US4640237A
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Four stroke piston engine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-08-22
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Granted: 1987-02-03
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Expires: 2005-08-22
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 when the piston approaches top dead center so that an enriched zone is formed in the lower region of the compression space which can be ignited by electrodes disposed in said lower region of the compression space.
Inventors
- 👤 Josef Schaich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 06:47
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: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of forming at least one combustible and rotating fuel-air mixture surrounded by a ring of air in a four-stroke internal combustion engine with cylinder, cylinder head, piston, gas inlet means, gas outlet means, ignition means and combustion space, characterized in that air with a substantially helically rotating flow pattern is introduced into the cylinder via inlet means disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, that substantially turbulence-free and substantially helically rotating gas is compressed, that vaporized or gaseous fuel is blown into the helically rotating air substantially transversely to the axis of rotation by means of a fuel delivery device, fuel conducting means and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel conducting means and disposed in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder in spaced relation to said inlet means in such a manner that the fuel jet terminates between said nozzle and the cylinder wall, the amount of fuel blown in being metered such that a combustible mixture zone is obtained which, in the compressed state, is enveloped by air.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of forming at least one combustible and rotating fuel-air mixture surrounded by a ring of air in a four-stroke internal combustion engine with cylinder, cylinder head, piston, gas inlet means, gas outlet means, ignition means and combustion space, characterized in that air with a substantially helically rotating flow pattern is introduced into the cylinder via inlet means disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, that substantially turbulence-free and substantially helically rotating gas is compressed, that vaporized or gaseous fuel is blown into the helically rotating air substantially transversely to the axis of rotation by means of a fuel delivery device, fuel conducting means and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel conducting means and disposed in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder in spaced relation to said inlet means in such a manner that the fuel jet terminates between said nozzle and the cylinder wall, the amount of fuel blown in being metered such that a combustible mixture zone is obtained which, in the compressed state, is enveloped by air.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the fuel is blown into the helically rotating air substantially during the compression stroke.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of forming at least one combustible and rotating fuel-air mixture surrounded by a ring of air in a four-stroke internal combustion engine with cylinder, cylinder head, piston, gas inlet means, gas outlet means, ignition means and combustion space, characterized in that air with a substantially helically rotating flow pattern is introduced into the cylinder via inlet means disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, that substantially turbulence-free and substantially helically rotating gas is compressed, that liquid fuel is injected into the helically rotating air substantially transversely to the axis of rotation by means of a fuel delivery device, fuel conducting means and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel conducting means and disposed in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder in spaced relation to said inlet means in such a manner that the fuel jet terminates between said nozzle and the cylinder wall, the amount of fuel injected being metered such that a combustible mixture zone is obtained which, in the compressed state, is enveloped by air.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of forming at least one combustible and rotating fuel-air mixture surrounded by a ring of air in a four-stroke internal combustion engine with cylinder, cylinder head, piston, gas inlet means, gas outlet means, ignition means and combustion space, characterized in that air with a substantially helically rotating flow pattern is introduced into the cylinder via inlet means disposed substantially coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, that substantially turbulence-free and substantially helically rotating gas is compressed, that liquid fuel is injected into the helically rotating air substantially transversely to the axis of rotation by means of a fuel delivery device, fuel conducting means and at least one nozzle connected to said fuel conducting means and disposed in the region of the longitudinal axis of the cylinder in spaced relation to said inlet means in such a manner that the fuel jet terminates between said nozzle and the cylinder wall, the amount of fuel injected being metered such that a combustible mixture zone is obtained which, in the compressed state, is enveloped by air.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the fuel is injected into the helically rotating air substantially during the compression stroke.
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