Patents by Inventor Maurice Kettner

Maurice Kettner 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).

  • Laser ignition for gas mixtures
    Patent number: 8181617
    Abstract: An ignition device for the ignition of a gas mixture in a main combustion chamber (1), in particular of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, wherein the absorber body (5) is heated by means of a laser (8). A prechamber (10) is located upstream of the absorber body (5) on the combustion chamber inner side (6) in order to improve the ignition behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Multitorch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Kuhnert, Maurice Kettner, Georg Maul
  • Laser ignition for gas mixtures
    Publication number: 20100147259
    Abstract: An ignition device for the ignition of a gas mixture in a main combustion chamber (1), in particular of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, wherein the absorber body (5) is heated by means of a laser (8). A prechamber (10) is located upstream of the absorber body (5) on the combustion chamber inner side (6) in order to improve the ignition behaviour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Dieter Kuhnert, Maurice Kettner, Georg Maul