Open-chamber multi-spark plug
US8294346B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01T13/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine radio frequency spark plug including two plasma-generating electrodes, separated by an insulator, that constitute respectively an outer shell enclosing the insulator and a central electrode housed in a central bore of the insulator. The spark plug includes a deep opening over the entire circumference of the shell, forming a heat-exchanger chamber inside the spark plug shell, opening outwards.
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