US4305358A
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Internal combustion engine
Assignee: Mitsubishi Motors Corp
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Filing: 1980-01-30
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Granted: 1981-12-15
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Expires: 2000-01-30
Abstract
Abstract An internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber, an injection chamber connected thereto through an injection port, a secondary inlet passage opening to the injection chamber, and a secondary inlet valve for opening and closing the secondary inlet passage. A spark plug extends into the combustion chamber with the spark gap of the plug close to the injection port. At the suction stroke of the engine, air in the injection chamber is injected near to the spark gap through the injection port to blow away the combustion gas around the gap and also to generate a strong swirl and turbulence of the mixture in the combustion chamber, thereby improving firing and combustion of the lean mixture in the combustion chamber to reduce the discharge of noxious components in the exhaust gas and to improve the fuel consumption.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirokazu Nakamura
- 👤 Tsuneo Ohinouye
- 👤 Kenji Hori
- 👤 Yuhiko Kiyota
- 👤 Tatsuro Nakagami
- 👤 Yutaka Tsukamoto
- 👤 Katsuo Akishino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 11:10
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B31/00; F02B31/08; F02B19/00; F02B19/12; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/24; F02F1/242; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B75/00; F02B75/12; F02B2075/125; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/20; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M2026/001; F02M2026/009; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
259 words
An internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder, a cylinder head for said cylinder providing a combustion chamber having inlet and exhaust ports, means comprising a main inlet passage and a fuel injection device for supplying an air-fuel mixture to said inlet port, a throttle valve provided in said main inlet passage, a spark plug threadedly fixed in said cylinder head and having a spark gap disposed at a predetermined position in said combustion chamber, an injection chamber provided in the cylinder head close to said spark gap, an injection port providing communication between said combustion chamber and said injection chamber, said injection port being disposed near to said spark gap and being directed to said spark gap and transversely of the axis of said cylinder, a secondary inlet passage means communicating with said injection chamber, a secondary inlet valve positioned in advance of said injection chamber for opening and closing the secondary inlet passage means, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing said secondary inlet valve, said mechanism being operated so that said secondary inlet valve is open during substantially the entire suction stroke of the engine, said injection port being positioned to discharge gas in said injection chamber substantially toward said spark gap so that gas is strongly injected toward or around said spark gap due to high negative pressure produced in said combustion chamber during a suction stroke of the engine, the discharge of gas from said port creating turbulence in said combustion chamber and scavenging previously formed exhaust gases from the region of said gap.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
259 words
An internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder, a cylinder head for said cylinder providing a combustion chamber having inlet and exhaust ports, means comprising a main inlet passage and a fuel injection device for supplying an air-fuel mixture to said inlet port, a throttle valve provided in said main inlet passage, a spark plug threadedly fixed in said cylinder head and having a spark gap disposed at a predetermined position in said combustion chamber, an injection chamber provided in the cylinder head close to said spark gap, an injection port providing communication between said combustion chamber and said injection chamber, said injection port being disposed near to said spark gap and being directed to said spark gap and transversely of the axis of said cylinder, a secondary inlet passage means communicating with said injection chamber, a secondary inlet valve positioned in advance of said injection chamber for opening and closing the secondary inlet passage means, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing said secondary inlet valve, said mechanism being operated so that said secondary inlet valve is open during substantially the entire suction stroke of the engine, said injection port being positioned to discharge gas in said injection chamber substantially toward said spark gap so that gas is strongly injected toward or around said spark gap due to high negative pressure produced in said combustion chamber during a suction stroke of the engine, the discharge of gas from said port creating turbulence in said combustion chamber and scavenging previously formed exhaust gases from the region of said gap.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein said secondary inlet passage means is connected to the main inlet passage upstream of said throttle valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein said injection port is directed to lead the flow therethrough around said spark gap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein said injection port is directed to lead the flow therethrough along the wall surface of said combustion chamber in the cylinder head.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein a surface of the cylinder head which defines said combustion chamber is a semi-spherical recess.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein a distance between said spark gap and said injection port is set up between 3 and 10 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein a volume of said injection chamber is set up about 2 to 5 percent of the total volume of said combustion chamber when a piston defining the combustion chamber is at its top dead center.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein the direction of flow through said injection port corresponds to the rotational direction of the mixture sucked into said combustion chamber from said inlet port.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein said operating mechanism includes a valve operated member responsive to rotation of a cam shaft actuating a main inlet valve for opening and closing said inlet port.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 9 wherein said valve operating member is a common rocker arm for actuating said main and secondary inlet valves, open and close timings of said valves being arranged substantially simultaneously.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-12-14 | 1989-06-15 | 1989-12-15 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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