Internal combustion engine with combustion chambers which create a squish and swirl of an air-fuel mixture
US4162661A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An internal combustion engine with combustion chambers which create a squish and swirl of an air-fuel mixture is disclosed. In the disclosed engine an inner wall of a cylinder head and a top end of a piston are provided with at least two projected regions defining gaps for creating the squish and swirl of the air-fuel mixture toward the end of the compression stroke of the piston.
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