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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Champion Aerospace Llc, Liberty, SC (US);
Steven J. Cannady, Liberty, SC (US);
Thomas L. Justice, Anderson, SC (US);
George D. Lambrinos, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Stanley K. Thompson, Liberty, SC (US);
Champion Aerospace LLC, Liberty, SC (US);
Abstract
An igniter for a gas turbine engine has a shell; an insulator secured within said shell; a center electrode secured within said insulator and electrically isolated from said shell by said insulator, said center electrode having a firing tip formed from a platinum-iridium (PtIr) alloy and having a diameter of at least 0.09 inches; and a ground electrode mounting on said shell and terminating at a firing end of the igniter that is spaced from the firing tip by a gap, said ground electrode having at least one pin comprising ruthenium (Ru) or a ruthenium alloy. The igniter is advantageously used with an ignition system having a positive polarity pulse output.
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