Internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A METHOD OF OPERATING A GASOLINE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING EXTERNALLY CONTROLLED APPLIED IGNITION AND INCLUDING PISTON AND CYLINDER MEANS, SAID PISTON MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH A COMPACT PISTON COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A SHAPE AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY AXIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND OF DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDER SPACE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING AIR EDDYING WITHIN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID PISTON MEANS, AND MULTI-APERTURE INJECTION MEANS FOR INJECTING THE FUEL ESSENTIALLY FROM THE AREA OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF OPERATING SAID GASOLINE COMBUSTION ENGINE AT A COMPRESSION RATIO OF ABOUT 1:10 TO 1:14 BY INJECTING FUEL SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY FROM SAID MULTIAPERTURE INJECTION MEANS INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND BY SO ADJUSTING THE MAGNITUDE OF SAID AIR EDDY AND THE PENETRATING FORCE OF THE INITIALLY ESSENTIALLY RADIALLY MOVING FUEL PARTICLES TO EACH OTHER THAT THE FUEL PARTICLES DO NOT REACH THE WALLS OF SAID PISTON-COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE PISTON IMAGINED IN THE DEAD CENTER POSITION THEREOF BUT ARE DEFLECTED PRIOR THERETO IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION BY SAID AIR EDDY.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF OPERATING A GASOLINE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING EXTERNALLY CONTROLLED APPLIED IGNITION AND INCLUDING PISTON AND CYLINDER MEANS, SAID PISTON MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH A COMPACT PISTON COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A SHAPE AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY AXIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND OF DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE CYLINDER SPACE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING AIR EDDYING WITHIN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID PISTON MEANS, AND MULTI-APERTURE INJECTION MEANS FOR INJECTING THE FUEL ESSENTIALLY FROM THE AREA OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF OPERATING SAID GASOLINE COMBUSTION ENGINE AT A COMPRESSION RATIO OF ABOUT 1:10 TO 1:14 BY INJECTING FUEL SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY FROM SAID MULTIAPERTURE INJECTION MEANS INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND BY SO ADJUSTING THE MAGNITUDE OF SAID AIR EDDY AND THE PENETRATING FORCE OF THE INITIALLY ESSENTIALLY RADIALLY MOVING FUEL PARTICLES TO EACH OTHER THAT THE FUEL PARTICLES DO NOT REACH THE WALLS OF SAID PISTON-COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE PISTON IMAGINED IN THE DEAD CENTER POSITION THEREOF BUT ARE DEFLECTED PRIOR THERETO IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION BY SAID AIR EDDY.