Dual-mode ignition system utilizing traveling spark ignitor
    1.
    发明授权
    Dual-mode ignition system utilizing traveling spark ignitor 有权
    双模点火系统利用行驶火花点火器

    公开(公告)号:US06553981B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-29

    申请号:US09596171

    申请日:2000-06-16

    IPC分类号: F02P900

    摘要: In one embodiment, a system for providing electrical energy to a traveling spark ignitor operating in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system may include a conventional ignition system connected to the ignitor and a follow-on current producer which produces a follow-on current that travels between electrodes of the ignitor after an initial discharge of the conventional ignition system through the ignitor. The system may also include a disabling element that prevents the follow-on current from being transmitted to the ignitor. The disabling element may prevent the follow-on current from being transmitted to the ignitor based upon current operating conditions of the engine. When the disabling element prevents the follow-on current from being transmitted to the ignitor the system operates in a conventional manner. When the disabling element allows the follow-on current to be transmitted to the ignitor the system operates in a in manner that creates a traveling spark between the electrodes of the ignitor.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,公开了一种用于向在内燃机中操作的行驶火花点火器提供电能的系统。 系统可以包括连接到点火器的常规点火系统和后续电流产生器,其在通过点火器的常规点火系统的初始放电之后产生在点火器的电极之间传播的后续电流。 该系统还可以包括阻止后续电流被传送到点火器的禁用元件。 禁用元件可以基于发动机的当前操作条件来阻止后续电流被传送到点火器。 当禁用元件防止后续电流被传送到点火器时,系统以常规方式操作。 当禁用元件允许将后续电流传输到点火器时,系统以在点火器的电极之间产生行进火花的方式操作。

    Long-life traveling spark ignitor and associated firing circuitry
    2.
    发明授权
    Long-life traveling spark ignitor and associated firing circuitry 有权
    长寿命旅行火花点火器和相关的点火电路

    公开(公告)号:US06474321B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-05

    申请号:US09595703

    申请日:2000-06-16

    IPC分类号: F02P302

    CPC分类号: H01T13/50 F02P9/007

    摘要: An ignitor and associated electronics for igniting a combustible mixture in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine are described. The ignitor includes at least two spaced-apart electrodes that define a discharge gap. The space between the electrodes is substantially filled with a dielectric material. The dielectric material is spaced-apart from at least one of the electrodes to provide an air gap over which an initial voltage breakdown between the electrodes will occur. The air gap serves to vary the location of the initial breakdown and as a barrier to a short circuit between the electrodes due to carbon and/or metal deposit buildup on the dielectric material. The associated electronics provide a first potential between the electrodes that generates a plasma between the electrodes. Then the volume of the plasma is increased by the application of a second potential that creates a current through the plasma. The plasma, as well as the current passing through, is swept outward due to the interaction of Lorentz and thermal expansion forces with the plasma. Also described are relative orientations of the electrodes that lead to greater plasma formation.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于点燃内燃机的气缸中的可燃混合物的点火器和相关联的电子器件。 点火器包括限定放电间隙的至少两个间隔开的电极。 电极之间的空间基本上被电介质材料填充。 电介质材料与至少一个电极间隔开,以提供气隙,电极之间将发生初始电压击穿。 空气间隙用于改变初始击穿的位置,并且由于电介质材料上的碳和/或金属沉积物积聚而导致电极之间短路的障碍。 相关联的电子器件在电极之间提供在电极之间产生等离子体的第一电位。 然后通过施加产生通过等离子体的电流的第二电位来增加等离子体的体积。 由于洛伦兹和热膨胀力与等离子体的相互作用,等离子体以及通过的电流被向外扫过。 还描述了导致更大等离子体形成的电极的相对取向。

    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure 有权
    在高压下运行火花点火器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08186321B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-29

    申请号:US12313927

    申请日:2008-11-26

    IPC分类号: F02P3/02

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    摘要翻译: 一种点火电路和在包括高压发动机的内燃机中操作点火器(优选行进火花点火器)的方法。 高电压施加到点火器的电极上,足以在电极之间发生击穿,导致点火器中的高电流放电,在电极之间的隔离器的表面上,以及在电极中形成等离子体核 邻近所述表面的燃料 - 空气混合物。 在击穿之后,将一个或多个较低电压和较低电流脉冲的序列施加到所述电极,其中通过脉冲之间的等离子体维持低的“煨”电流,防止总等离子体复合并允许等离子体内核朝着空闲状态移动 每个脉冲端电极。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER AT HIGH PRESSURE
    4.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER AT HIGH PRESSURE 有权
    用于在高压下操作旅行火山灰的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110309749A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-22

