EP0118789A1 - Bougie d'allumage pour moteurs à combustion interne - Google Patents

Bougie d'allumage pour moteurs à combustion interne Download PDF

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EP0118789A1
EP0118789A1 EP84101508A EP84101508A EP0118789A1 EP 0118789 A1 EP0118789 A1 EP 0118789A1 EP 84101508 A EP84101508 A EP 84101508A EP 84101508 A EP84101508 A EP 84101508A EP 0118789 A1 EP0118789 A1 EP 0118789A1
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Werner Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Herden
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01TSPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/40Sparking plugs structurally combined with other devices
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02PIGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P13/00Sparking plugs structurally combined with other parts of internal-combustion engines
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02PIGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P3/00Other installations
    • F02P3/06Other installations having capacitive energy storage
    • F02P3/08Layout of circuits
    • F02P3/0807Closing the discharge circuit of the storage capacitor with electronic switching means
    • F02P3/0823Closing the discharge circuit of the storage capacitor with electronic switching means with electronic tubes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02PIGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P9/00Electric spark ignition control, not otherwise provided for
    • F02P9/002Control of spark intensity, intensifying, lengthening, suppression
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01TSPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/46Sparking plugs having two or more spark gaps
    • H01T13/462Sparking plugs having two or more spark gaps in series connection
    • H01T13/465Sparking plugs having two or more spark gaps in series connection one spark gap being incorporated in the sparking plug

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  • the invention relates to a spark plug according to the preamble of the main claim;
  • a spark plug is already known (DE-OS 23 63 804, DE-AS 28 10 159), in which in the immediate vicinity of the ignition electrodes by means of a capacitor and a spark gap, electrical energy is buffered in an amount that is opposite to one another in the breakdown phase of the ignition spark conventional spark plugs causes increased energy turnover.
  • the spark plug according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage that, in addition to the increased energy consumption in the breakdown phase of the ignition spark, it also has an increased supply of voltage, on the basis of an unchanged input voltage to the spark plug.
  • FIG. 1 shows the schematic structure of a spark plug according to the invention in an unscaled representation
  • FIG. 2 shows the equivalent circuit diagram of such a spark plug.
  • the high-voltage spark plug 10 shown in FIG. 1 has an essentially tubular metal housing 11, which on its outside has a screw-in thread 12, a hexagon key 13 and a sealing seat 14 as a means for installing the spark plug 10 in an engine head (not shown);
  • this metal housing 11 has a hook-shaped ground electrode 15, which in the present example is designed as a welded-on wire, but can also be of a different configuration.
  • the metal housing 11 comprises in its through bore 16 in a known manner a rotationally symmetrical electrical insulating body 17 which projects at least on the connection side out of the through bore 16 of the metal housing 11.
  • This electrical insulating body 17, which consists essentially of aluminum oxide, for example, precedes lying example from three parts together, namely from the connection-side head 17/1, an insert 17/2 and a combustion chamber-side foot 17/3.
  • the end face 18 of the electrical insulating body foot 17/3 on the combustion chamber side rests on a shoulder 19 formed on the combustion chamber side in the through hole 16 of the metal housing and is laterally fixed in the through hole 16.
  • a recess 20 is formed in the connection-side end section of the electrical insulating body base 17/3, in which the electrical insulating body insert 17/2 is fixed and fixed.
  • This depression 20 in the electrical insulating body foot 17/3 continues on the combustion chamber side in a longitudinal bore 21/3 with a shoulder 22 located near the end section on the combustion chamber side; this longitudinal bore 21/3 emerges on the combustion chamber side from the end face 18 of the electrical insulator base 17/3 and continues on the connection side in the electrical insulator insert 17/2 as a longitudinal bore 21/2.
  • This longitudinal bore 21/3 and 21/2 continue even further in a longitudinal bore 21/1, which axially passes through the electrical insulator head 17/1.
  • This electrical insulating body head 17/1 has a flange 23 on the combustion chamber side, on the connection-side bevel 24 of which a flange 25 of the connection-side end section of the metal housing 11 is placed and holds the multi-part electrical insulation body 17 firmly together.
  • sealing means and compensating elements known per se for the different expansion behavior of the different components of this spark plug 10 has been omitted.
  • an electrically conductive connecting bolt 27 which has a thread 28 and a collar 29 on its connection-side end section projecting from the electrical insulating body head 17/1, with which it attaches itself to the supports end face 30 of the electrical insulating body head 17/1.
  • the combustion chamber-side end section of this connecting bolt 27 ends approximately with the combustion chamber-side end face 31 of the electrical insulation body head 17/1 and continues in a first electrode 32 of a spark gap 33.
  • This spark gap 33 which is known per se and is preferably enclosed in a capsule 34, is arranged in the longitudinal bore 21/2 of the electrical insulator insert 17/2 and has a second electrode 35, which emerges from the capsule 34 of the spark gap 33 on the combustion chamber side .
  • the second electrode 35 of the spark gap 33 continues in part of the longitudinal bore 21/3 of the electrical insulator base 17/3 and, with a considerable part of its end section on the combustion chamber side, represents a first charge carrier 36 of a capacitor 37; z serves as dielectric.
  • B. a layer of aluminum oxide, which is applied to this first charge carrier 36.
  • the second charge carrier 39 of this capacitor 37 is formed by a metallic tube which rests on the layer-shaped dielectric 38, is closed at its end on the combustion chamber side and emerges as the central electrode 40 from the longitudinal bore 21/3 of the electrical insulating body base 17/3 on the combustion chamber side.
  • This center electrode 40 has a shoulder 41 on its outside, with which it is supported on the shoulder 22 in the longitudinal bore 21/3 of the insulating body foot 17/3.
  • the gap between the center electrode 40 and the ground electrode 15 forms the spark gap 42.
  • two further longitudinal bores 43 and 44 are also formed in the electrical insulator insert 17/2: in each of these longitudinal bores 43 and 44 there is a high-resistance resistor 45 or 46.
  • the resistor 45 is connected on the connection side with the connecting bolt 27 an electrical connector 47 is connected, which is arranged between the combustion chamber-side end face 31 of the electrical insulating body head 17/1 and the electrical insulating body insert 17/2; the combustion chamber end of this resistor 45 is connected to the second charge carrier 39 of the capacitor 37 via a connector 48 which runs at the combustion chamber end of the electrical insulator insert 17/2.
  • the other high-resistance resistor 46 is connected on the connection side to the metal housing 11 via a connector 49 which runs between the combustion-chamber-side end face 31 of the electrical insulating body head 17/1 and the electrical insulating body insert 17/2; the combustion chamber end of this resistor 46 is connected to the second electrode 35 of the spark gap 33 via an electrical connector 50 which runs at the combustion chamber end of the electrical insulator insert 17/2.
  • the connectors 48 and 49 are preferably embedded in an electrically insulating material which is connected to the dielectric 38 of the capacitor 37.
  • An additional capacitor 51 is formed from a metal tube representing the first charge carrier 52, which is arranged on the outer surface of the electrical insulator base 17/3 and is covered by a thin-layer dielectric 53 made of a known material (for example aluminum oxide), and the one acting as a second charge carrier Metal housing 11.
  • the first charge carrier of this capacitor 51 is also electrically connected to the connecting bolt 27 at its connection-side end via a section 47 'of the connector 47.
  • FIG. 2 shows the equivalent circuit diagram of the spark plug according to the invention; the reference symbols used therein correspond to the respective components of the spark plug 10 according to FIG. 1.
  • the connecting bolt 27 is provided for connection to the secondary winding of an ignition coil, not shown.
  • a first line branch extends from this connecting bolt 27, which leads first to the ground-forming housing 11 via the spark gap 33, then via the capacitor 37 and finally via the spark gap 32 formed between the central electrode 40 and the ground electrode 15.
  • a high-resistance resistor 46 is located in the bypass to the aforementioned capacitor 37 and to the spark gap 42.
  • the other high-resistance resistor 45 is arranged in a shunt to the spark gap 33 and the capacitor 37.
  • Another circuit branch branches off from the connecting bolt 27 and contains the capacitor 51, the second charge carrier of which is formed by the housing 11 which is connected to ground.
  • spark gap 33 the components located in spark plug 10
  • resistors 45 and 46 the components located in spark plug 10
  • capacitors 37 and 51 can also be attached outside but close to spark plug 10 (e.g. in the connector (not shown)); however, the accommodation of the spark gap 33, possibly also at least one of the tubular capacitors 37 or 51, which are preferably arranged coaxially to the central electrode 40, is advantageous.

