US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on March 4 for "Prechamber spark plug for an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,402, issued on March 4, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Prechamber spark plug for an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine" was invented by Werner Holly (Merklingen, Germany), Dietmar Bertsch (Aspach, Germany) and Arnold Kaden (Remshalden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prechamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a prechamber, a first connecting conduit, and a second connecting conduit. The prechamber is fluidically connectable to the combustion chamber via the first and second connecting conduits such that a mixture of fuel and a...