Patents by Inventor Zdenek Svimbersky

Zdenek Svimbersky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Distribution of corona igniter power signal
    Patent number: 9525274
    Abstract: A corona discharge ignition system comprising a plurality of corona igniters is provided. The system includes a control and drive electronics unit for directing the energy from a power supply toward the corona igniters; and a single transformer disposed between the control and drive electronics unit and the plurality of corona igniters. A plurality of igniter switching units is connected to the control and drive electronics unit and each igniter switching unit is connected to a separate one of the corona igniters. Each igniter switching unit allows current to travel from the transformer to the one connected corona igniter when activated and prevents current from traveling from the transformer to the one connected corona igniter and from the one connected corona igniter toward the transformer when deactivated. Only one of the igniter switching units is activated at any given time during operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Ignition Company
    Inventors: John Antony Burrows, Zdenek Svimbersky, Robert Emil Ratz
  • DISTRIBUTION OF CORONA IGNITER POWER SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20150311680
    Abstract: A corona discharge ignition system comprising a plurality of corona igniters is provided. The system includes a control and drive electronics unit for directing the energy from a power supply toward the corona igniters; and a single transformer disposed between the control and drive electronics unit and the plurality of corona igniters. A plurality of igniter switching units is connected to the control and drive electronics unit and each igniter switching unit is connected to a separate one of the corona igniters. Each igniter switching unit allows current to travel from the transformer to the one connected corona igniter when activated and prevents current from traveling from the transformer to the one connected corona igniter and from the one connected corona igniter toward the transformer when deactivated. Only one of the igniter switching units is activated at any given time during operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: John Antony Burrows, Zdenek Svimbersky, Robert Emil