ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,883, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH (Neuhaus-Schierschnitz, Germany).
"Flame detection device and method" was invented by Stefan Schlagmueller (Vaihingen-Enz, Germany) and Jens Wellmann (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame detection device that uses a breakthrough voltage across a pair of electrodes located in a flame zone to detect the presence of a flame. The flame detection device may be used with a burner that is part of a furnace in a central heating system for a home or building. Unlike conventional flame detection devices that measure ionization current in a flame, ...