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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark A Cherry, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altronic, Inc., Girard, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ; F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123272 ; 123266 ; 123285 ; 313143 ;
Abstract
A catalytic prereaction timing ignition method and igniter unit for timed ignition of a fuel-air mixture in internal combustion engines providing an ignition chamber open into the combustion chamber of the engine, there being a catalytic igniter positioned in the ignition chamber to intercept a pressure front of stratified fuel-air mixture penetrating a prechamber timing zone of the ignition chamber and controlled by the spring rate of burnt gasses captured in a buffer zone of the ignition chamber during the compression cycle and ignited by the pressure front touching the igniter to effect the power stroke of the engine.