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US 12,123,594 B1Granted
Lighter
OwnerPhilipp Borerinventor
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Abstract
The lighter is an ignition device. The lighter includes a housing structure, a fuel system, and an ignition circuit. The housing contains the fuel system and the ignition circuit. The fuel system provides the ignition circuit with a supply of a hydrocarbon based fuel. The ignition system provides the fuel with a source of plasma that is used to initiate a combustion reaction that converts the fuel into a flame. The ignition system continuously provides the plasma to the fuel to ensure that the flame is continuously sustained.
Claims17
A lighter comprising
- wherein the lighter comprises a housing structure, a fuel system, and an ignition circuit;
- wherein the housing structure contains the fuel system and the ignition circuit;
- wherein the ignition circuit comprises a booster coil circuit, an ignition switch, an arc gap, and a battery;
- wherein the booster coil circuit is an electric circuit that electrically connects to the ignition switch;
- wherein the booster coil circuit receives and stores electric energy from the battery;
- wherein the booster coil circuit receives a voltage from the battery;
- wherein the received electric energy is stored at a voltage greater than the voltage of the battery;
- wherein the booster coil circuit discharges the stored electric energy through the ignition switch into the arc gap;
- wherein the voltage of the electric energy stored by the booster coil circuit is selected such that the electric energy will ionize the atmosphere when the electric energy is discharged through the arc gap;
- wherein the ionization of the atmosphere by the electric energy released by the booster coil circuit ignites the gas phase fuel that has evaporated into the atmosphere to initiate the combustion reaction and the associated flame.
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