Internal combustion engine, particularly otto engine

Claim 2

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles; and a plurality of intake tubes for communicating said intake manifold with said plurality of combustion cylinders, each intake tube comprising an inlet opening communicating with a respective inlet chamber of a respective combustion cylinder and a check valve located upstream of said inlet opening for preventing backflow from said inlet chamber into said intake manifold.

Claim 3

An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said check valve is a diaphragm valve.

Claim 4

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said exhaust recycling means comprising a distributor connected with said header reservoir, and means drivable by the internal combustion engine for driving said distributor synchronously relative to the internal combustion engine, said distributor communicating separate exhaust return lines only with a respective cylinder executing an intake stroke in an intake sequence of said combustion cylinders of the internal combustion engine.

Claim 5

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said exhaust recycling means comprising a distributor connected with said header reservoir, and means drivable by the internal combustion engine for driving said distributor synchronously relative to the internal combustion engine, said distributor communicating separate exhaust return lines only with a respective cylinder executing an intake stroke in an intake sequence of said combustion cylinders of the internal combustion engine.

Claim 6

An internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein said header reservoir has a circular end face, said distributor comprising a valve disk covering said circular end face of said header reservoir, said valve disk having a control opening and is rotatable to connect a respective separate exhaust return line with said header reservoir in the intake sequence of respective combustion cylinders associated with said separate exhaust return line.

Claim 7

An internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein said header reservoir has a circumferential wall, said distributor comprising a cup-shaped valve disk driven synchronously relative to the internal combustion engine and having a circumferential wall in contact with said circumferential wall of said header reservoir, said valve disc comprising a control opening communicating with said separate exhaust return line in accordance with the intake sequence of the respective combustion cylinders associated with said separate exhaust return lines.

Claim 8

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating with inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said metering member being located in an immediate vicinity of said exhaust manifold.

Claim 9

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating with inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said metering member being located in an immediate vicinity of said exhaust manifold.

Claim 10

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles; an ignition time of a combustion mixture in the combustion chamber of each of said combustion cylinders being controlled to an optimal combustion position, and the ignition in the combustion chamber of each of said combustion cylinders being controlled to the optimal combustion position independently of optimal combustion position control of others of said combustion cylinders.

Claim 11

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles; an ignition time of a combustion mixture in the combustion chamber of each of said combustion cylinders being controlled to an optimal combustion position, and the ignition in the combustion chamber of each of said combustion cylinders being controlled to the optimal combustion position independently of optimal combustion position control of others of said combustion cylinders.

Claim 12

An internal combustion engine according to claim 7, further comprising an electronic control device for controlling an ignition angle and an injection period of fuel injected in respective cylinders in accordance with a position of said throttle valve of said intake manifold, speed of the internal combustion engine, air index, coolant water temperature measured at a cylinder heads of respective combustion cylinders and a combustion configuration of respective combustion chambers of respective combustion cylinders.

Claim 13

An internal combustion engine according to claim 8, wherein each of said combustion cylinders comprises a spark plug for providing a respective combustion chamber light configuration to be optically detected.

Claim 14

An internal combustion engine according to claim 9, further comprising a catalytic converter connected with said exhaust manifold, said electronic control device adjusting the ignition angle and the fuel-air mixture produced by a carburetor in such a way that the air index (λ) is regulated to 1.

Claim 15

An internal combustion engine according to claim 9, further comprising a catalytic converter connected with said exhaust manifold, said electronic control device controlling the ignition angle and the fuel-air mixture produced by an injection nozzle in such a way that the air index (λ) is controlled to 1.

Claim 16

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said first metering member being formed as a mechanically actuatable metering valve connected with one of said throttle valves of said intake manifold and accelerator pedal with a Bowden cable.

Claim 17

An internal combustion engine particularly Otto engine comprising: an intake manifold including a throttle valve for controlling air flow therein; an exhaust manifold; a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder having a combustion chamber, an inlet chamber communicating with said intake manifold, an inlet valve for communicating said inlet chamber with said combustion chamber, an outlet chamber communicating with said exhaust manifold, and an outlet valve for communicating said combustion chamber with said outlet chamber; exhaust recycling means comprising an exhaust return line connected with said exhaust manifold, an exhaust metering device communicating with said exhaust return line and including a first metering member actuatable jointly with said throttle valve of said intake manifold, and a second metering member located downstream of said first metering member and including a plurality of turbulence nozzles corresponding to said plurality of combustion cylinders, each of said turbulence nozzles being located immediately adjacent to a respective inlet valve of a respective combustion cylinder, said exhaust recycling means further comprising a header reservoir located downstream of said first metering member, and a plurality of separate exhaust return lines connecting said header reservoir with said plurality of turbulence nozzles, said first metering member being formed as a mechanically actuatable metering valve connected with one of said throttle valves of said intake manifold and accelerator pedal with a Bowden cable.

Claim 18

An internal combustion engine according to claim 12, wherein said exhaust return line has a first line segment connected with said exhaust manifold and a second line segment connected with said header reservoir, said metering valve being located between said second line segments and including first and second valve portions, a valve opening communicating said first and second valve portions, a valve seat enclosing said valve opening, a valve member cooperating with said valve seat for communicating said first and second valve portions through said valve opening, and a valve spring for biasing said valve member in a closing direction thereof, said valve member being connected with said Bowden cable acting on said valve member in an opening direction thereof.

Claim 19

An internal combustion engine according to claim 13, wherein said valve seat is an annular valve seat, and said valve member comprises a conical valve closing member cooperating with said annular valve seat.

Claim 20

An internal combustion engine according to claim 12, wherein said said metering valve is located in said exhaust return line, said exhaust return line comprising a very short first line segment communicating between said metering valve and said exhaust manifold, each of said separate exhaust return lines comprising a very short exhaust return portion for communicating said header reservoir with a respective turbulence nozzle.