US5115774A
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Internal combustion engine
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1991-07-26
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Granted: 1992-05-26
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Expires: 2011-07-26
Abstract
Abstract An internal combustion engine having an air blast valve which injects fuel together with pressurized air in the form of a conical shaped spray of fuel. A depression is formed on the top face of the piston, and the conical shaped spray of fuel is injected from the air blast valve toward the depression. The longitudinal width of the depression in the moving direction of the spray of fuel is larger than the transverse width of the depression in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the spray of fuel, and the opposing side walls of the depression, which define the transverse width of the depression, are positioned slightly outward from the side face of the conical shaped spray of fuel.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Nomura
- 👤 Norihiko Nakamura
- 👤 Kenichi Nomura
- 👤 Tatsuo Kobayashi
- 👤 Hiroaki Nihei
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 09:34
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B23/00; F02B23/08; F02B23/10; F02B23/104; F02B25/00; F02B25/14; F02B25/145; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/24; F02F1/42; F02F1/4214; F02F3/00; F02F3/26; F02B2023/106; F02B2023/107; F02B75/00; F02B75/12; F02B2075/125; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/40; F02F2001/244; F02F2001/245; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder head having an inner wall; a spark plug arranged at a central portion of the inner wall of said cylinder head; an air blast valve arranged on a peripheral portion of the inner wall of said cylinder head; and a piston having a top face having a depression extending from a point beneath said spark plug to a point beneath a tip portion of said air blast valve, said air blast valve injecting fuel together with pressurized air toward said depression in the form of a conical shaped spray of fuel at the compression stroke of the engine to direct said conical shaped spray of fuel toward said depression beneath said spark plug along a bottom wall of said depression, a longitudinal width of said depression in the moving direction of said conical shaped spray of fuel being larger than a transverse width of said depression in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of said conical shaped spray of fuel, opposing side walls of said depression, which define said transverse width, being positioned slightly outward from a side face of said conical shaped spray of fuel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
194 words
An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder head having an inner wall; a spark plug arranged at a central portion of the inner wall of said cylinder head; an air blast valve arranged on a peripheral portion of the inner wall of said cylinder head; and a piston having a top face having a depression extending from a point beneath said spark plug to a point beneath a tip portion of said air blast valve, said air blast valve injecting fuel together with pressurized air toward said depression in the form of a conical shaped spray of fuel at the compression stroke of the engine to direct said conical shaped spray of fuel toward said depression beneath said spark plug along a bottom wall of said depression, a longitudinal width of said depression in the moving direction of said conical shaped spray of fuel being larger than a transverse width of said depression in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of said conical shaped spray of fuel, opposing side walls of said depression, which define said transverse width, being positioned slightly outward from a side face of said conical shaped spray of fuel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said depression has an end face extending upward from the bottom wall of said depression toward said spark plug, and a recessed portion concave relative to an upper edge portion of said end face in the direction opposite to said air blast valve is formed on said end face.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the upper edge portion of said end face has an arc shaped contour.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the opposing side walls of said depression extend substantially vertically.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said depression has a symmetrical shape with respect to a vertical plane including said spark plug and said air blast valve, and said conical spray of fuel is injected from said air blast valve along said vertical plane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
112 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 5, further comprising: a pair of intake valves symmetrically arranged on the inner wall of said cylinder head with respect to said vertical plane; exhaust valve means arranged on the inner wall of said cylinder head; and a pair of masking walls each being formed on the inner wall of said cylinder head and arranged between said corresponding intake valve and said exhaust valve means to mask a valve opening formed between a valve seat and a peripheral portion of said corresponding intake valve, which is located on said exhaust valve means side, for the entire time for which said corresponding intake valve is open.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 6, wherein each of said masking walls is arranged close to a peripheral portion of said corresponding intake valve, which is located on said exhaust valve means side and extends downward toward said piston to a position lower than said corresponding intake valve when said corresponding intake valve is in the maximum lift position thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 7, wherein each of said masking walls extends in an arc along the peripheral portion of said corresponding intake valve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 6, wherein said exhaust valve means comprises a pair of exhaust valves symmetrically arranged with respect to said vertical plane.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the top face of said piston and the inner wall of said cylinder head define a squish area therebetween on an opposite side of said depression.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein said air blast valve comprises a nozzle opening arranged in the combination chamber, a valve body for controlling the opening operation of said nozzle bore, a pressurized air passage connecting said nozzle bore to a pressurized air source, and a fuel injector arranged in said pressurized air passage.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1995-05-26 | 1995-11-25 | 1996-05-26 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1999-05-26 | 1999-11-25 | 2000-05-26 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2003-05-26 | 2003-11-25 | 2004-05-26 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |