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Spark ignition system and spark plug for ultra lean fuel/air mixtures

US5705892A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1997
Grant dateJan 6, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01T13/40
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A spark ignition system and spark plug for utilization in an internal combustion engine combusting an ultra lean fuel/air mixture has capacitors and rectifiers built within the spark plug and the system is constructed to be compact and capable of delivering a controlled spark that has the physical properties of providing a very fast, high power pulse or train of pulses greater than conventional spark plugs.

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