Abstract:
An ignition device is provided, the ignition device comprises a coaxial structural body comprising an inner conductor 2, an outer conductor 3, and an insulator 4 that insulates both the conductors 2 and 3, which are coaxially provided with one another along an axial direction. A connection terminal 5 is arranged at one axial end side of the coaxial structural body and connecting the inner conductor 2 and the outer conductor 3 to the electromagnetic wave oscillator MW. The inner conductor 2 has a linearly extended part protruding at another axial end side of the coaxial structural body extending outwards from the outer conductor 3 in the axial direction and a spirally extended part continuously extending from the linearly extended part in a reversed direction and in a spiral manner that winds around the linearly extended part of the inner conductor 2 in a predetermined number of turns around the linearly extended part such that the inner conductor 2 forms a resonance structure and the spirally extended part 20 with the resonance structure is obtained. A diameter and a length of the inner conductor 2 that is extended outwards from the outer conductor 3, and the number of turns of the spirally extended part of the inner conductor 2 are determined such that a capacitive reactance XC and an inductive reactance XL of the spirally extended part are substantially equal to each other.
Abstract:
An injector unit that can use a gaseous fuel such as CNG in an already-existing diesel engine and a spark plug that uses the injector unit, are provided. The injector unit includes an injector, an igniter having a resonance structure configured to boost an inputted microwave and a discharger configured to perform a discharge, and a casing configured to house therein the injector and the igniter. The igniter includes a first part configured to transmit the inputted microwave, a second part configured to perform a capacity coupling to attain an impedance matching between the microwave and the igniter, and a third part configured to transmit the capacity-coupled microwave to the discharger. Moreover, the igniter is bent at a boundary of the first part and the second part, a boundary of the second part and the third part, or inside the first part.
Abstract:
A small-size injector having a built-in ignition device which can surely inject fuel and ignite the fuel with low electric power by the ignition device with a simple configuration is provided. The injector comprises a fuel injecting device 2 having a fuel injecting port 20 that injects the fuel, an ignition device 3 configured to ignite the injected fuel, and a casing 10 inside housing therein the fuel injecting device 2 and the ignition device 3 together. The ignition device 3 is constituted of a plasma generator 3 which integrally comprises a booster 5 having a resonation structure capacity-coupled with an electromagnetic wave oscillator MW configured to oscillate an electromagnetic wave, and a discharger 6 configured to cause a discharge of a high voltage generated by the booster 5.
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide an ignition system for a compact internal combustion engine, which does not require a complex system or a spark plug which discharges a high voltage, and which, by using only electromagnetic waves, can efficiently generate, expand and maintain plasma. Moreover, to provide an internal combustion engine. This ignition system is characterized by comprising: an electromagnetic wave oscillator (3) which oscillates electromagnetic waves; a control device (4) that controls the electromagnetic wave oscillator (3); and a plasma generator (10) which integrates a booster circuit (5) containing a resonant circuit capacitive coupled with the electromagnetic wave oscillator (3), and a discharge electrode (6) which discharges a high voltage generated by the booster circuit (5), wherein the plasma generator (10) comprises a plurality of discharge electrodes (6) arranged so as to be exposed within the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
Abstract:
The present invention aims at providing an antenna structure that is not susceptible to erosion and degradation caused by high frequency wave emission and is capable of efficiently emitting high frequency wave energy in accordance with a flowing flame, and an internal combustion engine including the antenna structure and an ignition device. The internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes an antenna structure including a high frequency wave transmission line that transmits a high frequency wave and an emission antenna part for emitting the high frequency wave supplied via the high frequency wave transmission line. The emission antenna part includes a metal antenna having a rod-like shape and a ceramic layer that covers at least a part of the metal antenna.