Patent ID: 7757650
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: F02M,F02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A gas engine for burning a gaseous fuel-air mixture, comprising: a combustion chamber or a precombustion chamber receiving the gaseous fuel-air mixture; at least one ignition device projecting into the combustion chamber or the precombustion chamber to ignite the gaseous fuel-air mixture and comprising a heating device as an ignition source; and a mounting unit separating the heating device from the fuel-air mixture to be ignited, wherein the mounting unit comprises a heatable section in contact with the fuel-air mixture to be ignited, and wherein the heating device is configured to heat the heatable section to a temperature required to ignite the fuel-air mixture, the mounting unit being sleeve-shaped and the heatable section comprising a disk-shaped end part of the sleeve-shaped mounting unit, a geometry and a material of the heatable section being configured such that a first surface of the heatable section facing the fuel-air mixture is heatable by the heating device to the temperature required to ignite the fuel-air mixture.