Patent 7588021 was granted and assigned to Federal-Mogul on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A spark plug circuit for, and a method of, reducing or preventing the corrosion of a spark plug electrodes in an internal combustion engine. The circuit and method provide a positive voltage across the center electrode/ground electrode gap, which repels positively charged corrosion mechanisms, such as calcium and phosphorus ions.