US6158409A
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Two-stroke engine piston bowl configurations
Assignee: BRP US Inc
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Filing: 1997-03-19
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Granted: 2000-12-12
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Expires: 2017-03-19
Abstract
Abstract A piston for a direct fuel injection engine is described. The piston comprises a cylindrical skirt and a piston face. The cylindrical skirt has an axis. The piston face has a bowl. The bowl has a wall extending about an axis in inclined relation to the cylindrical skirt axis. An engine is also described. The engine comprises an engine block defining an engine cylinder and a piston moveable axially in the engine cylinder. The piston comprises a cylindrical skirt and a dome-shaped piston face, the piston face having therein a bowl. The bowl located with the cylinder axis passing therethrough. The bowl is defined by a cylindrical wall extending about an axis extending in inclined relation to the axis of the cylinder. The bowl includes a bottom wall extending perpendicularly to the bowl axis. The engine also comprises a fuel injector nozzle adapted to direct a spray of fuel toward the bowl for deflection toward a spark plug disposed on the opposite side of the cylinder axis from the fuel injector.
Inventors
- 👤 George T. Gillespie
- 👤 Peter W. Brown
- 👤 Francis A. McGinnity
- 👤 Theodore J. Holtermann
- 👤 Robert L. Niemchick
- 👤 Erik R. Jorgensen
- 👤 Gregory J. Binversie
- 👤 Paul W. Breckenfeld
- 👤 Wolfram Hellmich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:50
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02F; F02F3/00; F02F3/26; F02B; F02B19/00; F02B19/02; F02B19/04; F02B23/00; F02B23/08; F02B23/10; F02B23/101; F02B23/104; F02B23/105; F02B2023/102; F02B75/00; F02B75/02; F02B2075/022; F02B2075/025; F02B75/12; F02B2075/125; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A piston, comprising: a cylindrical skirt having a first axis and an outer periphery and; a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery and having therein a bowl defined by an upstanding wall extending about a second axis, the second axis extending in inclined relation to the first axis of the skirt and a bottom wall extending generally perpendicularly to the second axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A piston, comprising: a cylindrical skirt having a first axis and an outer periphery and; a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery and having therein a bowl defined by an upstanding wall extending about a second axis, the second axis extending in inclined relation to the first axis of the skirt and a bottom wall extending generally perpendicularly to the second axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A piston in accordance with claim 1 wherein the first axis of the skirt passes through the bowl.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A piston in accordance with claim 1 wherein the upstanding wall is cylindrically shaped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
90 words
An engine comprising: an engine block, including an engine cylinder extending about an engine cylinder axis; a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, closing one end of the engine cylinder; and a piston moveable axially in the engine cylinder and comprising: a cylindrical skirt, having an outer periphery, coaxial with the engine cylinder axis; a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery, having therein a bowl defined by a cylindrical wall extending about a bowl axis, the bowl axis extending in inclined relation to the engine cylinder axis.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
90 words
An engine comprising: an engine block, including an engine cylinder extending about an engine cylinder axis; a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, closing one end of the engine cylinder; and a piston moveable axially in the engine cylinder and comprising: a cylindrical skirt, having an outer periphery, coaxial with the engine cylinder axis; a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery, having therein a bowl defined by a cylindrical wall extending about a bowl axis, the bowl axis extending in inclined relation to the engine cylinder axis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
An engine in accordance with claim 4, comprising: a fuel injector nozzle disposed in the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the engine cylinder axis, the nozzle being adapted to direct a spray of fuel toward the bowl in the piston face for deflection thereby; and a spark plug disposed in the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the engine cylinder axis, and in the path of fuel deflected from the bowl.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
An engine in accordance with claim 4 wherein the bowl includes a bottom wall extending substantially perpendicularly to the bowl axis.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
An engine in accordance with claim 4 wherein the axis of the cylinder passes through the bowl.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
227 words
An engine, comprising: an engine block including a cylindrical wall extending about a cylinder axis and defining an engine cylinder; a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, closing one end of the cylindrical wall, and including a recess register with the engine cylinder; a piston moveable axially in the engine cylinder and comprising: a cylindrical skirt coaxial with the axis of the cylindrical wall and including an outer periphery, and a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery, defining with the cylinder head and with the cylindrical wall a combustion chamber, and having therein a bowl located with the cylinder axis passing therethrough, defined by a bowl wall extending cylindrically about a bowl axis, the bowl axis extending in inclined relation to the axis of the cylindrical wall, and including a bottom wall extending perpendicularly to the bowl axis; a fuel injector nozzle mounted adjacent the recess of the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the cylinder axis, in spaced relation to the cylinder axis, and adapted to direct a spray of fuel toward the bowl in the piston face for deflection thereby; and a spark plug mounted adjacent the recess of the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the cylinder axis, in spaced relation to the cylinder axis, and in the path of fuel deflected from the bowl.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
227 words
An engine, comprising: an engine block including a cylindrical wall extending about a cylinder axis and defining an engine cylinder; a cylinder head fixed to the engine block, closing one end of the cylindrical wall, and including a recess register with the engine cylinder; a piston moveable axially in the engine cylinder and comprising: a cylindrical skirt coaxial with the axis of the cylindrical wall and including an outer periphery, and a dome-shaped piston face extending from the outer periphery, defining with the cylinder head and with the cylindrical wall a combustion chamber, and having therein a bowl located with the cylinder axis passing therethrough, defined by a bowl wall extending cylindrically about a bowl axis, the bowl axis extending in inclined relation to the axis of the cylindrical wall, and including a bottom wall extending perpendicularly to the bowl axis; a fuel injector nozzle mounted adjacent the recess of the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the cylinder axis, in spaced relation to the cylinder axis, and adapted to direct a spray of fuel toward the bowl in the piston face for deflection thereby; and a spark plug mounted adjacent the recess of the cylinder head along an axis in inclined relation to the cylinder axis, in spaced relation to the cylinder axis, and in the path of fuel deflected from the bowl.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
A piston for a fuel-injected engine, comprising: a dome-shaped piston face having therein a bowl, having a generally planar bottom wall portion, that is shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
A piston for a fuel-injected engine, comprising: a dome-shaped piston face having therein a bowl, having a generally planar bottom wall portion, that is shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piston as set forth in claim 9 wherein the bowl is defined in part by inwardly and downwardly converging wall portions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
124 words
An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine block defining a cylinder; a cylinder head closing the cylinder and defining a combustion chamber; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber; a spark plug for igniting fuel in the combustion chamber; and a piston comprising a piston face having therein a bowl shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located, a dome-shaped piston face having therein a bowl, having a generally planar bottom wall portion, that is shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
124 words
An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine block defining a cylinder; a cylinder head closing the cylinder and defining a combustion chamber; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber; a spark plug for igniting fuel in the combustion chamber; and a piston comprising a piston face having therein a bowl shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located, a dome-shaped piston face having therein a bowl, having a generally planar bottom wall portion, that is shaped such that substantially all of the fuel striking the piston is directed to the side of the combustion chamber on which the spark plug is located.
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