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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Jess W. Gingrich, San Antonio, TX (US);
Terrence F. Alger, Ii, San Antonio, TX (US);
Charles E. Roberts, Jr., Helotes, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jess W. Gingrich, San Antonio, TX (US);
Terrence F. Alger, II, San Antonio, TX (US);
Charles E. Roberts, Jr., Helotes, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 3/02 (2006.01); F02P 23/00 (2006.01); F02P 23/04 (2006.01); F02M 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 23/045 (2013.01); F02M 2027/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of improving the combustion of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine. Such engines have at least one cylinder, each cylinder having a compression chamber and operated such that an air-fuel mixture introduced into the combustion chamber is ignited to cause a combustion event. An antenna is placed within the combustion chamber, and is used to apply electromagnetic energy to the combustion.