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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7500464 | Fuel processor apparatus and method for a diesel engine The present invention provides a diesel engine and methods and apparatus for premixing diesel fuel and oxidant for combustion. The methods and apparatus may include a two stage vortex, each stage accommodating different flow rate ranges. The vortex pulverizes diesel... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7040280 | Spark ignition enhancer and spark plug therewith A spark ignition enhancer is provided in a combustion chamber of a spark ignition direct injection engine. The combustion chamber includes a fuel injector operable to spray a fuel plume into the chamber near a spark gap. The ignition enhancer includes a diversion el... | 05/09/2006 |
| 4823756 | Nozzle system for engines A nozzle assembly having a premix chamber is provided for the injection of remixed fuel and air or other gas into a diesel ingine cylinder. Air, or other gas, is supplied continuously to the premix chamber through a port connected to a high pressure reserv... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4722309 | Internal combustion engine The internal combustion engine performs the thermodynamic cycle partially inside the cylinder, with the piston connected to the crankshaft, and partially in a turbo blower in which there takes place the final stage of the expansion of the burnt gases and,... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4182280 | Vortex automotive combustion engine A spark ignition internal combustion engine is provided with a symmetric open torus combustion chamber at the end of a cylinder with a coaxial inlet for intake of fuel air mixture into the chamber and a coaxial outlet communicating with the upper end of a... | 01/08/1980 |
