied... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146554 | Laser ignition apparatus A laser ignition apparatus including at least two laser light generating devices and a common optical coupling-in means for coupling laser light from the at least two laser light generating devices into a combustion chamber of a combustion machine, wherein the at le... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127732 | Laser ignition system and method for internal combustion engine A laser beam ignition system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The laser beam ignition system comprises a laser configured to generate a laser beam, and a beam steering unit comprising a lens and a prism both configured to cooperatively transmit the las... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104444 | Pre-chamber igniter having RF-aided spark initiation An igniter for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The igniter may have a body, and a pre-combustion chamber integral with the body and having at least one orifice. The igniter may also have at least one electrode associated with the pre-combustion chamber. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096276 | Plasma ignition device A plasma power supply circuit includes a DC/DC converter connected to a DC power supply and outputting a DC voltage, a voltage limit circuit limiting an output voltage from the DC/DC converter to a predetermined value, a PJ capacitor connected to an output end of th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8047172 | Plasma jet ignition plug A plasma jet ignition plug capable of inhibiting occurrence of channeling while reducing removal of energy of plasma through a ground electrode at the time of emission of plasma. A ground electrode of a plasma jet ignition plug projects inward from a front end face ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042510 | Efficiency enhancement to a laser ignition system A method for a laser ignition system to operate in at least two modes based on a four-stroke combustion cycle, wherein laser light energy is generated to ignite an air/fuel mixture for combustion and may be additionally used for heating cylinder walls, such as durin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025040 | Plasma ignition system To provide a plasma ignition system that can prevent damage on an internal combustion engine due to erroneous ejection of a plasma jet, and further, even when the required voltage of an ignition plug becomes lower, can prevent erroneous ignition by the charged volta... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7963262 | Resonator assembly A resonator assembly is described having a longitudinal axis and generator section, an inductance section, a capacitance section, and an ignition section arranged in sections in a common housing along the longitudinal axis. The housing surrounds all the above-mentio... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7845328 | Optical distributor for a laser-based ignition system, and method for the operation thereof An optical distributor for the distribution of light, in particular laser light, between at least one optical input and at least one of several optical outputs includes at least one movably disposed light guide and a positioning member for moving the at least one li... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7827954 | Plasma-jet spark plug control method and device There is provided a method for controlling a plasma-jet spark plug in a four-stroke internal combustion engine, including the steps of: causing the spark plug to generate a primary discharge during either a compression stroke or an expansion stroke of the engine in ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810462 | Method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine A method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, having a laser device which has a laser-active solid that has a passive Q-switch. The duration of a pumping light pulse that is applied to the laser device ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806094 | Laser ignition apparatus An apparatus is provided for the ignition of a fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber of a combustion machine, wherein the combustion chamber has at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve. There are further provided a laser light generating device f... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7793631 | Fuel ignition system, fuel igniting method, fuel reforming system and fuel reforming method, for internal combustion engine A fuel ignition system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel ignition system is adapted to allow a photocatalyst to ignite a mixture by using a light energy irradiated from a light generator. The fuel ignition system includes: a combustion chamber... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7775188 | Plasma plug for an internal combustion engine A plasma plug for an internal combustion engine includes a main body having an inner portion formed of ceramic and an outer portion formed of aluminum or other metal. A first electrode and a second electrode formed of Ruthenium dioxide are disposed axially within th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770552 | Laser igniter having integral pre-combustion chamber An igniter for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The igniter may have a body, and a pre-combustion chamber integral with the body and having at least one orifice. The igniter may further have a focusing device configured to direct at least one beam of ligh... | 08/10/2010 |
| 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 microwave source (7) on the outside of the com... | 08/10/2010 |
| 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 a coaxial cavity resonator in a body adapted to mate with a combustio... | 05/25/2010 |
| 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 includes a linear array of mirrors with a respective mirror associated wit... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7661402 | Multipoint ignition engine A multipoint ignition engine (1) includes a central electrode pair (9), disposed in the center of a combustion chamber (2), for forming a central spark gap (10), and a plurality of peripheral electrode pairs (12) held in a head gas... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661401 | Laser type engine ignition device A laser type ignition device for an internal combustion engine includes a laser oscillator mounted in the internal combustion engine so as to focus its laser beam on an air-fuel mixture supplied into the combustion chamber, a pressure sensor for detecting pressure i... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647907 | Induction driven ignition system An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies bet... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7549404 | Method and apparatus for provisioning and ignition of fuel in an internal combustion engine An apparatus and method for ignition of an internal combustion engine comprising a pumped gas laser which provides laser light to a distributor which provides laser light of sufficient power to engine cylinder where ignition can occur and humid air alone can be suff... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7533643 | Induction driven ignition system An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies bet... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7441526 | Multipoint ignition device A multipoint ignition device comprises: a head gasket (1) interposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block of an engine, having an opening (3) in a position corresponding to a cylinder opening portion; and a plurality of intermediate members ( | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435082 | Furnace using plasma ignition system for hydrocarbon combustion An apparatus and method for the creation, placement and control of an area of electrical ionization within an internal combustion engine combustion chamber or a fuel burner for a furnace is disclosed. A furnace includes a fuel source, a fuel burner, a plasma nozzle ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431008 | Ignition system of an internal combustion engine An ignition system of an internal combustion engine, of a motor vehicle in particular, having at least one device for igniting a jet of a fuel/air mixture which has a chamber enclosing a process space in which the ignition of the fuel/air mixture takes place. The ch... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404395 | Devices and methods for conditioning or vaporizing liquid fuel in an intermittent combustion engine A device and method for conditioning and/or volumetric heating fuel within an intermittent combustion engine in order to enhance fuel combustion and emission performance is provided. Such a device can include a fuel injector configured to eject a fuel spray having a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398743 | Compression ignition initiation device and internal combustion engine using same An internal combustion engine having a compression ignition initiation device is provided. The compression ignition initiation device includes a body defining a chamber and an outlet from the chamber. The device further includes means, within the chamber, for genera... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392795 | Internal combustion engine and combustion control method An internal combustion engine is provided that basically comprises a combustion chamber, an electric discharge unit and a controller. The combustion chamber receives a mixture of fuel and air that is caused to undergo compression self ignition. The electric discharg... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387115 | Plasma ignition system A plasma ignition system has an electromagnetic noise reduction circuit in addition to a discharge power circuit, a plasma generating power circuit, a plasma ignition plug, a discharging wire and a plasma generating wire. The noise reduction circuit includes a first... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383830 | Ignition apparatus for internal combustion engine An ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine can eliminate connecting leads for electrically connecting between an igniter and a connector can be eliminated or shortened. In the ignition apparatus, individual terminals (14a, 14b, | 06/10/2008 |
| 7350493 | Distributor for engine with laser ignition A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340129 | Fiber laser coupled optical spark delivery system A spark delivery system for generating a spark using a laser beam is provided, and includes a laser light source and a laser delivery assembly. The laser delivery assembly includes a hollow fiber and a launch assembly comprising launch focusing optics to input the l... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328677 | Plasma-jet spark plug and ignition system A plasma-jet spark plug includes a metal shell, an electrical insulator retained in the metal shell, a center electrode held in an axial hole of the electrical insulator to define a cavity by a front end face of the center electrode and an inner circumferential surf... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7305954 | Plasma-jet spark plug and ignition system A plasma-jet spark plug includes a metal shell, an electrical insulator retained in the metal shell, a center electrode held in an axial hole of the electrical insulator to define a cavity by a front end face of the center electrode and an inner circumferential surf... | 12/11/2007 |
