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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104445 | Spark plug and cylinder head A spark plug comprises a spark plug body, which carries two electrodes bordering a spark gap at one end, and exhibits a nut with external thread that can rotate around the spark plug body. A cylinder head exhibits a rotational coding complementary to the rotational ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7513234 | Pre-chamber igniter having adjustable electrode 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 extending into the pre-combustion chamber. T... | 04/07/2009 |
| 6848415 | Internal combustion engine with direct injection A four-stroke reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection device, which is arranged centrally in a combustion space and which introduces the fuel in the form of an injection cone into the combustion space, and includes at least one spar... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6712033 | Spark electrodes with adjustable gap In an ignition electrode arrangement for a cylinder in an internal combustion engine, for example an Otto engine, a cylinder head (3) bears a first electrode (7) and a second electrode (8) which interact with one another. At least the first elec... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6634331 | Piston with integrated spark electrode A piston is disclosed, for use in an internal combustion engine, including an insulating guide formed therein for receiving an electrode. The electrode has a body, and at least one spark lead coupled to the body for inserting into a channel formed in the ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6142112 | Sparking device The present invention is for a new kind of sparking device. It is especially suitable for counterstroke engines in which two pistons are working against each other in a common cylinder bore. The invention is for a sparking device for combustion engines wh... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6033793 | Integrated power module An integrated power module for generating thermal and electrical power is provided within a housing which includes inlets for fuel and for air, a reformer chamber, a fuel cell stack, and a combustion chamber. Oxygen-containing gas, such as air, is introdu... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5434741 | Consumable semiconductor igniter plug An apparatus and method extends the useful life of a low tension igniter plug by advancing a homogeneous semiconductor element as it is consumed over time by sparks between a central conductor and an outer metal shell of the plug. An insulator surrounds a... | 07/18/1995 |
| 4944280 | Separated circuit hot spark producing apparatus A spark gap producing apparatus that introduces an auxiliary gap in the electrical path between the spark source and the spark plug of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The spark apparatus can be permanently installed such that it maintains a re... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4046127 | Spark boosting device The invention comprises a spark booster for use in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine. Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed. Each embodiment comprises two electrically conductive members which are spaced from each other to defi... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3970053 | Internal combustion engines An internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, a combustion chamber externally of the cylinder and communicating with the cylinder, and spark ignition means, which preferably comprises a first electrode supported in a central region of the co... | 07/20/1976 |
