US4216748A
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Internal combustion engine with subsidiary combustion chamber
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1979-05-14
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Granted: 1980-08-12
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Expires: 1999-05-14
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses an internal combustion engine having an auxiliary combustion chamber in which a principal chamber is provided having (a) two intake valves and an intake port connected thereto and, (b) on the opposite side of a vertical plane extending along an axial line centered at the crank shaft and the center of the cylinder, a single exhaust valve and an exhaust port connected thereto, the same being in communication with the auxiliary combustion chamber.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsumi Ichida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 07:55
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B19/00; F02B19/10; F02B19/1019; F02B19/1023; F02B19/1028; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/24; F02F1/42; F02F1/4214; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/20; F02F2001/244; F02F2001/245; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
An internal combustion engine, comprising: (a) a main combustion chamber located at an upper portion of the interior of one cylinder; and (b) an auxiliary combustion chamber in communication with the main chamber through a torch passage, in which the main combustion chamber further comprises, on one side of a vertical plane extending along on an axial line of a crankshaft and including the center of the cylinder, two intake valves and an intake port connected thereto and, on the other side of the foregoing plane, a single exhaust valve and an exhaust port connected thereto and with the said auxiliary combustion chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
An internal combustion engine, comprising: (a) a main combustion chamber located at an upper portion of the interior of one cylinder; and (b) an auxiliary combustion chamber in communication with the main chamber through a torch passage, in which the main combustion chamber further comprises, on one side of a vertical plane extending along on an axial line of a crankshaft and including the center of the cylinder, two intake valves and an intake port connected thereto and, on the other side of the foregoing plane, a single exhaust valve and an exhaust port connected thereto and with the said auxiliary combustion chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 1 in which said auxiliary combustion chamber comprises: a subsidiary intake valve and a subsidiary intake port extending therefrom towards the said one side of the plane through said intake valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
102 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 2, further comprising: a cam shaft extending along the axial line of the crankshaft is rotatably; a cam for exhaust; a cam for main intake; a cam for subsidiary intake; and a rocker arm for main intake which is in contact at a slipper of its base portion with the cam for main intake, the rocker arm being in engagement at its bifurcated forward ends with the two intake valves, and the center of the contacting surface between the slipper, the cam being positioned substantially in alignment with the center between the forward ends.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 2 in which said auxiliary combustion chamber further comprises: an ignition plug and a passage for cooling water provided around a base end threaded portion of the ignition plug surrounding most of the circumference thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 1 in which the said torch passage is directed towards said exhaust valve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a cup-shaped collar forming the auxiliary combustion chamber, the same being exposed at its bottom portion to the interior of the main combustion chamber, the collar having a bottom surface located substantially on a level with one wall surface of the main chamber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 6 in which said collar is disposed near to the center of the cylinder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The internal combustion engine as recited in claim 1 further comprising: plural cylinders provided in parallel one to another forming an engine of multiple cylinders having valve dispositions on the respective sylinders which are the same as each other.
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