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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438043 | Internal combustion engine with auxiliary combustion chamber An internal combustion engine is provided that basically comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a piston, an auxiliary chamber partition wall and a spark plug. The auxiliary chamber partition wall is coupled to the cylinder head and extending toward the main c... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7152572 | Internal combustion engine A high thermal efficiency lean-burn spark-ignition two or four stroke engine operable unthrottled suitable for vehicles using gasoline. It uses an indirect combustion chamber and a transfer orifice aligned to produce a jet of air moving in helical swirl motion aroun... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7066137 | Anti detonation device and method for internal combustion engines A flame ejector device for mounting in the spark plug aperture of an internal combustion engine whereby an inner end of the device is within the combustion chamber, the device being configured to receive a fuel-air mixture charge on the compression stroke of the pis... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6899076 | Swirl chamber used in association with a combustion chamber for diesel engines A swirl chamber used in association with a combustion chamber for diesel engines, includes a pair of sub-nozzle holes on the opposite sides of a main nozzle hole to supply a secondary air into the swirl chamber, the sub-nozzle holes being positioned such that the se... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6065441 | Divided chamber diesel combustion system A combustion system for a divided chamber engine that incorporates a pre-combustion chamber disposed to one side of the cylinder and that communicates with the main combustion chamber through two diverging transfer passages the open ends of which are aime... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5701864 | Energy transformation method and its system for piston reciprocating cycle An energy transformation method and a system for carrying out this method which are capable of improving the energy transformation efficiency upon transforming the thermal energy to kinetic rotating energy, and improving the thermal efficiency, while at t... | 12/30/1997 |
| 4788942 | Internal combustion engine using dynamic resonating air chamber An internal combustion engine includes a moving piston within a combustion chamber that is temporarily divided into two zones when the piston is at and near its minumum volume position. Fuel is confined to a first zone where the fuel is ignited to generat... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4491104 | Torch ignition type internal combustion engine A torch ignition type internal combustion engine has an auxiliary combustion chamber connected by a torch passage to a compact main combustion chamber. A cavity in the cylinder head forming a part of the main combustion chamber is provided with two intake... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4489686 | Torch ignition type internal combustion engine An internal combustion piston engine of the torch ignition type employs an auxiliary combustion chamber connected by a torch passage to a compact main combustion chamber. A spark plug has electrodes located adjacent the upstream end of the torch passage a... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4351294 | Fluidic diode combustion chamber A fluidic diode combustion chamber for the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The chamber comprises a passageway having an entrance and an exit in fluid communication with the cylinder immediately above its piston. The passageway is shaped and de... | 09/28/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4284055 | Reciprocating piston internal combustion engine A low compression ratio internal combustion engine including a piston and cylinder arrangement the working volume of which is bounded in part by the piston crown and the cylinder head and in part by inlet valve means whereby an inlet charge can enter the ... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4224905 | Two-cycle engine with stabilized combustion and method of operation therefor A two cycle, spark ignition internal combustion engine of the class having a combustion chamber divided into a relatively small ignition region and a larger combustion region including the cylinder and piston is defined. Substantially stoichiometric fuel-... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4143624 | Spark-ignited reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine A spark-ignited reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine is provided with a combustion chamber subdivided in the top dead center zone into two chambers. These two chambers are separated from one another by overlapping parts of the piston and cylind... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4132212 | Torch-ignition internal combustion engine A torch-ignition internal combustion engine has a trap chamber formed in the engine cylinder head and communicated with a main combustion chamber through a plurality of torch apertures. An intake port extends through the cylinder head to the main combusti... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4119065 | Internal combustion engine having an auxiliary combustion chamber and a method of control of combustion in said internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having an auxiliary combustion chamber connected to a main combustion chamber via multiple connecting holes is disclosed. The auxiliary combustion chamber has a drum shape. A first one of the connecting holes opens into the a... | 10/10/1978 |
| 3973530 | Internal combustion engine The invention is related to an internal combustion engine, the combustion chamber of which is divided into two partial chambers or two groups of partial chambers by at least one perforated separation wall to one of these chambers or groups of chambers, he... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3963001 | Combustion system for internal combustion engines Method and apparatus for burning fuel in internal combustion engines. A series of mutually distinct burning loci are created. Heated gas streams and fuel streams flow into these burning loci. Substantially all, or at least most, of the fuel is injected du... | 06/15/1976 |
