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Laser-induced spark ignition for an internal combustion engine

US9377003B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Pascal Woerner · Ditzingen, DE
Juergen Raimann · Weil der Stadt, DE
Joerg Engelhardt · Ditzingen, DE
Martin Weinrotter · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2011
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02P13/00
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Laser spark plug for an internal combustion engine has at least one laser unit for guiding, shaping and/or generating laser radiation, further including a combustion chamber window, and a housing which has, on the opposite side of the combustion chamber window from the laser unit, an aperture for the passage of the laser radiation guided, shaped and/or generated by the laser unit into a combustion chamber, the length of the aperture being 4 mm or more.

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