Cylinder head, spark plug, and piston configuration
US4344408A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 1979 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a cylinder head with a plane lower surface and a cavity, a piston with a plane upper surface and a cavity, the plane surfaces of the piston and the cylinder head cooperating to form a squish area on one side of the cylinder bore, and a spark plug protruding into the combustion chamber defined by the cavities so that its igniting tip lies substantially in the squish plane on the other side of the cylinder bore.
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