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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Alphaport, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Anthony J. Miranda, Hinckley, OH (US);
John Heese, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Alphaport, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/95 (2006.01); H01T 4/10 (2006.01); H01T 15/00 (2006.01); H01T 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/95 (2013.01); H01T 4/10 (2013.01); H01T 14/00 (2013.01); H01T 15/00 (2013.01); F05D 2220/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardware configuration and related control strategy is disclosed that accepts an electric power input typical of space flight systems and converts that energy into a spark pulse train with fixed/predetermined performance metrics for the following system parameters: time to first spark, peak breakdown voltage amplitude, spark repetition rate and energy delivered per spark, which have all been optimally chosen to reliably ignite certain fuel mixtures, which have been proven to be beneficial for use in aerospace applications.