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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370626 | High compression spark-ignition engine with throttle control, externally supplied ignition, and direct fuel injection into a precombustion chamber The invention relates to a spark-ignition engine with a highly structural compression ratio greater than 15:1, throttle regulation, externally supplied ignition and with direct fuel injection into a precombustion chamber, which is connected to the main combustion ch... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6953020 | Control of auto-ignition timing for combustion in piston engines by prechamber compression ignition A method and system of controlling auto-ignition timing in an internal combustion engine cylinder in which the timing of auto-ignition in prechambers that are coupled to the cylinder is precisely controlled. The auto-ignition in the prechambers is produced by a comp... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6539913 | Rotary internal combustion engine The present invention provides an internal combustion engine and a method of manufacturing the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine comprises a housing, a first rotor, first and second impellers and a compression cam. In a preferred ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6125813 | Prechamber combustion for a rotary diesel engine A fuel injection, ignition, and combustion system for use in a rotary internal combustion engine of the diesel type and method of power extraction is provided. The fuel combustion system includes a rotary engine with a prechamber disposed in a top center ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5720251 | Rotary engine and method of operation A rotary engine having an outer rotor on outer rotor bearings and an inner rotor within the outer rotor mounted on inner rotor bearings, the outer rotor axis being offset relative to the inner rotor axis, a housing enclosing the inner and outer rotors, ge... | 02/24/1998 |
| 4372264 | Internal combustion engine for diverse fuels A fuel vaporizer chamber that is interconnected with a conventional combustion chamber through a valve. The valve allows hot combustion products to enter the chamber during the expansion stroke and is closed to trap the products therein. Fuel is then inje... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4259932 | Internal combustion engine control system An apparatus and method for improving the combustion process of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A prechamber containing a combustible mixture is designed to generate a torch emanating therefrom upon ignition; the torch is controlled to extend ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4108136 | Internal combustion engine control system An apparatus and method for improving the combustion process of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A prechamber containing a combustible mixture is designed to generate a torch eminating therefrom upon ignition; the torch is controlled to extend ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4096828 | Rotary piston internal combustion engine A rotary piston internal combustion engine of the Wankel type for reducing unburned detrimental components such as NOx, HC, CO, etc. in exhaust gas without decrease of engine performance which comprises a first combustion chamber communicating by means of... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4089306 | Port insulation for internal combustion engines An internal combustion engine including a housing defining a combustion chamber, a piston movable within the housing, a port in the housing opening into the combustion chamber, a tube within the port having a free end terminating within the port closely a... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4077366 | Internal combustion engine control system An apparatus and method for improving the combustion process of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A prechamber containing a combustible mixture is designed to generate a torch eminating therefrom upon ignition; the torch is controlled to extend ... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4060058 | Internal combustion engine control system An apparatus and method for improving the combustion process of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A prechamber containing a combustible mixture is designed to generate a torch eminating thereform upon ignition; the torch is controlled to extend ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4057036 | Rotary engine with variable orifice prechamber An improved rotary engine including a housing having walls defining an operating chamber, a prechamber within the housing, an opening in one of the walls establishing fluid communication between the chamber and the prechamber, and means for introducing fu... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4040391 | Rotary piston internal combustion engine of trochoidal construction A rotary piston internal combustion engine of trochoidal construction in which an intermediate chamber equipped with an injection nozzle for the fuel enrichment of the lean mixture sucked-in out of the inlet channel and conducted into the intermediate cha... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3976036 | Rotary piston engines A rotary piston type internal combustion engine comprising a casing which includes a rotor housing having cavity defined by a trochoidal inner peripheral wall having a major and a minor axes, and a pair of side housings sealingly secured to the opposite s... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3958538 | Gaseous ignition system for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprising a gaseous ignition system which employs a high temperature and high pressure gaseous mixture obtained by decomposing hydrogen peroxide.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957021 | Precombustion chamber rotary piston diesel engine The system and method of this invention is directed to effecting combustion of fuel in a rotary piston, internal combustion engine having a housing defining a trochoidal-shaped, multi-lobe cavity in which a rotor is mounted for planetary rotation and defi... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954088 | Combustion chamber arrangements for rotary compression-ignition engines A rotary piston compression-ignition internal combustion engine comprises a primary ignition chamber communicating with the main rotor chamber via a tubular insert of highly refractory material fixed in a bore formed in the rotor housing. The tube is scre... | 05/04/1976 |
