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US4450795A
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Four-stroke piston engine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-09-17
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Granted: 1984-05-29
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Expires: 2001-09-17
Abstract
Abstract A four-stroke piston engine in which air is drawn into a cylinder while rotary motion about the cylinder axis is imparted to the air. Fuel may be blown/injected into the air during its rotation in the cylinder while the fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel directed radially outwardly and which jet of fuel in cooperation with the rotating air forms at least one helical stream of mixture within the cylinder, preferably during the compression stroke, which is transformed into a coherent mixture zone enclosed by a ring of air upon completion of compression. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the fuel nozzle is received when the piston approaches top dead center so that an enriched region is formed in the recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the recess.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Schaich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 09:35
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B17/00; F02B31/00; F02B31/04; F02M; F02M57/00; F02M57/04; F02P; F02P15/00; F02P15/02; F02B1/00; F02B1/02; F02B1/04; F02B75/00; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/027; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
271 words
A piston engine comprising: a cylinder having an internal wall, a cylinder head, a piston reciprocatingly received in said cylinder and defining a compression space in said cylinder, at least one ignition device disposed in said compression space, an outlet channel and an outlet valve, an inlet channel in said cylinder head communicating with the cylinder through an inlet port, an end portion of said inlet channel and said inlet port being substantially coaxial with said cylinder, an inlet valve disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of said cylinder being received in said cylinder head and closing said inlet port, means for imparting a helical rotating movement to the air unmixed with fuel around the longitudinal axis of the cylinder within said inlet channel during the intake of the air into the cylinder, the already helically flowing air flowing into the cylinder substantially turbulence free to form a cylinder of helically flowing air in the piston-swept and compression space, a nozzle carrier carried by said inlet valve being an end projecting beyond said inlet valve into the compression space, at least one nozzle means being provided on said nozzle carrier spaced inwardly of said inlet valve in said compression space and having an outlet aperture directed in a substantially outward direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder for injecting or blowing a jet of fuel into the cylinder of helically flowing air, the rotating air distintegrating the fuel jet to form a combustible air-fuel mixture surrounded by a rotating ring or cylinder of pure air and partially or completely flowing between said nozzle means and said inlet valve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
271 words
A piston engine comprising: a cylinder having an internal wall, a cylinder head, a piston reciprocatingly received in said cylinder and defining a compression space in said cylinder, at least one ignition device disposed in said compression space, an outlet channel and an outlet valve, an inlet channel in said cylinder head communicating with the cylinder through an inlet port, an end portion of said inlet channel and said inlet port being substantially coaxial with said cylinder, an inlet valve disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of said cylinder being received in said cylinder head and closing said inlet port, means for imparting a helical rotating movement to the air unmixed with fuel around the longitudinal axis of the cylinder within said inlet channel during the intake of the air into the cylinder, the already helically flowing air flowing into the cylinder substantially turbulence free to form a cylinder of helically flowing air in the piston-swept and compression space, a nozzle carrier carried by said inlet valve being an end projecting beyond said inlet valve into the compression space, at least one nozzle means being provided on said nozzle carrier spaced inwardly of said inlet valve in said compression space and having an outlet aperture directed in a substantially outward direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder for injecting or blowing a jet of fuel into the cylinder of helically flowing air, the rotating air distintegrating the fuel jet to form a combustible air-fuel mixture surrounded by a rotating ring or cylinder of pure air and partially or completely flowing between said nozzle means and said inlet valve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The piston engine of claim 1 including a plurality of nozzle means having apertures oriented in different directions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The piston engine of claim 2 wherein said nozzle apertures are oriented in directions opposite to each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The piston engine according to claim 1 wherein said inlet valve is movable axially within said inlet channel, and when opened, defines an annular flow path for the rotating intake air in the region of said inlet port, the annular flow path being coaxial with said inlet channel and cylinder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The piston engine of claim 1 wherein at least one nozzle outlet aperture is directed outwardly with a circumferential component with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The piston engine of claim 1 wherein at least one nozzle outlet aperture is directed outwardly with an axial component with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The piston engine of claim 1 including a plurality of nozzle outlet apertures directed outwardly with both a circumferential and an axial component with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said nozzle means comprises a plurality of first nozzle provided in the lower region of the compression space and wherein the nozzle outlet apertures are disposed eccentrically to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the size of the aperture of the nozzle means is variable.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the nozzle carrier carries an ignition device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the piston includes a crown and a substantially parabolic-shaped depression in the piston crown.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the piston includes a crown and the piston crown includes a recess in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder for receiving the nozzle carrier at predetermined times.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outlet valve is tubular and is disposed coaxially with the inlet valve, said outlet valve having openings and forming an inlet channel over part of its length.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said nozzle means includes a plurality of nozzles having apertures of different sizes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said nozzle means is located near said end of said nozzle carrier.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the piston includes a crown, and including a recess in the crown in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
A piston engine as claimed in claim 1 including guide vanes in said inlet channel.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-05-29 | 1987-11-28 | 1988-05-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-05-29 | 1991-11-28 | 1992-05-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-05-29 | 1995-11-28 | 1996-05-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |