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US 2014/0232256 A1Published application
Traveling spark igniter
AssigneeKnite, Inc.
InventorArtur P. Suckewer
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AssigneeKnite, Inc.
InventorArtur P. Suckewer
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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.
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 extending substantially parallel to each other for a distance both above and below said surface, the insulating member being shaped with a channel 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, whereby when a potential is applied to the electrodes sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, said surface of the insulating member defines a plasma initiation region.
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 extending substantially parallel to each other for a distance both above and below said surface, the surface of the insulating member having a conductivity enhancing agent and the insulating member and electrodes being 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.
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An igniter having at least two electrodes spaced from each other by an insulating member having a surface at least partly filling a gap between the electrodes, the electrodes extending substantially parallel to each other for a distance both above and below said surface, the insulating member being shaped with a channel 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, whereby when a potential is applied to the electrodes sufficient to cause breakdown to occur between the electrodes, said surface of the insulating member defines a plasma initiation region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.