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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Flexible ignition device for gasoline compression ignition combustion in internal combustion engines
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventor:
Nayan Engineer, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 23/04 (2006.01); F02B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 23/04 (2013.01); F02B 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure presents, in one or more embodiments, an ignition device for a gasoline compression ignition engine. The ignition device includes a shuttle plunger with a gas chamber. The gas chamber is delimited by at least one sidewall of the shuttle plunger and captures exhaust gases. The ignition device also includes an electromagnetic coil that actuates the shuttle plunger in a first direction, a main body with a cavity containing the shuttle plunger and the electromagnetic coil, and a center electrode, fixed to the shuttle plunger, that ignites a fuel mixture.