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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Don Andreas Josephine Kees, Billericay, GB;
Stephan Daren Carroll, Wadhurst, GB;
Inventors:
Don Andreas Josephine Kees, Billericay, GB;
Stephan Daren Carroll, Wadhurst, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal combustion enginehas a cylinder headslideably supporting one or more poppet valves. At least one of the poppet valvesin each combustion chamber of the enginehas a primary electrodeconnected thereto so as to be electrically insulated from the cylinder head. The primary electrodeforms in combination with one or more secondary electrodesone or more electrode pairs between each of which an electrical discharge is selectively caused to flow so as to initiate combustion in the respective combustion chamber.