Patent ID: 6712033
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: F02B,H01T,Y02T

Abstract:
An ignition electrode arrangement for a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, wherein the cylinder includes a cylinder head and a piston in the cylinder movable toward and away from this cylinder head;the electrode arrangement comprising: a first electrode supported in the cylinder; a second electrode supported in the cylinder, the second electrode having a tip; the first and second electrodes interacting for causing a spark for ignition of fuel in the cylinder; an ignition element fastened to the cylinder head; the first electrode is arranged on the ignition element; the second electrode being separate from the ignition element in the cylinder supported to be and being movable relative to the cylinder head and relative to the first electrode for enabling variation in a spark gap between the first and second electrodes, wherein the second electrode is movable relative to the cylinder head around an axis located a distance from the tip of the second electrode.