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US 9,611,826 B2Granted
Plasma header gasket and system
AssigneeSVMTech, LLC
InventorSerge V. Monros
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Abstract
A plasma header gasket for use with an internal combustion engine includes plasma-igniters disposed around the perimeter of apertures in the gasket corresponding to piston cylinders in the engine. The plasma-igniters produce a plasma ionization field in time with the engine to increase the efficiency of combustion.
Claims20
A plasma header gasket, comprising:
- a substrate having an aperture, wherein the aperture corresponds to a piston cylinder in an engine block;
- a plurality of Thorium-alloy conductors associated with the substrate;
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- a switched plasma-igniter electrically connected to the Thorium-alloy conductors, the switched plasma-igniter having a plasma-amplifier electrode disposed in the aperture, the plasma-amplifier electrode comprising a half-sphere conductor surrounded by and electrically isolated from a toroidal plasma emitter ring defining a plasma gap therebetween.
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A plasma header gasket system, comprising:
- a substrate having an aperture corresponding to a piston cylinder in an engine block;
- Thorium-alloy conductors associated with the substrate;
- a switched plasma-igniter electrically connected to the Thorium-alloy conductors, the switched plasma-igniter having a plasma-amplifier electrode disposed in the aperture, the plasma-amplifier electrode comprising a half-sphere conductor surrounded by and electrically isolated from a toroidal plasma emitter ring defining a plasma gap therebetween;
- a switching block disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the Thorium-alloy conductors;
- a microprocessor control unit electrically connected to the switching block, wherein the microprocessor control unit is programmed to ignite the switched plasma-igniter in time with a piston in the piston cylinder;
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- a plasma amplifier electrically connected to the switched plasma-igniter and controllable by the microprocessor control unit, wherein the plasma amplifier produces a plasma ionization field through the switched plasma-igniter when the microprocessor control unit sparks the switched plasma-igniter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.