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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2022
Applicant:

Federal-mogul Ignition Gmbh, Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, DE;

Inventors:

Werner Niessner, Steinheim, DE;

Peter Janas-Habu, Duisburg, DE;

Michael A. Golin, Dexter, MI (US);

Assignee:

FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH, Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 13/16 (2006.01); H01T 13/54 (2006.01); H01T 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 13/16 (2013.01); H01T 13/54 (2013.01); H01T 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A prechamber spark plug having a thermally enhanced prechamber cap with a thermally conductive core, such as one made from a copper-, aluminum- and/or silver-based material. Due to its location and function, a prechamber cap is exposed to thermal energy from a pre-combustion process taking place within a prechamber, as well as thermal energy from a combustion process taking place in a main combustion chamber. Thus, the prechamber cap is being heated on both its interior and its exterior and, if not sufficiently cooled, can become so hot that it undesirably triggers preignition events in the engine. The thermally enhanced prechamber cap may include a main body with an interior surface and an exterior surface, a thermally conductive core with one or more thermal segments and insert segments, and one or more openings extending between a prechamber and a main combustion chamber, where each opening extends through an insert segment that is designed to resistant to corrosion and/or erosion.


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