MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517055365 A) filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, U.S.A., on June 9, for 'management of ignition energy in hydrogen fueled engines.'
Inventor(s) include Kolhouse, J. Steven; Xu, Hui; Stroh, David J.; O'Connor, Daniel J.; and Sprunger, Douglas L.
The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Systems and methods provided herein relate to managing ignition energy in a hydrogen fueled engine. A method includes: receiving data corresponding to an ignition system of at least one cylinder of a hydrogen fueled engine; determining, based on comparing the data to a first threshold, that residual ignition energy is present in the ignition system; and, responsive to determining that the residual ignition energy is present in the ignition system, causing the ignition system to use at least one residual ignition energy mitigation process comprising at least one of a charge clearing discharge process, a controlled leakage event, or ceasing a restrike from the ignition system."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 08, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/083216.
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