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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7069901 | Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine combustion method for internal combustion engine and direct injection engine A gasoline engine is provided which is capable of introducing a large amount of EGR gas for performing homogeneous combustion and thus offering a good fuel economy. An external EGR mechanism or an internal EGR mechanism is used to introduce an EGR gas into a combust... | 07/04/2006 |
| 5024193 | Fuel combustion system, method, and nozzle member therefor This invention relates to a fuel combustion system for a lean burn internal combustion engine. Because of the lean fuel/air ratio, it is difficult to consistently achieve complete and thorough combustion within the main combustion chamber because of the r... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4898126 | Internal combustion engine with catalytic ignition A catalytic internal combustion engine has an air cylinder (12) and a fuel management cylinder (14) interconnected at their head ends by a combustion chamber (5) and having respective pistons (16, 18) reciprocating in phase. Petrol is injected into the fu... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4714062 | Sub-combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine This invention relates to a sub-combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, which includes a ceramic hot plug in a hot plug installation hole in a cylinder head, wherein a small clearance is provided between the hot plug and the installation hole... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4483291 | Process of segregating air-fuel mass in engine auxiliary chamber A spark-ignition type internal combustion engine having a precombustion chamber auxiliary to the variable volume space in the engine cylinder between the piston and cylinder head. Fuel injected into air in the chamber and fuel-laden air initially entering... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4453513 | Internal combustion engine An externally auto-ignited four-stroke internal combustion engine which includes a combustion chamber disposed in an upper surface of a piston such that, in an upper dead-center position of the piston, the combustion chamber receives almost all of the fue... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4433659 | Precombustion chamber for internal combustion engines with compression-ignition A precombustion chamber for a compression-ignition internal combustion engine is formed in a cylindrical metal insert seated in the cylinder head. The internal cavity of the insert has a central cylindrical part which at its end adjacent the combustion ch... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4338898 | Apparatus for distribution of fuel from an injection nozzle with respect to a piston in an air compressing internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection In an air compressing, internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection, a rotation-symmetrical combustion chamber is positioned in a piston. Combustion air circulates around the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber at the moment of fuel injec... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4320728 | Engine precombustion chamber with provisions for venting thereof and fuel stratification therein Stratified charge four-stroke-cycle internal combustion engine with fuel injection and spark-ignition of the type wherein stratification and initial combustion occurs in a combustion chamber auxiliary to the variable volume space in the engine cylinder be... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4320727 | Process of fuel stratification within and venting of engine auxiliary combustion chamber Stratified charge four-stroke-cycle internal combustion engine with fuel injection and spark-ignition of the type wherein stratification and initial combustion occurs in a combustion chamber auxiliary to the variable volume space in the engine cylinder be... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4300497 | Prevaporizing diesel precombustion chamber An improved diesel engine wherein fuel is preheated and vaporized within the precombustion chamber during a substantial portion of the engine cycle in which the precombustion chamber is isolated from the cylinder by an isolation valve. Compressed air from... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4182279 | Combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine Disclosed is a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first raised portion having a flat bottom is formed on the inner wall of the cylinder head so that a first flat squish area is formed between the flat bottom of the first raised portion... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4127095 | Torch-ignition internal combustion engine A torch-ignition internal combustion engine has a main and pre-combustion chambers communicated with each other through a torch aperture. Electrodes of a spark plug are disposed in the pre-combustion chamber at a point remote from the torch aperture. A fr... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4126106 | Mixed cycle internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine which operates under Otto cycle during starting, idle and low load operations and which operates on a diesel cycle during high load operations. A first combustion chamber is formed in the head of an internal combustion engine... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4084551 | Internal combustion engine A torch ignition type internal combustion engine has a trap chamber comprising a cup-shaped member of a heat-resistant metal mounted on a cylinder head of the engine. The member has a substantially closed end protruding into a main combustion chamber and ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4029066 | Carburetor An internal combustion engine has a main combustion chamber and an auxiliary combustion chamber which is connected to the main combustion chamber by way of a torch nozzle. A main carburetor communicates with the main combustion chamber to supply a large a... | 06/14/1977 |
