US Patent Issued to UCHICAGO ARGONNE on June 23 for "Laser igniter, method for igniting high pressure and dilute fuel-oxidizer mixtures" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,965, issued on June 23, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Laser igniter, method for igniting high pressure and dilute fuel-oxidizer mixtures" was invented by Shashikant Aithal (Woodridge, Ill.) and Sreenath Gupta (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides method for igniting pressurized fuel, the method comprising placing fuel into a combustion chamber; mixing the fuel with supercritical carbon dioxide and oxidizer to create a mixture; and contacting the fuel-air mixture with a laser, whereby the laser is pointed to a first point within the chamber. Also provided is a laser ignitor for carb...