US4539950A
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Four-stroke piston engine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-04-23
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2004-04-23
Abstract
Abstract A four-stroke piston engine in which air or a fuel-air mixture is drawn into a cylinder. Fuel may be injected into the air in the cylinder while a further fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel during the compression stroke, which jet of fuel in cooperation with the fuel-air mixture forms at least one zone of enriched mixture within the cylinder. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the nozzle carrier is partially received when the piston approaches top dead center. An ignitable mixture is formed in the recess or in the region of said recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the further fuel supply.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Schaich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 09:14
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B17/00; F01; F01L; F01L1/00; F01L1/28; F01L1/285; F02B31/00; F02B31/04; F02M; F02M57/00; F02M57/04; F02M57/06; 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: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A method of forming an ignitable fuel-air mixture in a four-stroke internal combustion engine having a piston and cylinder with a combustion space wherein the air flowing into the cylinder is caused to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and wherein a quantity of fuel is blown or injected into the air flowing in the region between an inlet valve and a recess in the piston by means of at least one fuel delivery device, a fuel passage and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel passage, said nozzle being provided in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and in the lower region of the compression space and being carried by a nozzle carrier which is installed in the inlet valve and also carries the ignition device, and said quantity of fuel is blown or injected into said air just before ignition takes place to form a zone of ignitable mixture in the region of the recess in the piston of a volume which is relatively small compared with the volume of the total mixture.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
181 words
A method of forming an ignitable fuel-air mixture in a four-stroke internal combustion engine having a piston and cylinder with a combustion space wherein the air flowing into the cylinder is caused to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and wherein a quantity of fuel is blown or injected into the air flowing in the region between an inlet valve and a recess in the piston by means of at least one fuel delivery device, a fuel passage and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel passage, said nozzle being provided in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder and in the lower region of the compression space and being carried by a nozzle carrier which is installed in the inlet valve and also carries the ignition device, and said quantity of fuel is blown or injected into said air just before ignition takes place to form a zone of ignitable mixture in the region of the recess in the piston of a volume which is relatively small compared with the volume of the total mixture.
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