A system for igniting a mixture in an internal combustion engine includes an elongate plug body generally residing around a center longitudinal axis and adapted to couple to the internal combustion engine. The system also includes a first ignition body residing about an end of the plug body and a se
A system for igniting a mixture in an internal combustion engine includes an elongate plug body generally residing around a center longitudinal axis and adapted to couple to the internal combustion engine. The system also includes a first ignition body residing about an end of the plug body and a second ignition body adjacent the first ignition body to define a flame kernel initiation gap between the second ignition body and the first ignition body. The system also includes a transversely extending cap at the end of the plug body that is longitudinally spaced from the plug body by a support comprising a leg that is radially offset from the center longitudinal axis, the support defining a peripheral opening around a perimeter of the cap where a total radially-facing area of the support is less than a total area of the peripheral opening.
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1. A system for igniting a mixture in a main combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: an elongate plug body generally residing around a center longitudinal axis and adapted to couple to the internal combustion engine;a first ignition body residing about an end of t
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A system for igniting a mixture in a main combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: an elongate plug body generally residing around a center longitudinal axis and adapted to couple to the internal combustion engine;a first ignition body residing about an end of the plug body;a second ignition body adjacent the first ignition body to define a flame kernel initiation gap between the second ignition body and the first ignition body;a transversely extending unapertured cap at the end of the plug body longitudinally spaced from the plug body by a support comprising a leg that is radially offset from the center longitudinal axis, the support defining a peripheral opening around a perimeter of the cap where a total radially-facing area of the support is less than a total area of the peripheral opening, and where the smallest transverse dimension of the cap is greater than the maximum transverse dimension of the first ignition body and maximum transverse dimension of the second ignition body and where a portion of the cap extends beyond the second ignition body in all radial directions from the center longitudinal axis; andan enclosure receiving the elongate plug body, the enclosure comprising a jet passage and defining a chamber about the end of the plug body that encloses the first and second ignition bodies and the unapertured cap, the chamber adapted to receive a flow from the main combustion chamber through the jet passage, and the jet passage comprises a nozzle portion configured to direct the flow along a trajectory to the unapertured cap. 2. The system of claim 1, where the leg is a first leg of a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart legs comprising the support. 3. The system of claim 1, where the cap is a solid, unapertured disc shape having a radial perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis. 4. The system of claim 1, where the cap has a frustoconical shape having a radial perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis and decreasing in diameter on a side of the cap opposite the second ignition body. 5. The system of claim 1, where the second ignition body is carried by the cap. 6. The system of claim 1, where the transverse diameter of the cap is greater than the transverse diameter of the first ignition body and the second ignition body, and less than the transverse diameter of the plug body. 7. The system of claim 1, where the cap is positioned to shield the flame kernel initiation gap from flow in the direction of the longitudinal axis. 8. The system of claim 1, where the first ignition body and the second ignition body are disposed between the plug body and the cap. 9. A method of igniting an air/fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: receiving the air/fuel mixture from a main combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine into an enclosure receiving the plug body, the enclosure defining a chamber about the end of the plug body receiving the air/fuel mixture into the chamber and enclosing the flame kernel initiation gap;directing the air/fuel mixture received into the enclosure to impinge on a transversely extending cap at the end of a plug body of an ignition plug, the cap longitudinally spaced from the plug body by a support comprising a leg that is radially offset from a center longitudinal axis, where the support defines a peripheral opening around a perimeter of the cap where a total radially-facing area of the support is less than a total area of the peripheral opening, and where the smallest transverse dimension of the cap is greater than the maximum transverse dimension of a first ignition body and maximum transverse dimension of the second ignition body, where the air/fuel mixture is received into the chamber by a jet passage fluidly connecting the chamber and the main combustion chamber and directed along a trajectory to the transversely extending cap by a nozzle of a jet passage;laterally deflecting the air/fuel mixture with the transversely extending cap while allowing a portion of the air/fuel mixture to flow into a flame kernel initiation gap between the first ignition body and a second ignition body of the ignition plug through the peripheral opening, the first and second ignition bodies disposed opposite the cap from the direction of incoming air/fuel mixture and where a portion of the cap extends beyond the second ignition body in all radial directions from the center longitudinal axis; andigniting the air/fuel mixture in the flame kernel initiation gap. 10. The method of claim 9, where the air/fuel mixture received into the chamber is directed along the center longitudinal axis toward the transversely extending cap. 11. The method of claim 9, where the cap is disposed within the chamber. 12. The method of claim 9, where the leg is a first leg of a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart legs comprising the support. 13. The method of claim 9, where the cap is a solid, unapertured disc shape having a radial perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis. 14. The method of claim 9, where the cap has a frustoconical shape having a radial perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis and decreasing in diameter on a side of the cap opposite the second ignition body. 15. The method of claim 9, where the second ignition body is carried by the cap. 16. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an elongate ignition plug comprising: a first body defining a first electrode residing about an end of the ignition plug;a second body defining a second electrode adjacent the first electrode; anda transversely extending shield at the end of the ignition plug, the shield carried by a support defining a peripheral open area that is greater than a total radially-facing area of the support in the peripheral open area, and where the smallest transverse dimension of the cap is greater than the maximum transverse dimension of the first ignition body and maximum transverse dimension of the second ignition body and where a portion of the cap extends beyond the second ignition body in all radial directions from the center longitudinal axis; andan enclosure receiving the elongate ignition plug, the enclosure comprising a nozzle portion and defining a chamber about the end of the elongate ignition plug that encloses the first and second bodies and the transversely extending shield, the chamber adapted to receive a flow from the main combustion chamber through the nozzle portion, and the nozzle portion adapted to direct the flow along a trajectory to the unapertured cap. 17. The system of claim 1, where the second ignition body extends axially along the center longitudinal axis. 18. The system of claim 1, where the cap is a solid, unapertured disk-shape, and where the second ignition body is carried by the cap and extends from the cap toward the first ignition body.
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