    申请号:US13222298

    申请日:2011-08-31

    IPC分类号: H05H1/48

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    摘要翻译: 一种点火电路和在包括高压发动机的内燃机中操作点火器(优选行进火花点火器)的方法。 高电压施加到点火器的电极上,足以在电极之间发生击穿,导致点火器中的高电流放电,在电极之间的隔离器的表面上,以及在电极中形成等离子体核 邻近所述表面的燃料 - 空气混合物。 在击穿之后,将一个或多个较低电压和较低电流脉冲的序列施加到所述电极,其中通过脉冲之间的等离子体维持低的“煨”电流,防止总等离子体复合并允许等离子体内核朝着空闲状态移动 每个脉冲端电极。

    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure 有权
    在高压下运行火花点火器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08622041B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-07

    申请号:US13222298

    申请日:2011-08-31

    IPC分类号: F02P3/02

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    摘要翻译: 一种点火电路和在包括高压发动机的内燃机中操作点火器(优选行进火花点火器)的方法。 高电压施加到点火器的电极上,足以在电极之间发生击穿,导致点火器中的高电流放电,在电极之间的隔离器的表面上,以及在电极中形成等离子体核 邻近所述表面的燃料 - 空气混合物。 在击穿之后,将一个或多个较低电压和较低电流脉冲的序列施加到所述电极,其中通过脉冲之间的等离子体维持低的“煨”电流,防止总等离子体复合并允许等离子体内核朝着空闲状态移动 每个脉冲端电极。

    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure 有权
    在高压下运行火花点火器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07467612B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-23

    申请号:US11407850

    申请日:2006-04-19

    IPC分类号: F02P3/02

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    摘要翻译: 一种点火电路和在包括高压发动机的内燃机中操作点火器(优选行进火花点火器)的方法。 高电压施加到点火器的电极上,足以在电极之间发生击穿,导致点火器中的高电流放电,在电极之间的隔离器的表面上,以及在电极中形成等离子体核 邻近所述表面的燃料 - 空气混合物。 在击穿之后,将一个或多个较低电压和较低电流脉冲的序列施加到所述电极,其中通过脉冲之间的等离子体维持低的“煨”电流,防止总等离子体复合并允许等离子体内核朝着空闲状态移动 每个脉冲端电极。

    TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER
    7.
    发明申请
    TRAVELING SPARK IGNITER 审中-公开
    旅行火山灰

    公开(公告)号:US20140232256A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-21

    申请号:US14234756

    申请日:2012-07-26

    申请人: Artur P. Suckewer

    发明人: Artur P. Suckewer

    IPC分类号: H01T13/22 H01T13/52

    摘要: An igniter having at least two electrodes spaced from each other by an insulating member having a substantially continuous surface along a path between the electrodes. The electrodes extend substantially parallel to each other for a distance both above and below said surface. The insulating member has a channel (recess) for receiving at least a portion of a length of at least one of said electrodes below and to said surface of the insulating member. The surface of the insulating member may preferably be augmented with a conductivity enhancing agent. The insulating member and electrodes are configured so that an electric field between the electrodes at said surface does not have abrupt field intensity changes, whereby when a potential is applied to the electrodes sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, discharge occurs at said surface of the insulating member to define a plasma initiation region.

    摘要翻译: 具有至少两个电极的点火器,所述至少两个电极通过绝缘构件彼此隔开,所述绝缘构件具有沿电极之间的路径的基本上连续的表面 电极在所述表面的上方和下方彼此大致平行延伸一段距离。 绝缘构件具有用于在绝缘构件的下方和所述表面上接收至少一个所述电极的至少一个长度的通道(凹部)。 优选地,绝缘构件的表面可以用导电性增强剂增强。 绝缘构件和电极被构造成使得所述表面处的电极之间的电场不具有突然的场强变化,由此当对电极施加足以使电极发生击穿的电位时,在所述表面上发生放电 以限定等离子体起始区域。

    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for operating traveling spark igniter at high pressure 有权
    在高压下运行火花点火器的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090194513A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-06

    申请号:US12313927

    申请日:2008-11-26

    IPC分类号: H05H1/26

    摘要: An ignition circuit and a method of operating an igniter (preferably a traveling spark igniter) in an internal combustion engine, including a high pressure engine. A high voltage is applied to electrodes of the igniter, sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, resulting in a high current electrical discharge in the igniter, over a surface of an isolator between the electrodes, and formation of a plasma kernel in a fuel-air mixture adjacent said surface. Following breakdown, a sequence of one or more lower voltage and lower current pulses is applied to said electrodes, with a low “simmer” current being sustained through the plasma between pulses, preventing total plasma recombination and allowing the plasma kernel to move toward a free end of the electrodes with each pulse.

    摘要翻译: 一种点火电路和在包括高压发动机的内燃机中操作点火器(优选行进火花点火器)的方法。 高电压施加到点火器的电极上,足以在电极之间发生击穿,导致点火器中的高电流放电,在电极之间的隔离器的表面上,以及在电极中形成等离子体核 邻近所述表面的燃料 - 空气混合物。 在击穿之后,将一个或多个较低电压和较低电流脉冲的序列施加到所述电极,其中通过脉冲之间的等离子体维持低的“煨”电流,防止总等离子体复合并允许等离子体内核朝着空闲状态移动 每个脉冲端电极。