Patents by Inventor Mark Plantrich

Mark Plantrich 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).

  • Patent number: 8074620
    Abstract: A pre-chamber for use with a spark plug or glow plug, the chamber being secured at an upper end attachable unit associated with an internal combustion cylinder. The pre-chamber is designed to promote faster ionization resulting in more efficient spark to flame ignition (due to voltage buildup being delayed until a generated spark jumps the gap), or beat to flame ignition (due to the introduction temperature of the injected plasma) and, in each instance, results in faster propagation of flame within the compressed cylinder, thereby achieving more efficient and consistent (cycle to cycle) output in combination with lower exhaust temperatures. A plurality of outlet ports are defined, such as perimeter/radially extending fashion, in an outlet end of the pre chamber body and communicate the combusted fuels as a plurality of flame outlets with a remaining volume of atomized fuel within the combustion chamber during a power outlet stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventors: Gerald Filipek, Mark Plantrich
  • Publication number: 20090025670
    Abstract: A pre-chamber for use with a spark plug or glow plug, the chamber being secured at an upper end attachable unit associated with an internal combustion cylinder. The pre-chamber is designed to promote faster ionization resulting in more efficient spark to flame ignition (due to voltage buildup being delayed until a generated spark jumps the gap), or beat to flame ignition (due to the introduction temperature of the injected plasma) and, in each instance, results in faster propagation of flame within the compressed cylinder, thereby achieving more efficient and consistent (cycle to cycle) output in combination with lower exhaust temperatures. A plurality of outlet ports are defined, such as perimeter/radially extending fashion, in an outlet end of the pre chamber body and communicate the combusted fuels as a plurality of flame outlets with a remaining volume of atomized fuel within the combustion chamber during a power outlet stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Gerald Filipek, Mark Plantrich
  • Publication number: 20090025669
    Abstract: An ignition cell for incorporation into a cylinder head containing a piston. A body is affixed to an upper end location of the cylinder head and includes an ignition source end for communicating a heat supply to the body. An interior defined pre-ignition chamber is configured both for admitting atomized fuel and expelling non-volatile fuel during a compression cycle associated with the cylinder head. The heat source is communicated to the pre-ignition chamber and causes combustion of the atomized fuels within the pre-ignition chamber at a point in time ranging from between 20% of a top dead center position associated with a compression stroke and an absolute top dead center position of the cylinder head relative to the cylinder. A plurality of ports are defined in an end of the body, opposite the ignition source, for communicating the combusted fuels as a plurality of flame outlets with a remaining volume of atomized fuel, within the combustion chamber during a power outlet stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Gerald Filipek, Mark Plantrich, William Mach