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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Terrence Francis Alger, Ii, San Antonio, TX (US);
Barrett Wade Mangold, Atascosa, TX (US);
Inventors:
Terrence Francis Alger, II, San Antonio, TX (US);
Barrett Wade Mangold, Atascosa, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 13/00 (2006.01); H01T 13/20 (2006.01); H01T 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dual-electrode spark igniter (spark plug), which has two electrodes extending from the plug body. During a spark event, electricity flows across a first spark gap from a first electrode to a second electrode. Electricity also flows across a second spark gap from the second electrode to ground.