Timing chamber ignition method and apparatus
US4977873A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for timed ignition of a fuel-air mixture in internal combustion engines, incorporated therein or as a replacement unit therefor, providing an ignition chamber open into the combustion chamber, there being a catalytic igniter positioned in the ignition chamber to contact a pressure front of said fuel-air mixture penetrating the ignition chamber during the compression cycle and ignited thereby to effect the power cycle.
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