Ignition device for internal combustion engine

Claim 2

An ignition device for improving the combustion process in the combustion chambers of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine having electrical conductors connected between a distributor and the spark plug of each cylinder of said engine, said device comprising: an electrically conductive sleeve supported in electrically insulated relationship around each of said electrical conductors forming one plate of a condenser for each conductor of said engine for inducing an electrical potential in each of said sleeves responsive to current flow in the electrical conductor through said sleeve; and electrical conductor means interconnecting said sleeves together in parallel whereby each of said plates of the individual condensers formed for each electrical conductor are simultaneously energized responsive to current flow through the electrical conductor passing through any one of said sleeves.

Claim 3

An ignition device for conditioning the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines comprising: a plurality of serially interconnected couplers for electrically connecting the spark plug leads of said engine with the head of the distributor of said engine, each of said couplers including first conductive means for connecting said coupler into a socket of said distributor head, second conductive means spaced therefrom for connection of a spark plug lead with said coupler, an electrical conductor connected between said first and said second coupling means, an electrically conductive sleeve disposed in spaced electrically insulated relationship around said conductor between said first and second coupling meanS, an electrical conductor extending between said couplers serially interconnecting said sleeves of said couplers whereby an electrical potential is induced in one of said sleeves of said couplers responsive to electric current flowing through said conductor between said first and second coupling means of said coupler, said potential is conducted to the sleeves of the remaining couplers of said ignition device effecting a change of electrical conditions in the nonfiring combustion chambers of said engine by means of said spark plugs in said chambers.

Claim 4

An ignition device for conditioning the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines comprising: a plurality of serially interconnected couplers for electrically connecting the spark plug leads of said engine with the head of the distributor of said engine, each of said couplers including first conductive means for connecting said coupler into a socket of said distributor head, second conductive means spaced therefrom for connection of a spark plug lead with said coupler, an electrical conductor connected between said first and said second coupling means, an electrically conductive sleeve disposed in spaced electrically insulated relationship around said conductor between said first and second coupling meanS, an electrical conductor extending between said couplers serially interconnecting said sleeves of said couplers whereby an electrical potential is induced in one of said sleeves of said couplers responsive to electric current flowing through said conductor between said first and second coupling means of said coupler, said potential is conducted to the sleeves of the remaining couplers of said ignition device effecting a change of electrical conditions in the nonfiring combustion chambers of said engine by means of said spark plugs in said chambers.

Claim 5

An ignition device in accordance with claim 2 wherein said sleeve is split having a gap therein between opposite free ends and said sleeve encompasses a major circumferential portion of said coupler around said conductor through said coupler between said first and second coupling means.

Claim 6

An ignition device in accordance with claim 2 wherein in each of said couplers said first conductive means comprises a male connector adapted to be inserted into a spark plug receptacle of said distributor head and said second conductive means comprises a female receptacle for receiving the male connector of a spark plug lead.

Claim 7

An ignition device for preconditioning a fuel charge in an internal combustion engine for improving the combustion process in the combustion chambers of said engine comprising: a plurality of serially interconnected electrically conductive couplers for connecting spark plug leads of said engine into the head of the distributor of said engine, each of said couplers comprising an elongate, tubular body mandrel formed of an electrically insulating material, an electrically conductive female socket disposed in an opening at one end of said body mandrel for receiving the male connector of a spark plug lead, an elongate electrical conductor disposed through said body mandrel from said female socket member to a second end of said body mandrel, an electrically conductive connector secured on said second end of said body mandrel in electrically conductive relationship with said conductor through said body mandrel, said second end of said body mandrel and said connector comprising a male connection on said coupler for insertion into a female spark plug lead socket on a distributor head, an electrically conductive sleeve disposed in electrically insulated spaced relationship around said body mandrel encompassing said conductor through said body mandrel and within an electrical field generated around said conductor when said conductor is energized, a tubular skirt of electrically insulating material disposed on said body mandrel around and in spaced relationship from said second male end portion of said body mandrel for fitting over and gripping a said socket member of said distributor head, and an electrical conductor serially interconnecting said conductive sleeves of said couplers of said ignition device, said conductor having a portion thereof disposed through said skirt of each of said couplers and clamped in electrically conducting relationship with said sleeve of said coupler whereby electrical energy passing through one of said couplers from said distributor to a spark plug lead connected thereto induces an electrical condition in said sleeve of said coupler, said electrical condition being communicated to the sleeves of the other couplers of said ignition device for communication to the spark plugs of the nonfiring cylinders of said engine.

Claim 8

An ignition device for preconditioning a fuel charge in an internal combustion engine for improving the combustion process in the combustion chambers of said engine comprising: a plurality of serially interconnected electrically conductive couplers for connecting spark plug leads of said engine into the head of the distributor of said engine, each of said couplers comprising an elongate, tubular body mandrel formed of an electrically insulating material, an electrically conductive female socket disposed in an opening at one end of said body mandrel for receiving the male connector of a spark plug lead, an elongate electrical conductor disposed through said body mandrel from said female socket member to a second end of said body mandrel, an electrically conductive connector secured on said second end of said body mandrel in electrically conductive relationship with said conductor through said body mandrel, said second end of said body mandrel and said connector comprising a male connection on said coupler for insertion into a female spark plug lead socket on a distributor head, an electrically conductive sleeve disposed in electrically insulated spaced relationship around said body mandrel encompassing said conductor through said body mandrel and within an electrical field generated around said conductor when said conductor is energized, a tubular skirt of electrically insulating material disposed on said body mandrel around and in spaced relationship from said second male end portion of said body mandrel for fitting over and gripping a said socket member of said distributor head, and an electrical conductor serially interconnecting said conductive sleeves of said couplers of said ignition device, said conductor having a portion thereof disposed through said skirt of each of said couplers and clamped in electrically conducting relationship with said sleeve of said coupler whereby electrical energy passing through one of said couplers from said distributor to a spark plug lead connected thereto induces an electrical condition in said sleeve of said coupler, said electrical condition being communicated to the sleeves of the other couplers of said ignition device for communication to the spark plugs of the nonfiring cylinders of said engine.

Claim 9

An ignition device as defined in claim 5 wherein said sleeve is a split sleeve encompassing a major circumferential portion of said conductor through each of said couplers.

Claim 10

An ignition device as defined in claim 6 wherein said conductive coupling means on said male portion of said body mandrel of said coupler is a clip having a portion electrically connected with said conductor through said body mandrel and a portion engageable in the female socket of the socket connector of said distributor head of said engine when said device is installed on said engine.

Claim 11

An ignition device as defined in claim 7 wherein said conductor between said sleeves of said couplers has an insulation bare portion therein at each of said couplers clamped within said coupler around said sleeve by said skirt of said coupler.