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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Borgwarner Beru Systems Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Timo Stifel, Korntal-Münchingen, DE;
Helmut Müller, Hessigheim, DE;
BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to corona ignition device for igniting fuel in a combustion chamber of an engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising an insulator, a center electrode, which plugs into the insulator and carries an ignition head having a plurality of ignition needles, and a housing, into which the insulator plugs. In accordance with the invention, the ignition needles and the center electrode plug into the ignition head. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ignition head for a corona ignition device, wherein a green compact of the ignition head is produced by injection molding of metal powder, and the green compact is sintered while ignition needles and/or a center electrode plug thereinto.