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EP84101508A 1983-03-10 1984-02-14 Bougie d'allumage pour moteurs à combustion interne Expired EP0118789B1 (fr)

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EP0302474A1 (fr) * 1987-08-04 1989-02-08 Nippon Soken, Inc. Bougie d'allumage
EP0408089A2 (fr) * 1984-02-27 1991-01-16 Hensley Plasma Plug Partnership dba HDI Research Dispositif d'initiation de la combustion des mélanges air-essence dans un moteur à combustion interne
US8672721B2 (en) 2006-07-21 2014-03-18 Enerpulse, Inc. High power discharge fuel ignitor
US8922102B2 (en) 2006-05-12 2014-12-30 Enerpulse, Inc. Composite spark plug
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EP0147613A3 (fr) * 1983-12-24 1985-08-07 Robert Bosch Gmbh Bougie d'allumage pour un moteur à combustion interne
EP0408089A2 (fr) * 1984-02-27 1991-01-16 Hensley Plasma Plug Partnership dba HDI Research Dispositif d'initiation de la combustion des mélanges air-essence dans un moteur à combustion interne
EP0408089A3 (en) * 1984-02-27 1991-03-20 Hensley Plasma Plug Partnership Dba Hdi Research Apparatus for initiating combustion of fuel-air mixtures in an internal combustion engine
EP0302474A1 (fr) * 1987-08-04 1989-02-08 Nippon Soken, Inc. Bougie d'allumage
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