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US 2014/0190438 A1Published application
Plasma generating device and internal combustion engine
AssigneeImagineering, Inc.
InventorYuji Ikeda
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AssigneeImagineering, Inc.
InventorYuji Ikeda
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The size of the plasma produced by a plasma-generating device that generates plasma using electromagnetic (EM) radiation is enlarged. The plasma-generating device has an EM-wave-generating device that generates EM radiation, a radiation antenna that emits the EM radiation supplied from the EM-wave-generating device to a target space, and a receiving antenna located near the radiation antenna. The receiving antenna is grounded such that an adjacent portion that is close to the radiation antenna has a higher voltage while the EM radiation is emitted from the radiation antenna. The plasma-generating device generates plasma in the target space near the radiation antenna and the adjacent portion by emitting EM radiation from the radiation antenna.
A plasma-generating device comprising:
An internal combustion engine including an internal combustion engine body formed with a combustion chamber, and an EM-wave-emitting device that emits EM radiation into the combustion chamber from a radiation antenna, wherein the combustion of an air-fuel mixture is enhanced by the EM radiation emitted into the combustion chamber;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.