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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1989
Jimmy L Lee, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Zenion Industries, Inc., Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a combustion air ionization method and apparatus for internal combustion engines. In the preferred method, combustion air is moved past an electrical charge source. A voltage source providing a series of voltage pulses of a single polarity ranging from a non-zero base voltage to a predetermined peak voltage is connected in a circuit path to the electrical charge source. The preferred apparatus practicing this method consists essentially of an electrical charge source disposed within a container upstream of the engine's combustion air intake. The voltage source applies its voltage pulses to the charge source, thereby ionizing the air moving past the charge source.