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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832370 | Low-load operation extension of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine A method for extending the low-load operation of a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine includes employing a valve actuation device creating a negative valve overlap, thereby trapping and recompressing combusted gases within a combustion chamber, the devic... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7284524 | Cylinder head assemblies Cylinder head assemblies including a cylinder head and a piston are disclosed. The cylinder head includes: a recessed valve region including a first and second bulbous portion connected by a waist, the first bulbous portion accommodating an intake valve and the seco... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7231897 | Combustion engine Internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, in which a fuel/air mixture can be compressed in a cylinder by a piston, the temperature of the fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber being able to be brought at least to over roughly 80% and up to at most ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7077101 | Hybrid fuel injection system A hybrid fuel injection system which allows electronic control over the injection processes, wherein selective rate shaping and multiplicity of injections is possible. The hybrid fuel injection system consists of an add-on common rail system (CRS) which provides sup... | 07/18/2006 |
| 5156685 | Combustion promoter for internal combustion engines A combustion promoter for an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder having a combustion chamber therein, a main piston movable within the cylinder, a sub-piston mounted on an inner wall of the main piston, and a sub-cylinder surrounding the proj... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4610226 | Combustion device of an internal combustion engine A combustion device for an internal combustion engine which includes a cylinder, a head closing one end of the cylinder, and a piston reciprocable in the cylinder. The head and piston have stepped portions adapted to interfit as the piston approaches the ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4444166 | Method and apparatus for reducing the operating compression ratios of compression ignition engines A method and apparatus for combusting diesel, gasoline, kerosene, alcohol and other compression ignition fuels in either direct or indirect injection compression auto ignition internal combustion engines which enables such engines to operate at low compre... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4389983 | Prechamber catalytic ignition system This invention relates to internal combustion engines and particularly to igniting the fuel/air mixture of the engine. In more detail a catalytic engine comprises one or more cylinders, each cylinder having an associated piston and an entry port disposed ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4384553 | Two stage compression ignition fuel ignitor An automotive type fuel ignitor having an ignitor chamber continuously exposed to the engine combustion chamber temperatures and pressures for a first stage of compression of an air/fuel mixture thereon during the compression stage movement of the engine ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4324211 | Torch ignition apparatus and method A torch ignition apparatus and method, the apparatus including a secondary, torch ignition piston interconnected to the primary piston and operable to produce through compression ignition of a carbureted fuel/air mixture a jet of hot gases capable of igni... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4170202 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine which includes a main combustion chamber, and which is improved by the inclusion of an auxiliary combustion chamber, an ignition valve for controlling the establishment of communication between the main and auxiliary chambers... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4112881 | Rotary internal combustion engine employing compression ignition A rotary internal combustion engine comprising an engine frame having a rotor rotatably mounted therein which has a plurality of radially spaced cylinders mounted thereon. The free floating piston is slidably mounted in each of the cylinders with the head... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4075996 | External compression ignition system for internal combustion engines To increase the fuel efficiency and decrease the emissions of current types of internal combustion engines by improving the burning of leaner fuel mixtures, a novel igniter is provided for each combustion chamber of the engine. The igniter comprises a sma... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4061120 | Ignition device for engines Disclosed are cell-type ignition devices for Otto cycle internal combustion engines, said devices having cylindrical cells with end orifices communicating with the engine combustion chamber. The devices include housing and mounting means for thermally iso... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4040400 | Internal combustion process and engine An internal combustion process and engine in which the chemical energy of a fuel is converted into heat by timed combustion using self-ignition and into kinetic energy by expansion of the hot combustion gases and is transmitted by way of a piston to a sha... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3954093 | Ignition device for engines Disclosed are cell-type ignition devices for Otto cycle internal combustion engines, said devices having cylindrical cells with end orifices communicating with the engine combustion chamber. The devices include housing and mounting means for thermally iso... | 05/04/1976 |
