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Rotary combustion engine having improved ignition means

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7355444
An improved ignition device was designed for a rotary internal combustion engine having a housing with a peripheral inner wall surface defining a multilobe cavity and in which a rotor is eccentrically supported for planetary rotation. The device consists of: (1) a spark plug having an elongated electrode; (2) a support in the housing for the spark plug; and (3) an ignition channel for communicating the ante-chamber with successive working chambers.
Assignee:
Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft
Patent Number(s):
US 3941097
OSTI ID:
7355444
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English