TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Coil-On-Plug Igniter for Reliable Engine Starts (MSC-TOPS-105)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture, and market a coil-on-plug ignition system for integrated liquid oxygen (LOX)/liquid methane (LCH4) thermal-vacuum environment propulsion systems. The technology was developed by innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center and has the potential to help quell corona discharge issues and reduce overall mass. The coil-on-plug configuration eliminates the bulky standalone coil-pack and conventional high-voltage spark plug cable by combining the coil and the spark plug into a single component. • The technology is designed for use in thermal-vacuum environment propulsion systems operating in a thermal vacuum environment. • The coil-on-plug configuration has the potential to enable integrated LOX/methane propulsion systems in future spacecraft. • NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. • License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.